Trailer for Shudder’s Body Horror Film ‘Saccharine’ Will Make Your Stomach Churn
IFC and Shudder share the official trailer for ‘Relic’ director Natalie Erika James’ supernatural body horror ‘Saccharine’.
What’s eating you?
IFC and Shudder share the official trailer for Relic director Natalie Erika James’ supernatural body horror Saccharine, which was picked up out of this year’s Sundance Film Festival. And oh boy, does it look gross.
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,” Emily Gotto, senior vice president of acquisitions and productions at Shudder, said at the time of the acquisition.
Saccharine opens in theaters on May 22, 2026, from Independent Film Company and Shudder.
