Totally disappointing and misleading. The only body horror in the entire film is a prolonged erection. I'm a fan of jenna malone, and i think the male leads in the film did a pretty solid job as well, but the movie was a waste of time.
I am all the way here for the representation, and the romantic aspects were cute at first, but were thrown away like every other interesting premise this film had. There was no reason to even present this as a sci fi, because if the worms were replaced by drugs, the plot would not have changed in the slightest.
To say "bugs designed by ____" in big brazen letters before the rest of the credits was insulting to the audience, because the main thing promised by the trailer, the cover, and the synopsis was body horror. Where is the cronenberg???? Unless you are mortified by the sight of a small grub, there's nothing scary about this movie.
I am all the way here for the representation, and the romantic aspects were cute at first, but were thrown away like every other interesting premise this film had. There was no reason to even present this as a sci fi, because if the worms were replaced by drugs, the plot would not have changed in the slightest.
To say "bugs designed by ____" in big brazen letters before the rest of the credits was insulting to the audience, because the main thing promised by the trailer, the cover, and the synopsis was body horror. Where is the cronenberg???? Unless you are mortified by the sight of a small grub, there's nothing scary about this movie.