Angela Betis, Angela Bettis, Anna Faris
May has always been a bit of an outsider--you might consider her a quirky girl. If you passed her on the street, you wouldn't notice that she is any different from scores of other young women trying t...( read more
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DVD Release Date: July 15, 2003
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October 24, 2009The outsider. A popular theme in film production. Smaller films seem to cling to this theme. Bad films tend to portray their "outsider" protagonists in one of two ways, sometimes with overlap: someone obsessed with death or the darker aspects of life and acts like someone who did...( read more)
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January 1, 2009May is a young strange girl who had a very disturbed childhood and does not still know the meaning of true friendship or love. She works at a pet clinic and lives alone with her only "true friend"; a doll her mother gave her when she was a little girl. When she fails to find the ...( read more)
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September 28, 2008THIS is low-budget horror film making. Lucky McKee is a badass, and I hope he continues to find success.
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September 7, 2008The most spectacular horror film I have seen since I started watching Asian horror films. It really does restore faith in the genre. The film works so well by playing it as a straight romance involving quirky people. There's no ominous music, just beautifully selected tunes. It's...( read more)
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August 1, 2008Unscary "slasher" film is alternately bizarre, ridiculous and disgusting. Recycled Frankenstein rip-off has its moments, but ultimately wears on its audience and has an unsatisfying payoff. Angela Bettis' performance is a campy version of Sissy Spacek in Carrie.
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November 1, 2009Strange, quirky, and slow moving, but the last half hour makes up for that.
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October 27, 2009A masterpiece of psychotic realism with one of the most realistic and sad female performances of the 2000s.
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Critic Reviews
January 9, 2006
Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness
June 13, 2003
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
Lowdown genre fun, a film that nearly makes up in slacker wit and high-spirited gore what it lacks in budget and elegance. full review
June 12, 2003
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Straddles the line between slasher film and sensitive character study with macabre and moving results. full review
June 6, 2003
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
A horror film and something more and deeper, something disturbing and oddly moving. full review
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February 20, 2007I thought tht this was an unusual film but i enjoyed and Angela Bettis who played May was brilliant great movie -x-
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February 17, 2007angela bettis should have won an award for this film cos of the way she made you like her but still be scared of her was great and the bit were she sliced anna faris's neck was cool
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August 8, 2006One of the most humorous dark comedies out there.
For anyone who loves Dark Humor, you HAVE to see it.
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