Planet of the Teens

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Planet of the Teens is a 1968 American science fiction film about an adult astronaut crew crash-lands on a strange planet in the distant future. Although the planet appears desolate at first, the surviving crew members stumble upon a society in which teens have evolved into creatures with adult-like intelligence and speech. The teens have assumed the role of the dominant species and adults are mute creatures wearing animal skins.

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"It's like Lord of the Flies except [REDACTED]."

—Fell Swoop, Picayune Cosmos-Herald (11 June 2021)

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