'The Last Date' and the dangers of 'Teenicide'

Sometimes the strategy works and these words stick around, just becoming part of our daily vocabulary. Other times... not so much.

Case in point: 'Teenicide'.

Teenicide is the core theme of The Last Date, a driver education scare film from the '50s. According to the film, Teenicide is: "the act of killing yourself or maybe someone else before you hit your twenties, it's easy! You do it with an automobile."

And if you're not sure you'll remember all that, well don't worry! Because when you watch it that's going to be repeated for you over and over again, until it's burned into your brain right alongside "not happy, Jan!" and the jingle for the reading writing hotline that you definitely didn't just start singing without realising it.

The Last Date follows a teen named Jeanne as she explains the tragic circumstances that have led to her being sequestered in her bedroom, unable to leave the house ever again. If you're wondering how she got herself in that situation, well you just better watch it for yourself: