Review

“You starve an animal almost to death, you change his temperament. Gives him a mean streak, makes it more aggressive.” This line pretty much sums up the whole movie. In this case, “What happens when you starve a young woman of love and parental guidance when she’s a psychopath to begin with? You get a damn good slasher flick. I found a lot of political and social commentary in this film. I saw this as a direct indictment of what’s wrong with our society today. We have children raising children. A surrogate parent not fit to raise a child. Then there is the absence of a positive male role model, child abuse and animal cruelty - all these things make up Sick Girl. It’s a good slasher film but more importantly it’s a good read. When you get deeper into the character, you can’t help but think, “This could have been avoided”. Eben McGarr goes deep into Leslie Andrews character “Izzy”. She is a troubled girl who was forced to be a sister, a mom, and has been abandoned by her older brother. This builds the psycho character. One of the better femme fatale movies I’ve seen in a long time.

 -- Mike Las