

A disturbed, delusional high-school student with aspirations of a career in medicine goes to extremes to earn the approval of her controlling mother.
Acting
AnnaLynne McCord's complete physical transformation—unrecognizable and terrifying.
Direction
Bates' surgical balance of pitch-black comedy and genuine tragedy.
Practical Effects
The dream sequences—wet, visceral, and beautifully repulsive.

Director
Richard Bates Jr.
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Richard Bates Jr. expanded this from a 2008 short film that won at Sundance.
The film weaponizes 'good girl' teen movie aesthetics—think 'Election' meets 'Carrie' by way of early 2000s body horror.