A young potter’s life devolves into chaos as he loses function of his body while being haunted by the physical manifestation of his childhood trauma.
Acting
Zach Villa's physical deterioration is genuinely unsettling
Practical Effects
Creature design hits that uncanny 'wrong human' sweet spot
Director
Addison Heimann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Heimann channels Cronenberg through a queer lens, using body horror to literalize how marginalized people are taught to distrust their own bodies and experiences.
The film was shot in just 18 days with a micro-budget, forcing practical effects over CGI — the creature's jerky movements are actually a performer in prosthetics, not digital.
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