Teenage Caveman (2002 film)

Teenage Caveman is a 2002 science fiction-horror-teen film directed by controversial filmmaker Larry Clark. It was made as part of a series of low-budget made-for-television movies loosely inspired by B movies that Samuel Z. Arkoff had produced for AIP. The film reused the title and basic premise from the original 1958 film Teenage Caveman, but it is not a remake of the earlier film.

Plot
The film is set in a post-apocalyptic future, where the vast majority of humanity has died due to a viral epidemic. The remaining humans have reverted to primitive tribalism.

After killing his father for sexually assaulting his girlfriend, the son of a tribal leader is banished from the tribe, along with his friends. They eventually stumble upon a solar-powered city whose only two inhabitants are genetically modified to survive the plague. They view themselves as superhuman mutants who intend to recreate humanity in their own image.

Cast

 * Andrew Keegan as David
 * Tara Subkoff as Sarah
 * Richard Hillman as Neil
 * Tiffany Limos as Judith
 * Stephen Jasso as Vincent
 * Crystal Celeste Grant as Elizabeth
 * Shan Elliot as Joshua
 * Hayley Keenan as Heather
 * Paul Hipp as Shaman

Reception
The film received mixed reviews from critics. On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 43% based on 7 reviews, with an average score of 4.50/10.

Scott Thill of PopMatters suggested to "grab some popcorn" and "kick back and laugh".

Kim Newman of Empire gave the film a score of 3 out of 5 stars.

When the DVD version of Teenage Caveman was released on June 10, 2016, Bill Chambers of Film Freak Central wrote: "Unfortunately, while [the film] is a testament to Clark's auteurist position, it establishes him as a filmmaker of limited range".