2013 · horror · thriller
American Mary
Directed by Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska1h 42m2013
A young medical student struggling to pay tuition is drawn into the shady world of underground body-modification.
Our read: American Mary (2013) reads as a heavy, kinetic, inventive horror · thriller entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, kinetic, extreme horror / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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“You want feminist body-horror that punishes the male gaze without flinching.”
Skip it tonight — Surgical gore, assault, or modification imagery will stick with you badly.
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