Bite (film)

Bite
Directed by Chad Archibald
Produced by Chad Archibald
Cody Calahan
Christopher Giroux
Written by Chad Archibald
Jayme Laforest
Starring Elma Begovic
Annette Wozniak
Denise Yuen
Jordan Gray
Lawrene Denkers
Barry Birnberg
Daniel Klimitz
Tianna Nori
Caroline Palmer
Music by Steph Copeland
Cinematography Jeff Maher
Edited by Nick Montgomery
Production
companies
Distributed by Black Fawn Distribution
United Front Entertainment
Release dates
Running time
 88 minutes
Country Canada
Language English

Bite is a 2015 body-horror film by Canadian writer/director Chad Archibald, produced by Black Fawn Films, and Breakthrough Entertainment about a young woman who is bitten by an waterborne insect while in Costa Rica and suffers horrifying consequences.

Plot

Casey (played by Elma Begovic) returns home from her Bachelorette party in Costa Rica with a seemingly innocuous insect bite but is too preoccupied with her issues at home to take note. An over-bearing mother-in-law, and cold feet over her impending wedding are at the top of her list of concerns but the horrifying effects of the bite are the one thing she will not be able to escape from as her instincts take a turn for the murderous and her body degenerates into an insectoid form.

Cast

Release

‘’Bite’’ was released in 2015 at the Fantasia International Film Festival, Fantasy Filmfest, Film4 Fright Fest, Mile High Horror Film Festival, Sitges Film Festival, Lund International Fantastic Film Festival, Chicago International Film Festival, Tucson Terrorfest, Night Visions Film Festival, Another Hole in the Head Film Festival, Monster Fest. Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival, and Texas Frightmare Weekend. A subtitled version was released in Madrid, Spain on June 7, 2016.

Reception

The film received negative reviews from critics and holds a 36% Rating on RottenTomatoes.[1] The beginning of the film and character development in particular were criticized, with the relationships and acting being described as unconvincing and generic to the point of being parodic, while the complex themes and body-horror elements were generally viewed more favorably by critics, Brian Tallerico from rogerebert.com called it “one of those early career horror entries in which the filmmakers don’t quite nail the set-up or the landing, but the gooey center of the film works for those with a high tolerance for things that might make a majority of the population queasy.”[2]

Phil Wheat from Nerdly had a slightly more positive takeaway after seeing the Frightfest 2015 screening: “Bite is strange and claustrophobic tale of sexuality, horror and bodily fluids recalls the best of David Cronenberg (Rabid, Shivers, The Fly), even echoing of Roman Polanski’s Repulsion in the isolated madness of Casey’s condition. And as such is unmissable”[3] and Matt Boiselle from Dread Central stated that “Bite definitely has the chops to be the Fly of the new age and simply shouldn’t be missed, especially if you’re a gorehound on the prowl.”[4]

Many audience members were apparently unprepared for the gruesome content of the film however, as Fantasia Film Festival co-director Mitch Davis said on Facebook, “I leave the BITE premiere for all of ten minutes and the following text lights up my phone: “2 people fainted. One girl is puking and another hit his head on stairs”. Truth.” Davis also had special Bite branded barf-bags handed out to the audience.[5]

References

  1. ↑
  2. ↑ Tallerico, Brian. "Bite Movie Review & Film Summary (2016)". Roger Ebert. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  3. ↑ "Frightfest 2015: 'Bite' Review". Nerdly. 2015-08-31. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  4. ↑ Boiselle, Matt (2015-07-28). "Bite (2015)". Dread Central. Retrieved 2016-11-23.
  5. ↑ Barton, Steve (2015-08-04). "Bite Screening Spews Bodily Fluids at Fantasia". Dread Central. Retrieved 2016-11-23.

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