Body Horror Film ‘Saccharine’ Gets a Home at Shudder Ahead of Sundance!
The first major Sundance Film Festival acquisition announce is here, and with it comes news that IFC and Shudder have picked up Relic director Natalie Erika James’ supernatural body horror Saccharine from XYZ Films ahead of its world premiere, reports Variety.
The film tells the story of a lovelorn medical student who is terrorized by a sinister force after taking part in an obscure weight-loss craze: eating human ashes.
Saccharine was written and directed by James. It’s her third feature following her psychological horror debut Relic, which was distributed by IFC Midnight, and Apartment 7A, a prequel to Rosemary’s Baby starring Julia Garner.
It stars Midori Francis (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Danielle Macdonald (“Patti Cake$”) and Madeleine Madden (“The Wheel of Time”).
“With Saccharine, she returns with a chilling, utterly original vision that pierces our deepest obsessions with body image, reaffirming her work as a leading voice in genre cinema,” said Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and productions at Shudder.
The deal includes rights in North America and the U.K. Saccharine will open in theaters ahead of its Shudder debut at some point in 2026.
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