Blu-ray

Excision

Anton van Beek  |  Jan 29, 2013

This inventive low-budget shocker goes big on visual style and body horror

90210's AnnaLynne McCord ditches her usual vampish look to play a frumpy social outcast with some serious psychological issues and a love of surgery in this brilliantly odd horror film. First-time director Richard Bates, Jr. mixes elements of Cronenbergian body horror and Lynchian suburban nightmares as he cooks up an extraordinary shocker, and packs it full of arresting imagery that is capably recreated by the Blu-ray's sublime AVC 2.40:1 1080p encode. The DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio isn't the most expansive you'll hear, but still proves atmospheric. Extras consist of a very interesting commentary by the director and leading lady, plus the trailer.

Monster Pictures, Region B BD, £20 Approx, On sale now
HCC VERDICT: 4/5

 

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