Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Moderate
- eerie
- transgressive
- intimate
- late night horror viewing
- cult film night
What critics said
Critics broadly appreciate the film's fusion of body horror and lesbian romance, along with Lucky McKee's distinctive genre sensibility, despite limited consensus evidence.
What sets it apart
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An evil behavior-altering bug intrudes on Ida and Misty's rapidly developing romance, linking intimacy with infestation and physical corruption.
Ida Teeter and Misty Falls form a lesbian couple while the film develops its body-horror threat around their relationship.
The evil bug's effects and body-horror premise make behavioral and physical transformation the film's defining spectacle.
The premise explicitly frames moving into a relationship too quickly as a danger, turning romantic momentum into suspense.
Films like Sick Girl, and why
May
Shared body horror, unconventional romance, and outsider female protagonists.
The Lure
Shared lesbian romance, intimate atmosphere, and graphic transformation horror.
Contracted
Shared queer themes, grotesque bodily metamorphosis, and transgressive horror.
The Fly
Shared romantic intimacy disrupted by unsettling insectoid body horror and dark comic unease.
Movie Details
- Director
- Lucky McKee
- Release Date
- 2006-01-13
- Runtime
- 56 min
- Rating
- 6.2 / 10 (47)
Cast
- Angela Bettis
- Erin Brown
- Mike McKee
- Jesse Hlubik
- Marcia Bennett
- Chandra Berg
- Alison Bartlett
- William Finley
- Nichole Hiltz
- Jacob Witkin
Common questions
- What is Sick Girl about?
- An entomologist’s whirlwind romance becomes a grotesque battle against an evil bug that reshapes human behavior.
- What is Sick Girl like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Sick Girl as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Sick Girl violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Sick Girl as moderate.
- What did critics think of Sick Girl?
- Critics broadly appreciate the film's fusion of body horror and lesbian romance, along with Lucky McKee's distinctive genre sensibility, despite limited consensus evidence.
- Which films are like Sick Girl?
- Films with a similar feel include May, The Lure, Contracted, and The Fly.
- How long is Sick Girl?
- Sick Girl runs 56 minutes.
