Horror Film Excision Gets Anchor Bay Pickup

ExcisionWriter/director Richard Bates, Jr’s first feature film, Excision, has been acquired by Anchor Bay Films for North American distribution. Excision, starring AnnaLynne McCord, Traci Lords, Ariel Winter, Roger Bart, Jeremy Sumpter, Malcolm McDowell, Matthew Gray Gubler, Marlee Matlin, Ray Wise and John Waters, debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in February and is based on Bates, Jr’s short film of the same name.

Kevin Kasha, Executive Vice President, Acquisitions and Co-Productions for Anchor Bay Films stated, “We are pleased to be adding Excision to our slate this year. It has an amazing cast and we know Anchor Bay fans will love it!”

“I have been influenced my entire life by the films which Anchor Bay has brought to audiences. I could not be more excited that they have chosen to take my film out in North America,” added writer/director Bates.

The Plot:

Excision is the story of Pauline (McCord), a delusional teenage outcast. Pauline picks scabs. Pauline dissects road kill. Pauline fantasizes about performing surgery on strangers. Her fascinations disturb her schoolmates and her parents, Phyllis (Lords) and Bob (Bart). No one understands Pauline except for Grace (Winter), her younger sister who suffers from cystic fibrosis. An outcast at school and at home, Pauline is convinced that the best way to repair her estranged relationship with her family is to perform a risky operation to save her sister’s life.

Source: Anchor Bay Films – February 7, 2012