Excision

Excision

2012 · 81 min · EN · NR · 6.2 (630 votes)
Dir. Richard Bates Jr. · Starring AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, John Waters · Music Steve Damstra II

“Heal The Sickness”

DramaHorrorComedy

Pauline, a disturbed, outcast teenager, has a fascination with surgery and experiences violent, psychosexual fantasies, all while aspiring to a career in medicine.

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This film feels like a fever dream of adolescent angst and grotesque fascination. It's a deeply unsettling, yet darkly funny, dive into a troubled mind, exploring alienation and obsession with a visceral, body-horror edge.

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