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Young misfit May (Angela Bettis) endured a difficult childhood because of her lazy eye. And though contact lenses have helped May adjust as a young adult, her deep-seated awkwardness remains a problem. Adam (Jeremy Sisto), a young man obsessed with fixing wrecked cars, takes a shine to May's oddball ways. But May's strangeness ultimately drives him away, leaving her open to the advances of her co-worker Polly (Anna Faris). When Polly dumps her too, May's emotional instability turns violent.
  • Rating:
    R (Strong Gore|Some Sensuality|Language|Strong Violence)
  • Genre:
    horror
  • Original Language:
    English
  • Director:
    Lucky McKee
  • Producer:
    Marius Balchunas, Eric Koskin, Scott Sturgeon, John Veague
  • Release Date (Streaming):
  • Box Office (Gross USA):
    $145.5K
  • Runtime:
  • Production Co:
    2Loop Films, A Loopy Production LLC
  • Sound Mix:
    DTS, Surround

Cast & Crew

Angela Bettis
May Canady
Jeremy Sisto
Adam
Anna Faris
Polly
James Duval
Blank
Nichole Hiltz
Ambrosia
Kevin Gage
Papa Canady
Merle Kennedy
Mama Canady
Chandler Hecht
Young May
Lucky McKee
Director
Lucky McKee
Writer (Screenplay)
Marius Balchunas
Producer
Eric Koskin
Producer
Scott Sturgeon
Producer
John Veague
Producer
Steve Yedlin
Cinematographer
Debra Goldfield
Film Editor
Rian Johnson
Film Editor
Leslie Keel
Production Designer
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Audience Reviews for May

  • Apr 06, 2015
    A wonderfully dark and playful horror flick, May lives in the same weird vein as American Mary and Ginger Snaps, two other woman-lead wonders of the horror genre that focus primarily on femininity and exposing a certain mythos that connects vanity, self-love and loathing, sex, death and gore. Certainly smarter and more self-aware than it would like to admit, May is worth a watch or two. It isn't necessarily scary, but it leaves a mark.
    Harry W Super Reviewer
  • Aug 02, 2012
    A girl with a lazy eye grows up as a social outcast with a doll as her only friend; she gets corrective lenses as a young adult and is suddenly set loose on the dating world with no social skills and a dangerously loose grip on reality. An effective, creepy character study for the first two thirds, but it takes an unfortunate turn into predictable slasher territory for the climax.
    Greg S Super Reviewer
  • Apr 08, 2012
    I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this one, but I may be a little freaked out. Here we have a girl who lives in her own world that she's made in every sense of the word. Something on it's own, unique trip to a dark place within a darker mind; and I say alright.
    Eric S Super Reviewer
  • Mar 25, 2012
    May is one of the most twisted movies you're going to find. It's a wonderfully done movie about a girl who didn't just go past the breaking point, she lived there all her life. Angela Bettis created a uniquely twisted character, who I couldn't help but like. The rest of the cast is just as good. Sisto is a standard good actor in whatever he does, and this is the first movie Anna Faris showed she was more than just a Scary Movie actress. May unfolds at a methodical pace, but the happenings are put together to give the film a quiet intensity. May is a very obvious movie, which could be considered its only flaw, if you want to consider it that. I can't say enough how great a job Bettis did. I have no doubt it still would have been an OK movie, at the very least, but Bettis knocked it out of the park. I seriously couldn't recommend May to everyone, but this is a wonderfully twisted horror movie, with way more build than slashing, but is worth every second.
    Jason C Super Reviewer
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