American Mary (2012)
A truly original modern horror film, superbly acted by Katherine Isabelle. The film concerning illegal body modification had a fantastic concept and set up for the first hour. Unfortunately it seemed to lose its way for me and it began to dawn on me the film, whilst very stylish and beautifully filmed didn't really have much of a story to it.
The Soska Sisters who directed, give us a terrific build up and some great characters, especially the owner of the strip club and then fails to explore them properly. It would have been great to see more of Mary's career as a freelance mob torturer.
It doesn't go full out body horror either, it must be over a decade since i last watched this and i was expecting full on graphic modifications similar to Dee Snider's Strangeland but the directors wimped out rather than going for the full shocks.
However despite these niggles i really enjoyed American Mary for the second time.
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