Bug Bites begins off innocuous sufficient, if a little bit disturbing: a younger lady with an alarming quantity of bug bites decides to name an exterminator to ensure she doesn’t have a dreaded mattress bug infestation. From there, the brief dives into some excessive physique horror… then injects an sudden tidal wave of surreal humor.

Check it out, however perhaps not when you’re consuming!

The tone shifts alone are notable, however the seemingly countless sequence the place all people simply whips their heads round looking at one another actually makes you notice Bed Bug is a horror movie with two issues on its thoughts: grossing you the hell out, and making you echo its protagonist’s genuinely baffled shriek of “WTF?” Those car-insurance robocalls won’t ever sound the identical manner once more.

Directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio, who can also be co-credited with particular make-up results and visible results, and shared on-line by Alter, Bug Bites is as completely bizarre because it must be, and can 100% make your pores and skin crawl within the course of.

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