Trailer
Summary
In the back of a butcher shop, a little girl watches terrifying tales on a screen that must be fed. As its appetite grows, her father must find increasingly gruesome ways to keep the show going.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- Graphic violence bothers you
- You scare easily
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 71GoodWatch 75
Letterboxd · 5 K ratings3.6/5
IMDb6.9
Running time
1 h 56 min
Longer than 9 in 10 horror movies, +21 min on the typical 95
typical 95116Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 138 countries
Released
2026
October 12, 2026
This year
Genre
HorrorLanguage
English
Original language
Also spoken
JapaneseMade in
United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceStrong
- Gore, disturbing imagesStrong
- Frightening scenesIntense
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
- Strong languageNamed in the advisories
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 12 more16 people
- James A. Janisse(segment "Sate the Screen")
- Chelsea Rebecca(segment "Sate the Screen")
- Zoran Gvojic(segment "Sate the Screen")
- Elle Riot Fox(segment "Sate the Screen")
- Rich Sommer(segment "Sate the Screen")
- Dolly LewisDolly Lewis (segment "What's in Your Bag?")
- Merlin LeonhardtThe Host (segment "What's in Your Bag?")
- Richard KindRichard Kind ("What's in Your Bag?")
Sarah Stephens(segment "You'll Be Fine")
Kyle GazakJim (segment "Dagnabbit!")
Brett BrooksRealtor (segment "Dagnabbit!")
Hunter RomanillosJakob (segment "The Witchening")
Kiarra Hamagami GoldbergKate (segment "The Witchening")- PMPenelope MartoneJeanie (segment "The Witchening")
Aidan ArmstrongTchotchke (segment "Tchotchke")
Andrea OrtaSelena (segment "Psychopomp")
Directing · 15
- James A. Janisse Director, Writer, Producer
- Jonnie Stapleton Director
- Benjamin Baraad Director
- Jason Sheedy Director, Writer, Producer
- Steven Schloss Director, Writer
- Joshua David Matthews Director, Writer, Producer
Production · 4
- Chelsea Rebecca Producer
- Ahmet Zappa Producer
- Kyle Steinike Producer
- Alex Hertzberg Producer
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