Teenage Caveman

Teenage Caveman

The future sucks.

Directed by Larry Clark

Produced by Creature Features Productions LLC

200290 min3.7 / 10

A campy, genre-blending comedy-horror that uses post-apocalyptic stone-age absurdity and mutant antagonists to satirize teenage rebellion and societal control.

In a post-apocalyptic future mankind is lives in a prehistoric manner. After killing his father for sexually assaulting his girlfriend, the son of a tribal leader runs away with a group of his teenage friends. They are taken in by Neil and Judith who introduce them to the vices outlawed by their tribes namely sex and drugs.Neil and Judith, however, are genetically altered indestructible mutants who have their own plans for the future of the human race.

Questions people ask

  • Does Teenage Caveman end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 78% of films.

  • Is Teenage Caveman sad? Not especially. Less sad than 73% of films.

  • Is Teenage Caveman scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

  • Is Teenage Caveman violent? Somewhat. More violent than 60% of films.

  • Is Teenage Caveman easy watching? 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.

16/ 100

Cinnamon Score

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

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity79

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise3

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love2

How much audiences actually like it

The highest scores in the catalogue →

Ensemble

Like Teenage Caveman

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Teenage Caveman

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Teenage Caveman, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Teenage Caveman, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Teenage Caveman, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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