# Excision (2012)

> A socially isolated teenager’s surgeon fantasies mutate into a grotesque collision of puberty, family pressure, illness, and delusion.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/59764

## Facts

- Runtime: 81 min
- Genres: Drama, Horror, Comedy
- Director: Richard Bates Jr.
- Cast: AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, John Waters, Malcolm McDowell, Marlee Matlin
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1984153/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: extreme
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: disturbing, grotesque, darkly comic, late night horror viewing, cult movie night

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