American Mary Theatrical dates

• 29th Nov 2012

We alteady raved about it ourselves as the one true highlight of Frigtfest 2012, now FrightFest Presents from 11th January 2013 – the viscerally thrilling and darkly seductive ‘American Mary’. Additionally, Canadian-born writer/directors Jen and Sylvia Soska, and Mary Mason herself – lead actress Katharine Isabelle (Gingers Snaps) will all be returning to the UK to introduce the screenings.

Simultaneously beautiful, repulsive, shocking and endearing, Jen & Sylvia Soska’s brilliantly original and thought-provoking exploration into the depths of tattoo and body modification subculture is undoubtedly one of the must-see horrors of our time. Featuring a career-best lead performance by Katherine Isabelle (Being Human; Ginger Snaps) in the title role, ‘American Mary’ seduced audiences at this year’s Film4 Frightfest.

Struggling to make financial ends meet while studying to be a surgeon, talented medical student Mary Mason (Katharine Isabelle) finds herself reduced to applying for work at a local strip joint in order to pay off her mounting debts, where she is unexpectedly called upon to perform some illegal emergency surgery on one of the club’s clients and is instantly rewarded with a significant cash payment. Word of Mary’s scalpel-work soon reaches one of the club’s dancers, who approaches her offering to pay handsomely for some off-the-books, extreme body-modification work on a friend. The ensuing surgery is a huge success and Mary’s skills soon attract the attention of an underground network of high-paying clientele, all looking for someone to administer procedures and body-mod work unavailable through the usual legal channels.

American Mary UK tour dates are as follows:

Fri January 11 – Prince Charles Cinema, London

Sat January 12 – Edinburgh Filmhouse

Sun January 13 – Glasgow Film Theatre

Mon January 14 – Sheffield Showroom

Tue January 15 – Hyde Park Picture House, Leeds

Wed January 16 – Bristol Watershed

Thu January 17 – Duke’s at Komedia, Brighton