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Hana, a lovelorn medical student, becomes terrorized by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.
+ MoreHana, a lovelorn medical student, becomes terrorized by a hungry ghost after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.
Natalie Erika James follows Relic (2020 Sundance Film Festival) with this revoltingly punchy, modern, and timely take on body horror. Through sickeningly syrupy scenes of literal and spiritual consumption, Midori Francis embodies Hana, a body-dysmorphic young woman bent on chasing her weight goal at all costs. The archetypal myth of the hungry ghost manifests literally, creating a uniquely tense atmosphere fit for a physically and metaphorically dangerous haunt.
The viscosity of James’ exploration of haunting and body horror in the era of accessible weight-loss medications is especially poignant, as Saccharine works to deconstruct weight and fatness as metrics by which we classify antagonism and personal shortcoming. What if the desperation to conform is a destructive consumption itself? What if we manifest our own bottomless specters? — CA
This film contains strobe effects.
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Natalie Erika James
Natalie Erika James
Natalie Erika James
Anna McLeish
Sarah Shaw
Midori Francis
Danielle Macdonald
Madeleine Madden
Natalie Erika James is a Japanese Australian writer, director, and producer focused on dark genre stories told with heart. Her debut feature, the psychological horror Relic, premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival to critical acclaim. She co-wrote and directed Apartment 7A, a prequel to Rosemary’s Baby.
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