A comic movie with body horror

If you have an aversion to gook and gore, you'd do well to skip Clayface, the latest big-screen addition to the DC Comics universe. It may help to think of the movie as a specialty item, an under-hyped comic book offering that mixes body horror and low-grade sci-fi as it streams bloody set pieces through a revenge-oriented tale. Tom Rhys Harries plays Matt Hagen, a handsome actor whose career is about to take a forward leap after he receives an Oscar nomination. Humbled by recognition but also exhilarated by the possibilities that are about to open for him, Hagen makes a major mistake. He sleeps with the sexy moll (Joana Ribeiro) of a major Gotham mob boss (David Dencik). In an act of brutal revenge, Dencik's Szabo carves up Hagen's face, putting an end to a blossoming career and sending the dejected actor back to the poor Gotham neighborhood where he grew up. Cue the urban decay. But wait. There's hope. A research scientist (an appealing Naomi Ackie) has developed a technique to…