Review of American Mary (2013) by Mike J — 26 Jun 2014

An amazing and riveting film. Perhaps my favourite movie ever.

This review of American Mary (2013) was written by Mike J on 26 Jun 2014.

American Mary has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Brett H (1,346) on 30 Sep 2014

American Mary has taken the body horror genre to a new refreshing extreme…

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By Christian S (431) on 17 Aug 2015

The film completely loses its way after its first half and after that, events and motivations seem more focused on just delivering something…

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By Anthony T (639) on 06 Aug 2014

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By Chris Alexander (75) for Fangoria (16) on 22 May 2017

If AMERICAN MARY has flaws-which I'm sure it does-they're dwarfed. I was having such a good time, I chose to ignore them…

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By Merrisha W (10) on 02 Aug 2014

Takes you into the world of body morphing and horror…

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By Scott Weinberg (1,998) for TheHorrorShow (174) on 23 Aug 2015

One of the strangest, darkest, and most confident female-centric horror flicks in quite some time…

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By Kevin R (2,184) on 12 Apr 2015

Mary is a med student who is attacked by her professor, and boy does she get even. You want weird, this is weird…

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By Sarah Gopaul (223) for Digital Journal (223) on 18 Oct 2018

The Soska Twins show a lot of depth in their filmmaking, producing an intriguing movie that you can't take your eyes off of…

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By Ms. A (90) on 07 Nov 2014

My expectations for the film were high, having been caught up in the hype around the critically acclaimed body-mod horror - thankfully I was…

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By Elizabeth C (297) on 23 Oct 2015

Every hour wounds. The last one kills. - Neil Gaiman…

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