Excision (2012)

A disturbed and delusional high school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother.

Director:

Richard Bates Jr.

Writer:

Richard Bates Jr.

Stars:

AnnaLynne McCord, Roger Bart, Ariel Winter

11 wins & 12 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
AnnaLynne McCord	...	Pauline
Roger Bart	...	Bob
Ariel Winter	...	Grace
Traci Lords	...	Phyllis
Matthew Gray Gubler	...	Mr. Claybaugh
Jeremy Sumpter	...	Adam
Matthew Fahey	...	Nathan
Sidney Franklin	...	Timothy
Molly McCook	...	Natalie
Natalie Dreyfuss	...	Abigail
John Waters	...	William
Malcolm McDowell	...	Mr. Cooper
Marlee Matlin	...	Amber
Cole Bernstein	...	Kimberly
Cameron Allen	...	Young Pauline

Storyline

This film is about Pauline, a young woman (18yo) who lives with her family and her younger sister Grace who has Cystic Fibrosis. Pauline has some delusions of being a great surgeon, and she also has some horrific dreams that she actually finds "stimulating" to say the least. Her family put up with her delusions and her school classmates find her annoying. But as this is all happening around her she has a plan, a plan that will leave them all shocked, and some people may not survive.

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Plot Keywords:

losing virginity | cystic fibrosis | female masturbation | erotica | erotic dream | 

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Taglines:

Heal the sickness.

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Genres:

Drama | Horror

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

2 November 2012 (UK)

Also Known As:

Chirurgiczna precyzja

Filming Locations:

Santa Clarita, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

New Normal Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Premiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival.

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Quotes

Natalie: Do you purposely leave your house looking like a raging lesbian? You do have the body of a 10-year-old boy.
Pauline: That's a highly unfortunate opinion, especially considering your vagina looks like a diseased axe wound.
Natalie: That's vile.
Pauline: I actually get afraid that I might get a yeast infection just being in the same room with that thing.
Natalie: Look, I spoke with Adam. And I gotta hand it to you, from the sounds of it he's freakier than I imagined, so I dumped him. He's all yours.
Pauline: Forgive my vulgarity, but Adam ...
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Connections

Version of Excision (2008)

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Soundtracks

Wild Failure
Performed by White Lung

User Reviews

Surprisingly Good

First I thought this movie would be purely splatter and gore but it turned out to be quite good yet tragic film. AnnaLynne McCord and Traci Lords gave strong performances that really carried the movie, particularly Lords who successfully left the Adult Industry and became a credible actress. I mentioned it was tragic as I really felt for the family struggling with a delusional elder daughter and a dying younger one. Kudos to the makeup artist(s) who worked on McCord making her character (Pauline) look like a really out-of-sorts teenager. There were scenes (in the Unrated version) where a lot of blood was involved coupled with some perverted scenes, but it worked in looking inside the mind of Pauline.