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Excision (2012)

★ 6.2 · 599 ratings on TMDB

Heal The Sickness

Excision poster★ 6.2

A disturbed, delusional high-school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother.

DirectorRichard Bates Jr.
CastAnnaLynne McCord, Ariel Winter, Jeremy Sumpter, John Waters, Malcolm McDowell, Marlee Matlin
GenresComedy, Drama, Horror
The emergence reading

Excision keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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