Saccharine is a 2026 body horror movie about a student using experimental weight-loss pills, triggering a disturbing physical transformation and a growing supernatural presence feeding on her obsession.
Synopsis
A medical student becomes fixated on rapid weight loss after encountering a dramatically transformed friend. Drawn into an elite fitness program, she experiments with pills she cannot afford by analyzing them in a university lab. The discovery pushes her into increasingly disturbing behavior, including stealing human bones from cadavers to replicate the formula. As her body begins to shrink at an unnatural rate, a spectral entity emerges, growing stronger with every pound lost. The haunting intensifies, turning her pursuit of beauty into a battle against a parasitic force tied directly to her transformation.
Movie Details
Directed by: Natalie Erika James
Written by: Natalie Erika James
Starring: Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald, Madeleine Madden
Genre: Horror, Drama
Category: Body, Supernatural
Country: Australia
Language: English
Main Cast
- Andre Ong Carlesso
- Anna Adams
- Annie Shapero
- Daniela Rene Fink
- Danielle Macdonald
- Darius Googe
- Emily Milledge
- Jeremiah Louis
- Joseph Baldwin
- Lisa Crittenden
- Lucy Goleby
- Mackenzie McLaren
- Madeleine Madden
- Midori Francis
- Rachel Khalaf
- Robert Taylor
- Sam Ready
- Showko Showfukutei
Production
- Stan
- Carver Films
- IPR.VC
- Thrum Films
Distribution
- IFC Films
- Shudder
Where to Watch
Official Trailer
Movie Review
