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6.2/10 • 541

2012-09-121h 21m

DramaHorror

Heal The Sickness

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.

Directors
Richard Bates Jr.
Writters
Richard Bates Jr.
Editors
Richard Bates Jr., Yvonne Valdez

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  1. AnnaLynne McCord

    AnnaLynne McCord

    Pauline

  2. Traci Lords

    Traci Lords

    Phyllis

  3. Ariel Winter

    Ariel Winter

    Grace

  4. Roger Bart

    Roger Bart

    Bob

  5. Jeremy Sumpter

    Jeremy Sumpter

    Adam

  6. John Waters

    John Waters

    William

  7. Malcolm McDowell

    Malcolm McDowell

    Mr. Cooper

  8. Marlee Matlin

    Marlee Matlin

    Amber

  9. Matthew Gray Gubler

    Matthew Gray Gubler

    Mr. Claybaugh

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John Chard

Oct 23, 2014

9/10

The last cut is the deepest! AnnaLynne McCord stars as Pauline, a disturbed high school misfit who has delusions of becoming a surgeon. Dominated by her over bearing mother, Pauline battles with her sanity and unhealthy obsessions. Superb, a teen based horror that’s pungent with everything from necrophilia, growing pains, peer pressure, sexual anxiety, parental strife, mental illness and horror – real horror. Writer/director Richard Bates Junior does a brilliant job of filling an 80 minute movie with so many thematic smarts but never once over egging his bloody pudding. He gets excellent performances out of McCord and Traci Lords (as Pauline’s mother), whilst the blending of surreal imagery via Pauline’s dreams and the real world awkwardness – with some dry humour in the mix too – produces a picture that is in equal parts oddball and emotionally shattering. When Dead Ringers collides with Ginger Snaps, Excision will stay with you for days afterwards. 9/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
first timesurgeonloss of virginityteenage girldomineering motherawkwardnesssocial outcastlung transplant