1 of 5 | Midori Francis stars in "Saccharine," in theaters Friday. Photo courtesy of Independent Film Company and Shudder
LOS ANGELES, May 21 (UPI) -- Midori Francis, Danielle Macdonald and Madeleine Madden said they related to the theme of their horror movie Saccharine, in theaters Friday. Francis plays Hana, a medical student who ingests human ash to lose weight.
In a recent Zoom interview with UPI, Francis said the metaphor of weight loss obsession turning horrific was easy to imagine. Natalie Erika James wrote and directed the film.
"This subject matter is already a horror movie," Francis said. "Does that make sense? It just did not seem like a big stretch."
Hana analyzes the compound of an expensive diet pill and discovers human ash is the main component. With budgetary constraints, she manufactures her own pills using her school's cadaver.
