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112m
Saccharine
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Synopsis
Nothing is sweet in this atmospheric Aussie body horror from Natalie Erika James (Relic).
Hana, a first-year medical student becomes fixated on losing weight after seeing the dramatic physical transformation of a friend taking a controversial new diet pill made from human ashes. Unable to afford the pills herself, Hana resorts to stealing bones from the cadaver she dissects in her anatomy class. As the weight falls away, she finds herself haunted by the restless ghost of the woman she is consuming. As the entity begins to overpower her, Hana must find a way to break free from it before losing control entirely.
Festivals
Berlin International Film Festival 2026 | Official Selection
Sundance Film Festival 2026 | Official Selection
Sydney Film Festival 2026 | Official Selection
Screening at Luna Leederville & Luna on SX from July 9.
Rating
MA15+
Length
112m
Genre
New Release Horror
Reviews
Saccharine is a welcome addition to the body horror genre that gets at our overtly online doom
Real-life horror of one’s own body is the most insidious kind of body horror at play here, though James’ film offers a measure of the gorily fantastical stuff too.
A frenzied, nightmarish climax of greed, desire and full-tilt excess that takes a sharp-toothed bite out of society’s toxic obsession with women’s bodies.
“Urgent, clever, and infinitely cinematic, with [...] unsettlingly gruesome practical effects.”
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