Masters of Horror: Lucky McKee - Sick Girl
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Movie Reviews of Masters of Horror: Lucky McKee - Sick Girl
Movie Review: "Slap me Some Skin Honey Bee"....
Summary: 3 Stars
For the record, I had also seen Lucky McKee's directorial debut, MAY and thought it was a wonderful movie! A strangely perfect mix of horror, romance and drama. Angela Bettis plays beyond godly in that film. McKee's SICK GIRL is a so-so entry in the series, but you'll most likely see better episodes.
Again, you'll meet Angela Bettits who plays Ida, a nerdy entomologist who sexual preference is for the home team. Heartbroken and frustrated that yet another woman has left her because of her love for insects, Ida is hesitant to advance on an equally shy, young woman seems to have a crush on her. Still irked about her love life, Ida returns home one night only to find a mysterious package left on her doorstep. The box contains a peculiar fist-sized insect that instantly intrigues the scientist, as she has never seen such a specimen. Pestered and persuaded by her co-worker Max (Jesse Hllubik) to ask the mystery girl out, Ida eventually proceeds and successfully snags a date from the introverted cutie named Misty, (Erin Brown) after days of parting glances. The awkward tension on their first date is thick enough to slice with a putty knife, and while they do make it to Ida's, the night is relived with some straight-up whisky to loosen the inhibitions.
I personally thought Angela Bettis makes a great quirky lead, but her voices was sort of scary. What I mean by that is one moment she sounds feminine and the other times she sounds like a dude. I fine her to be a great actress who is very poised for an interesting career in independent films. Erin Brown, who is best known for direct-to-video, Seduction Cinema dreck under the name Misty Mundae, actually shows a glimmer of acting ability. While the baby-faced, blue-eyed, jailbait act is cute, she looks better with her shirt on. Fans of the scream queen should be pleased to know, however, that she does have some nudity here. When it boils down to the last act of the picture, it's Bettis who holds her own the best, as Brown can quite pull off the deranged infected wickedness her character goes through by the end. As a couple, the two have an interesting chemistry together, but I don't quite buy the attraction on-screen.
Co-scripted by McKee and Sean Hood, SICK GIRL is appropriately billed as a modernized 1950's mutant, big bug monster movie with lesbians. Sounds slightly better in writing then on screen if you ask me.
Movie Review: My favourite in the Masters of Horror series.
Summary: 5 Stars
Others may have their favourites, but this one is mine! It has no boring elements in it anywhere, Angela Bettis is superb as the quirky entemologist, even better than her performance as the title lead in "May", (another good movie to watch if you haven't already seen it) but the star of "Sick Girl", for me, is the cutest little green leaf bug I have ever seen; witness him waving his little arms around as though in a greeting, so sweet! This episode has everything, interest, originality, great sets, great effects, quirky lesbian relationship, and insects; most of all, that sweet little leaf bug, a star in his own right! Delightful.
Other good ones in the series, for different reasons: "Imprint" and "Haeckel's Tale".
Movie Review: Bugged
Summary: 1 Stars
It's a common flaw for the MOH series: you're tossed an idea that wouldn't make for a bad little horror story, but the execution is ruinous and the tension is deflated by a running time that's forty minutes too long. Take "Sick Girl," for example.
An entomologist who has a bad habit of taking her work home with her loses in her apartment a bizarre Brazilian bug. This happens at about the same time that she finds an equally bizarre girlfriend. The two sexy ladies frolick and cavort, but one of them has an encounter with the AWOL insect, an encounter that leaves her ... altered. What fate lies in store for the lovers? What will become of the strictly conservative granny-ish landlady? The lovably sexist coworker? The adorable little girl in the ladybug costume?
This horror-less gem takes an hour to answer these questions, and by the time they're resolved, it's hard to remember why you were ever supposed to care. Adding to the mix of Reasons Why This Thing Bites is the incompetent acting of our two lesbian leads. I'll admit I know little about horror veteran Erin Brown, but if her performance here as Misty Falls is any indication, she's very good at moaning, screaming, and looking through her bangs in a sultry, come-hither kind of way. And that's all she's good at. Angela Bettis was great in "May," but she performs every scene here with the studied grace of a telephone pole, and she delivers every line as if she just underwent orthodontic surgery. If those idiosyncracies are meant to be intentional, then I guess at least they're employed with some consistency, but I found them grating. They are to acting what constipation is to reticence.
Worst of all, however, is the tongue-in-cheek attempt of the movie to make a sly little statement about true love, about infidelity and dedication, and about the supernaturally wholesome power of childbirth and rearing. I'm known for reading too much into things, and I (really really really) don't want to give the MOH overlords any more credit than they're due, but there was so much empty space in the script that they had to fill it with something. Instead of tension, spookiness, or dread -- y'know, stuff you'd expect in a horror -- there's a lot of pablum about relationships and dating. It doesn't take much of a leap to see there's a theme at play, and it's as flat and uninspired as every other part of the product. I'm not saying I disagree with the message (such as it is), but the delivery needs some serious work. Or maybe just an econo-sized can of industrial-strength Raid.
Movie Review: weird and wonderful ride
Summary: 5 Stars
Really enjoyed this somewhat bent tale. Effects were great, acting superb (loved angela's character) and a very amusing ending. As far as the "hot lesbian action" referred by another reviewer? Were you watching the same movie? Bit of kissing and that's about it. Could have gone further with that part of the story but otherwise very enjoyable "masters of horror" bugfest.Movie Review: Bettis was Brilliant!
Summary: 3 Stars
This was a good episode-- on the surface a light hearted, tongue in cheek spoof, but once it settles in, it becomes clear that this is a macabre, twisted, bizarre piece.
Bettis turns in a terrific performance as an introverted, nerdy lesbo scientist who becomes involved with another lady... uh, and eventually some bug from Brazil plays a role in a menage a trois type deal.
If you are into cult horror films with a surrealness, then check this one out. The focus is on the characters and not so much the gore or suspense. A very good entry which would have made 4 stars had it not been for the rushed, punchline ending.