''Pathology'' is a 2008

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- horror film directed by Marc Schölermann, written by

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and Brian Taylor, and starring

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, and

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. The film premiered April 11, 2008 in the United Kingdom and opened in

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in the

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on April 18, 2008.

Plot

The intro shows a camera recording faces of corpses, with their mouths being moved by medical residents. Dr. Teddy Grey graduates at the top of his class from

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and joins one of the nation's most prestigious

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programs. There, a rivalry develops between a group of interns and Teddy. They invite him into their group, which entertains itself with a secret after-hours game at the morgue of who can commit the perfect undetectable murder. Eventually the group's leader, Jake Gallo, realizes that Teddy is sleeping with his girlfriend, Juliette Bath. When Teddy catches several members of the group in lies, he realizes that what initially seemed like vigilante killings are, in reality, innocent people murdered for sport. Teddy's fiancée Gwen arrives to stay with him in his apartment. Gallo, angered by Juliette's infidelity, kills her for the next game. However, just as they are about to begin the autopsy on Juliette (in the meantime plotting Teddy's death), Gallo realizes that the gas has been left on in the room. Teddy rigged the gas to kill everyone in the group. This results in a massive explosion as one of the group lights a crystal-meth pipe. Everyone in the room is caught in the explosion. Gallo realizes what is about to happen and survives. Teddy is seen walking away from the explosion. Later, Gallo manages to kill Gwen in what he believes to be the "perfect murder". Upon completing his autopsy report on his murdered fiancée, Teddy is knocked out by Gallo and then is forced to trade verbal barbs with him. Teddy uses some of Gallo's own rhetoric against him in reverse psychology fashion, after which fellow pathologist Ben Stravinsky frees Teddy and together they kill Gallo in exactly the same way that he killed Teddy's fiancée. In the process, they vivisect Gallo.

Cast

as Dr. Ted Grey *

as Dr. Jake Gallo *

as Gwen Williamson *

as Dr. Juliette Bath *

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as Dr. Griffin Cavanaugh *

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as Dr. Quentin Morris * Mei Melançon as Dr. Catherine Ivy *

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as Dr. Ben Stravinsky *

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as Dr. Chip Bentwood *

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as Fat Bastard *

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as Harper Johnson *

Alan Blumenfeld Alan Blumenfeld (born September 4, 1952) is an American character actor, best known for his role in NBC's TV series ''Heroes'' as Maury Parkman, the telepath father of Matt Parkman played by Greg Grunberg, and as Bob Buss in the telefilm ''2g ...

as Mr. Williamson *Deborah Pollack as Mrs. Williamson

Critical reception

The film received mixed reviews from critics. As of December 8, 2012, the review aggregator

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reported that 43% of critics gave the film positive reviews, based on 21 reviews.

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reported the film had an average score of 55 out of 100, based on 8 reviews.

Production

The cast was announced on April 4, 2007 and filming started in May 2007.

Soundtrack

The soundtrack to ''Pathology'' was released on April 29, 2008.

References

External links

* * * * *
Trailer
at bloody-disgusting.com

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