tiskec This was a spectacular performance by Angela. "May" has a stew of different effects on the viewer (in my experience). "May" is dark, thrilling, creepy, and psychological. I thought it was a great horror to add to my collection. The only sad part about this movie, is this is probably actually occurring in society as you're reading this review. This film is very believable and shows how someone can snap very easily under pressure. This film is a classic example of someone going insane because she was always mistreated in life. Things just kept getting worse and worse for May throughout the film. In childhood, all this little girl has is her doll as a friend. Never has any meaningful social interaction. As she grows older, people just keep on crapping on her because of the things she does that aren't of the normal behavioral spectrum of society. This slowly drags May slowly into insanity as the film goes on. It's a shame to. She is very beautiful as Angela, and as May, the character she plays. Just to think this is actually happening to people right now due to social issues. Pretty and talented people at that.This movie is horror, with a lot of sadness. The perfect making of a psychopathic killer by society. I would recommend this movie to anyone who appreciates reality type horror/slashers.

longcooljolie This movie was on Xfinity on demand and available on my Kindle. I was aware of it for a long time because the trailer was on my VHS copy of "House of 1000 corpses" which I watch every Halloween.First off, it feels like an indie flick with it's non self-consciousness and quirky (though very effective) musical score. It has a cast of unknowns who, except for Ana Faris, have stayed unknown. But of course that doesn't take away from the quality of the acting and direction which is top-notch for what must have been a low budget.The best thing to say on the story is that it's a modern day take on a Frankenstein tale combined with a young girl version of Taxi Driver. For the first hour it has a languid pace which is the reason for the word tedious in my review title. But it holds your interest and of course there's a payoff at the end.Gore fans might be disappointing because there are very sparing quantities of that, just enough to get the story across. But for fans of intelligent horror that makes you feel something (other than shock or disgust) this one is very worthwhile.

Leofwine_draca MAY is a low budget horror outing that occasionally shines but for the most part is rather tiresome, purely because we've seen all of the plot elements done before - and better. The central character is a kooky goth girl, always unlucky in love, who decides to improve her life by literally building herself a new friend.It's hardly a novel idea, having been done better in the Christopher Lambert serial killer flick RESURRECTION, but it's enough to just about sustain the narrative of this rather unwieldy little movie. The main problem with MAY is that the film feels rather unfocused and repetitive. There are too many scenes which feel repetitive, usually involving May getting rejected or building a grievance against those in her life.There are plus points here, not least some not-bad direction and a dedicated central performance from Angela Bettis, but the second half of a film turns into a predictable gore fest when it had the potential to be something much creepier and more unsettling. It's a pity because MAY has promise, but it's promise that is soon wasted. And the soundtrack is horrible.

Neil Welch May has a disturbed and disturbing childhood, and grows up with difficulty in forming relationships. She keeps coming close, but that darned doll from her childhood keeps getting in the way.I have just given an accurate but misleading synopsis: the doll is an important element of this psychological horror, but not in the way you might suspect. Angela Bettis makes May both sympathetic and worryingly odd, and a good cast make the supporting characters interesting, varied, and credible (Anna Faris, in particular, is very good). The resolution of this rather sad tale is both shocking and entirely in accordance with what has come before.Of its sort, this is one of the better examples of the damaged individual psychological horror.