Bug Bites begins off innocuous sufficient, if just a little 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.

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The tone shifts alone are notable, however the seemingly limitless sequence the place all people simply whips their heads round observing one another actually makes you notice Mattress 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 means once more.

Directed by Daniel DelPurgatorio, who can 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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