A woman and her bed bug roommate team up against the patriarchy. Yes, really.
A millennial woman and a female bed bug form an unlikely bond while contending with toxic masculinity.
Direction
Hoffman packs more ideas into 8 minutes than most features.
Writing
Sharp satire of male doctors dismissing women's pain.
Acting
McCollister commits fully to bed bug communion.
Director
Emily Ann Hoffman
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Hoffman made this after her own bed bug nightmare, reframing personal trauma through a surreal feminist lens.
Part of a 2019 wave of horror-tinged shorts about women's bodies being colonized—see also 'The Body' and 'Bite.'
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