A very different horror movie, Excision stars Annalynne McCord as Pauline, a troubled outcast and high school student, with aspirations of a career in medicine. Her little sister, Grace, is awaiting a lung transplant, and Pauline hopes to help her sibling live a long and healthy life. Mom is controlling, neurotic martyr, played surprisingly well by the former teen porn star, Traci Lords. The unusual cast also includes Malcolm McDowell as a teacher, and the director John Waters as a preacher who is drafted into being a counselor to the disturbed adolescent girl. Pauline has fantasies filled with blood, and at one point, carves a cross on to her arm. She asks a fellow student to relieve her of her virginity, and he obliges in an extremely original "first time" scene. McCord is impressive, as is the entire cast, and the ending is not a disappointment. The bizarre dark aspects of the script reminded me of some of David Lynch's work, in a positive sense. Check out Excision, for an entertaining black horror film.
