Two years after a high-school prank involving flesh-eating acid nearly kills popular teacher Mr. Balszack, the graduating class of Sloppy Secondary holds a ’24-Hour Famine’ charity event on school grounds. But there’s an uninvited guest at this event, masquerading as the school’s handyman mascot, and he’s got an insatiable hunger of his own.
Practical Effects
Gloriously disgusting latex effects that squelch with pride
Costume
The mascot suit: nightmare fuel meets dollar store fever dream
Acting
Committed performances to material that doesn't deserve them
Director
Ryan Nicholson
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Director Ryan Nicholson ran FX company Flesh & Fantasy; this was his third feature after 'Gutterballs' and 'Live Feed', forming an unofficial 'vile Canadian bowling alley adjacent horror' trilogy.
Shot in British Columbia with local talent, 'Famine' exemplifies the 2000s 'torture porn' hangover era where microbudget filmmakers tried to out-gross 'Saw' on grocery store budgets.
US
CA
