I've been waiting for this flick since it's Sundance screening. The flick is about a teenage girl by the name of Pauline. Pauline is a disturbed and delusional girl. She's an outcast at school. Her mother tends to be very controlling. Her dad is very laid back. And she has a sister suffering from crystic fibrosis. Pauline has aspirations of becoming a surgeon to help her sister with a lung transplant. And she also has sexual fantasies about blood and guts. She also doesn't believe in God, but yet she prays to him.
Excision is a very smart and disturbing film. It also stars people who are very well known for playing controversial roles like Traci Lords, John Waters, Malcolm McDowell, and Ray Wise. The bloody sexual fantasies are very well done. They are very arty, so kudos to that. And AnnaLynne McCord plays the troubled Pauline very well. For people who aren't into independent/underground films may hate the ending. It's totally not "Hollywood". There's also a very funny scene where she ask this bloke to go down on her, only to find out she's still on her period. I really enjoyed this one and give it a 8/10. So if you want to watch a crazy flick for Halloween, go check out Excision.
I'm not really that much into films that has rape and violence towards women. Now I have seen films like "I Spit On Your Grave", "Maniac", "New York Ripper", etc. But today's slasher/serial killer flicks seem like the same old bs. The killer lived a rough childhood. Believes that all women are evil sluts, so he takes it upon himself to rid off these "demons".
Anyhoo, this is a film directed by Jennifer Lynch and starring Vincent D'Onofrio (aka Gomer Pyle). The movie is about a mother and her son, Tim, who just left watching a horror flick at their local theater, and take a cab back home. While on their way, the cab driver misses their exit and ends up taking them to a open field in the middle of nowhere. Not knowing what's going on, the mother demands the driver to let them out. The cab driver stops, gets off the cab and knocks the mother out. The cab driver takes the mother and son to his home, which he then grabs the mother inside his house, while Tim is trapped in the cab, having to hear the screams of his mother. After the cab driver raped and murdered Tim's mom, he takes Tim inside and makes him his slave and calls him Rabbit. Tim has to clean up his house, make him food, bury the victims, and cut up newspaper articles about the victims going missing. While the cab driver, Bob, leaves his house, Tim tries to escape and finds Bob waiting for him outside. Because of this, Bob puts Tim in chains so he won't try to escape again. Later, Bob decides to make Tim his protege and gives him books about the women anatomy. When Tim becomes a teenager, Bob tries to get Tim into his ways, but seeing how killing is wrong, Tim refuses and begins asking questions. From there on we see Tim and Bob's relationship almost becoming like father and son. Where the father wants his boy to be this, but the son develops a form of rebellion.
I have seen Jennifer Lynch's other flick Boxing Helena, and Chained is just as good. To all the boys who are fans of rape/serial killer flicks, there are no boobies and no rape scenes. The film focuses on Tim and all the horror he witnesses when Bob brings his victims back home . We also see the relationship between Bob and Tim. How Bob tries to teach Tim that it's ok to rape and kill women because "they asked for it". There is a surprise ending that left me say "wow, really?" But all-in-all, it's a really good flick and give it a 8/10. A good effort by Jenny Lynch. It may not be a gorehound's wet dream, but the story is really great.
