Review of American Mary (2013) by Martin O — 03 Aug 2018

Horrific and very witty. Isabelle's charisma and the Soskas' dark humor combined to create one of my favorite indie horror films. Highly recommended.

This review of American Mary (2013) was written by Martin O on 03 Aug 2018.

American Mary has generally received positive reviews.

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By Rick V (111) on 02 Nov 2014

Katherine Isabelle excels in this marvellous Horror mystery…

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By Movie B (110) on 20 Sep 2014

It is competently made, but while it pushes it's premise to the extreme (super bloody, super disturbing) this just wasn't my kind of film…

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By Peter L (735) on 08 Feb 2015

It requires a certain taste, but it was quite good…

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By Elliott C (196) on 11 Sep 2015

The Soska Sisters really make a wonderfully unnerving film, casting Katharine Isabelle as the titular character, who falls into a strange underworld…

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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 Mikey B (51) on 23 Oct 2015

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

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By Paul J (1,190) on 16 Dec 2014

American Mary wasn't much of a horror movie and the only freaky things about it were the body modifications and some gruesome surgery scenes…

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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 David G (2,424) on 09 Oct 2014

Netflix never fails in the strange movie category…

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By Justin B (2,000) on 08 May 2015

A Lot of great moments and ideas but it Never fully commits to being either a horror film or a black comedy and the direction feels aimless at times…

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