When an awkward but brilliant Chinese student wins a scholarship into a prestigious New Zealand University, she finds a new way of achieving the popularity she craves one bloody body at a time.
Acting
Joyena Sun's cringe-perfect desperation
Practical Effects
Gooey transformation effects that squelch gloriously
Writing
Immigrant daughter guilt as literal body horror
Director
Sasha Rainbow
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Sasha Rainbow specifically wanted to explore Asian diaspora beauty pressures through horror, casting Chinese-New Zealand actors to ground the metaphor.
The 'peeling' scene took six hours to apply and was shot in a single take because the prosthetics literally couldn't be reapplied.
NZ
