Excision

2012 "Heal The Sickness"
6.1| 1h21m| NR| en
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Alienated teen Pauline struggles with the pressures of fitting into high school, pleasing her mother and a burning desire to lose her virginity. With a grotesque curiosity for the darker side of life, Pauline is considered a social outcast by everyone around her. Enticed by flesh, she retreats into her own fantasies and hopes to become a great surgeon - that is, if she doesn't go insane first.

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Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Borserie it is finally so absorbing because it plays like a lyrical road odyssey that’s also a detective story.
Kirandeep Yoder The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
TerribleKatherine I never thought this movie would be so good and enjoyable. I found it strange, beautiful and haunting. First of all, the cast did an amazing work. Traci Lords as the mother and Annalynne McCord as the daughter were just flawless. Second of all, I am usually a straight horror fan but this movie mixed drama, horror and dark comedy so well that I enjoyed every aspect of the film. Third of all, the plot was in all of it's weirdness actually believable and it moved forward, there were no lazy dull moments but the movie was well put together. I have always had a soft spot for Traci and I loved the fact that she did such a strong characterization. I myself were, and I guess still am as an adult, a troubled person with dark fantasies and I actually somewhat identified with Pauline. Annalynne has frankly never been one of my favorites but this movie made her just that. Roger Bart as the dad and Ariel Winter as the sister did a great job too. No to mention when I saw my favorite Criminal Minds-actor Matthew G. Gubler. I need to get this movie on my dvd-collection asap!!!
sol- More of a very dark black comedy than the horror film it is often credited as being, 'Excision' revolves around a teenage social misfit whose dreams are full of gore and who conducts surgery on roadkill in her spare time. Conflict comes with her conservative mother's attempts to get her to conform to social norms and be more like her pretty and popular sister. This is a film far less predictable than it might sound though. The sisters actually get on with each other very well despite being near complete opposites. The protagonist also believes in a higher power and is often seen praying despite her repeated denunciation of their church and priest. It is also hard to know what to make of the abrupt ending. Some have called this a film about a teenager doing all she can to impress a never-satisfied mother, but the more prominent themes seem to be individuality and the effects of a religious upbringing on a mentally unbalanced teen. AnnaLynne McCord is fantastic in the lead role, whatever the case, delivering droll lines left, right and centre, often oblivious to her own social awkwardness. She is never quite a likable character though, and with some pretty detestable supporting characters, it is sometimes hard to get engrossed in the story, but this is certainly a daringly different film about growing up, plus the ending lingers in the mind long afterwards.
kimdgaf This movie is drawn-out and ends with the character trying to perform surgery without the proper equipment. Cut my sister open with a kitchen knife? Sure, why not. May as well have the entire thing littered with her sexual fantasies about dead bodies that are somehow animated, too. Socially awkward girl turned into a killer because she wants to help her sister. Alright then. Explain how she didn't get any diseases from licking that roadkill bird blood too while you're at it. Honestly if I could give it less than one star, I would. I felt like I just wasted an hour and a half of my life watching Bob get whined at for trying to be supportive. The only good parts of this movie were when the sex ed teacher had to read out awkward questions. Don't waste your time. There's more gore in My Little Pony.
Lucabrasisleeps I had high expectations while watching this movie. I did expect a straight forward horror movie. I was wrong about that. This was a black comedy for the most part.I was annoyed with the standard trope that appears in most movies nowadays of the dominating mother and the submissive father. I remember seeing a similar sort of theme done 13 years ago in American beauty. And ever since then, literally dozens of movies have used the same theme. The performance of Traci lords seems more of an imitation of what Annette benning did. Only less annoying though. On that topic, Traci lords has given a creditable performance, I was quite surprised. Annalynne mccord's performance is also pretty good. Her deadpan delivery and sulking expressions were funny to watch.I liked the affection between the sisters. That was refreshing to watch. I guess that is important anyway towards the end. Also there is genuine affection in the family even though towards the end, it all goes horribly wrong. And honestly the family is not that dysfunctional at all. The problems are purely with the girl and her fantasies.The dialogue is pretty funny and it keeps things interesting throughout. The dream sequences are interesting but I didn't think they were anything shocking, maybe they were trying too hard. There are some gory scenes in those fantasies but they didn't make much of an impact on me.Overall, I liked it somewhat but not too impressed.6/10