So I just finished watching 'Excision'. I came across this in the endless search to find horror movies a little bit off the beaten trail. AnnaLynne McCord plays 17 year old Pauline who is just trying to find a place in a world that doesn't have room. Just like every teenager, she talks about how much no one understands her and how much she hates her mom and such, but she truly is all alone in the world. The director does give us cliché archetypes in the family structure (parents that hate each other, father who just says "Listen to your mother.", the perfect other daughter), but he makes them all seem so terrifying in their own perfect way. The same goes for the creepy priest, the no nonsense principal, the super hot popular girls (AnnaLynne McCord is definitely the hottest girl in the cast, but they greased her forehead, gave her cold sores and acne, and a constant look of sleep deprivation), and so on. This is the kind of movie you hate to love, but with superb casting and an excellent vision from Bates Jr who wrote and directed, 'Excision' is a terrifying look into the mind of a supremely disturbed young girl (to the point of psychotic) who has no idea just how differently she sees the world. If you are pregnant or have a heart condition, I'd watch at your own risk. Plenty of gore and nudity. 7.5 out of 10.
Review of Excision
