Retch
2018 · 4m · UK
Directed by Keir Siewert
Genres: horror
A young woman's mysterious illness erupts into a visceral body horror nightmare as her friend desperately searches for medication while viscous fluid pours from her convulsing body. Rooted in natural biological cycles like molting and menstruation, the film compresses an escalating transformation into four relentless minutes.
Picked by Zoe
The scouts
Four minutes of practical body horror with egg whites and dried glue shot in a London basement — micro-budget gnarliness that knows exactly what it is. No filler, all retch.
Four minutes of practical body horror built on molting and menstrual biology is a smart, contained concept, and the egg-white-and-glue economy reads as ingenuity rather than constraint. Genre-pleasing on its own terms.
Practical body horror built from egg whites for vomit and dried glue for peeling skin - shot in a freezing London basement in 4 minutes of pure escalation. The DIY-effects craft is exactly the kind of resourcefulness I respect.
Reviews
It's the type of horror that you can barely stand to watch what is happening, but you can't wait to see what's next.
Music, makeup, and FX on a level you would normally see on big budget feature films.
Festivals
- London Short Film Festival 2018
- Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival
- Seattle International Film Festival 2019