‘Bloat’ Trailer: A Found Footage Creature Feature From The Producers of ‘Unfriended’
Films like The Den and Unfriended are quintessential examples of screen-life horror, or horror films told exclusively through a series of screens rather than through the traditional narrative camera. Often, these films are either about human monsters or unseeable supernatural forces. But now, writer and director Pablo Absento is putting a creature feature spin on it with her new film Bloat.
Read the full synopsis below:
After a near-death drowning accident, a young boy’s family is horrified to discover he has become possessed by a legendary demon from the depths of the lake. As the family races against time to save the boy’s soul, the evil monster inside the child tears the family apart as it seeks to destroy everyone in its path.
Watch the official trailer:
Kappa horror?? In the year of our Lord 2025?? While it’s through the lens of a white family, which is always questionable, Absento is no stranger to J-horror, directing Japanese horror shorts, including the award-winning “Shi”. She’s also filtering that through the found footage horror lens, which is particularly exciting for this writer. Also, according to Variety, Bloat marks a massive first: it is the first Japanese screen-life film.
Ben McKenzie (Gotham), Bojana Novakovic (Birds of Prey), Malcolm Fuller, Sawyer Jones, and Kane Kosugi star in the film.
Bloat comes to theaters, digital, and VOD on March 7, 2025.
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