I Was a Teenage Serial Killer

I Was a Teenage Serial Killer

See the horror of righteous dismemberment! Feel the triumph when sexist pigs are wasted! Hear the screams of terror! Join Mary, America's favorite female serial killer, who kills off dumb men.

Directed by Sarah Jacobson

Produced by Station Wagon Productions

199327 min6.1 / 10

A darkly comedic, feminist revenge fantasy that uses graphic serial killing as satire and cathartic spectacle rather than serious horror.

Mary was a good girl until she decides to kill all the "sexist pigs". She of course encounters many of which, and enjoys killing them.

Questions people ask

  • Is I Was a Teenage Serial Killer violent? Yes. More violent than 88% of films.

  • Does I Was a Teenage Serial Killer end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is I Was a Teenage Serial Killer easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is I Was a Teenage Serial Killer sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is I Was a Teenage Serial Killer scary? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

51/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity84

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise54

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love25

How much audiences actually like it

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Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

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Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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