Sick Girl (2007)

Edben Mcgarr's "Sick Girl" tells the story of Izzy (Leslie Andrews), a disturbed teenager that has been left behind to take care of her little brother Kevin (Charlie Trepany) after the death of their parents and their oldest brother's deployment to Iraq. One day Izzy snaps and the body count starts to rise as she embarks on a journey of unspeakable violence and stomach churning gore.

When I say this movie may disturb you I truly mean it "Sick Girl" is not for the weak stomached or those who cannot handle violence involving children. I can honestly say that I seen things in this film that I have never witnessed before. The sheer graphic nature and brutality displayed during the torture and kill scenes puts "Sick Girl" on a level of its own when it comes to gritty, realistic, and sometimes hard to watch violence. The special effects are pretty amazing but not on par with what "ToeTag Pictures" managed to achieve with the "August Underground" series, which are the only movies that come to mind right off that I can compare "Sick Girl" too in terms of violence and gore due to the nature of the scenes and the pure shock value they produce.

I enjoyed this movie from start to end, the overall plot was solid and well acted, Leslie Andrews (Izzy), Charlie Trepany (Kevin), and John McGarr (Barney) do an excellent job of making their characters and their situations believable which is really important for the ultimate feeling you come away with after you witness the last few moments of this film the more believable the people involved are the more real the story will seem, and trust me after you finish this one you'll wish it was over the top and unrealistic just so you won't have to ponder the fact that people like Izzy do exist and acts like those portrayed in "Sick Girl" have already been done in the real world and worse will be done in the future.

After viewing "Sick Girl" on behalf of The Liberal Dead I give it a solid and well earned 7 out 10 and highly recommend this film to all the gore hounds out there who may be reading this review. To the more mainstream crowd honestly I'd steer clear of this one depending on your tolerance for various very graphic scenes of realistic violence some involving children.

7/10

- Ted "Ritualistic" Brown