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Excision

2012 Directed By Richard Bates Jr Starring: AnnaLynne McCord, Richard Bart, Ariel Winter, Traci Lords, Malcolm McDowell and John Waters An awkward but intelligent teenage girl (McCord) obsessed with blood, surgery and losing her virginity struggles to save her sister.  I guess that sums up Richard Bates Jr.’s 2012 horror/comedy/mindfuck of a movie, but trust me when I say that it is far more than that brief summary.  Excision has brilliant performances and style for any film maker let alone a first time director.  There are images in this film that will stay with me for years to come.  Bates takes shocking subject matter and photographs it like a sunset or a spotted owl, the grotesque is treated with reverence and awe. While that approach might have some people immediately crying torture porn or blood porn or perhaps some other buzzword that’s used in lieu of actual critical analysis, they would be flat out wrong. It’s that approach that allows the viewer into the m