‘Saccharine’ Trailer Debuts as R-Rated Body-Horror Sets May 22 Release
Writer-director Natalie Erika James frames the story as a personal study of shame tied to diet culture.
Overview
- Bloody Disgusting unveiled an exclusive trailer for the Australian supernatural body-horror film Saccharine.
- Independent Film Company set a May 22 U.S. theatrical release, with a Shudder streaming debut slated for July.
- The Motion Picture Association rated the film R for disturbing content, grisly images, sexuality, drug use, graphic nudity, and language.
- The plot follows Hana, a medical student who tries a weight-loss fad of eating human ashes and is then stalked by a sinister presence that mirrors body-image fears.
- Midori Francis leads the cast with Danielle Macdonald and Madeleine Madden in a feature written and directed by Natalie Erika James.