American Mary
| American Mary | |
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 Theatrical poster | |
| Directed by | Jen Soska Sylvia Soska |
| Written by | Jen Soska Sylvia Soska |
| Produced by | Evan Tylor John Curtis |
| Starring | Katharine Isabelle Julia Maxwell Paula Lindberg |
| Cinematography | Brian Pearson |
| Music by | Peter Allen |
| Distributed by | IndustryWorks Pictures |
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| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
American Mary is a 2012 Canadian horror film starring Katharine Isabelle and written and directed by The Soska Sisters.[1][2][3][4][5] The film was produced and is distributed by Canadian production and distribution company IndustryWorks Pictures.
Plot
Mary Mason is a medical student on her way to becoming a surgeon. Struggling to pay her bills, she applies for work at a strip club. Before her interview concludes, she is taken to an underground room by the club's owner, Billy Barker, and presented with a man who has been tortured. She is asked to save his life for $5000, which she does, then returns home in panic and disgust.
Several days later she is approached by a woman named Beatress, a stripper at the club Mary interviewed at who has had herself surgically altered to resemble Betty Boop. Beatress offers Mary a large sum of money to perform surgery on a friend of hers, Ruby Realgirl, who wishes to complete her dollification by having her nipples and labia removed. Uncertain of the ethics, but still desperate for money, Mary performs the surgery.
During her residency, Mary is invited to a party with several of the surgeons at her hospital. Once there, she is drugged and raped by her former teacher, Dr Grant. Afterwards she goes to the club once more and hires their enforcers to kidnap the doctor who raped her. She performs a series of body modifications on him, including splitting his tongue and altering his genitals, without the use of anesthetic. She then drops out of medical school and goes into consensual body modification surgery full time.
Time passes, and Mary becomes renowned as a surgeon of great skill, who is willing to perform any surgery desired. The most prominent of her new clients are a pair of twins from Berlin, who want to have their left arms exchanged and horns implanted in their foreheads. It is revealed that Mary is keeping her rapist alive, with his limbs removed and mouth sewed shut. She is discovered by a security guard while tormenting him, and she is forced to kill him to protect herself. A police detective begins to pursue her, suspecting her involvement in the doctor's disappearance.
Beatress vanishes, and then Mary receives a phone call from her. She has been brutally stabbed, and she reveals that Ruby's husband has been angered by the surgery and is coming for her. He then appears out of the darkness and stabs Mary. She manages to kill him, but dies from internal bleeding after sewing her wound.
Cast
- Katharine Isabelle as Mary Mason
- Antonio Cupo as Billy Barker
- Tristan Risk as Beatress Johnson
- David Lovgren as Dr. Grant
- Paula Lindberg as Ruby Realgirl
- Clay St. Thomas as Dr. Walsh
- John Emmet Tracy as Detective Dolor
- Twan Holiday as Lance Delgreggo
- Soska sisters as Twin #1 and Twin #2
- Paul Anthony as Rat
Home media
American Mary was released on DVD and Blu-ray in the UK on 21 January 2013 by Universal Pictures UK. The release includes a behind-the-scenes documentary with cast and crew as well as a feature titled An American Mary in London (detailing the world premiere of the film at the Film4 Frightfest in August 2012).[6]
Reception
The film receives mixed to positive reviews. On Rotten Tomatoes, it currently holds a 58% based on 40 reviews.[7] It has score 44 out of 100 on Metacritic with 7 reviews
References
- ^ Seth Metoyer. "Canadian Soska Sisters tease "American Mary"". MoreHorror.com. Archived from the original on 15 December 2010. Retrieved 12-12-2010.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help); Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Kristy Jett. "Soska Sister talks "AMERICAN MARY" casting and more". Fangoria. Retrieved 8-7-2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "American Mary". Dread Central. Retrieved 7-31-2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Bob Freville. "Soska Twins Talk About Ass-Kicking, Hookers & American Mary". Kotorimagazine.com. Retrieved 7-31-2011.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ "Rants and Raves". KPBS. Retrieved 1-19-2012.
{{cite web}}: Check date values in:|accessdate=(help) - ^ Cult-labs.com
- ^ "American Mary". Rotten Tomatoes.
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