The Basement welcome's it's latest contributor, Suzanne Cappelletti, as she shares her two bits on the 2012 horror flick Excision . Enjoy! Excision is the story of an outcast teenager who has an unhealthy obsession with blood and aspirations of being a doctor. Pauline is an outcast at school and so socially awkward it's painful. She is always trying to please her overbearing mother (played perfectly by Traci Lords ). As the movie builds, and we see the black cloud hanging over the family, the younger (prettier) daughter who has cystic fibrosis is in need of a transplant. The father is the doormat. He tries to keep the peace but is pushed around. As Pauline begins to unravel, getting expelled from school and studying surgical procedures in her off time to potentially save her sisters life, we see a transformation. She becomes more and more delusional. This is a great debut from director Richard Bates . He takes what could be a crazy ugly duck...