We all know that parenthood isn’t easy. However,horror filmshave a way of making audiences understand how scary, creepy, and traumatizing it can be. A new movie that is coming to underscore this view isLittle Bites, whichcenters around a motherdesperately trying to protect her kid from afiendish creature. To tease the movie for horror month, Shudder and RLJE Films teamed up with Collider to debut the trailer along with the release date: it is set to premiere in theaters on October 4.
The trailer forLittle Bitesprovides a little glimpse into how macabre the new movie looks. Thedarkened housewould be uninviting enough on its own, but on top of that, Mindy (Krsy Fox) has to deal with a disgusting creature lurking in the shadows. Theflesh-eating monsteris called Agyar (Jon Sklaroff), and it seems to have struck a horrible deal with Mindy. As long as it keeps feasting on her flesh, he will leave the woman’s daughter alone.
It’s pretty easy to see that the situation inside Mindy’s house will derail at some point, and we’ll have to check out the movie to find out exactly what happens when Agyar the monster is not pleased. Based onour collective experience with horror movies, though, it’s safe to say that it won’t be pleasant at all. Not that it has been for Mindy: in a particular scene in the trailer, we discover that protecting her daughteris taking a physical toll on her, and it’s just a matter of time before push comes to shove.
‘Little Bites’ Director Explains His Horror Movies' Allegories
In an official statement, directorSpider Oneexplained thatLittle Bitesis inspired by anextremely personal and yet universal experience. The director decided to just be blunt about it instead of having audiences speculate on the possible allegories that the story brings. He stated:
“Little Bites began with an unflinching look at my own experience as a parent. An experience that has been and continues to be a complex mess of love, pain, success and failure. Where the best of intentions are constantly countered by the dark forces of self-doubt and the external judgment of others. Where the efforts to protect a child can at times seem pointless in such a cruel, confusing world. It’s a deeply personal experience that I believe is equally universal.”
To leave no room for misinterpretation, Spider One also wrote thatLittle Bitesis “clearly” ametaphor for parenthoodand that ultimately Agyar represents every parent’s fear of failing their kids. The director added that if viewers perceiveMindy’s actions as surreal and frustrating, this is exactly the point because “she doesn’t know what to do.” He capped it off by stating that framing the parenthood story within the horror genre was a “natural choice” because it is “one of the most exciting ways to tell a story.”
Little Biteswill have its world premiere at Fantastic Fest before it arrives in theaters on October 4 before coming to Shudder at a later date. You can watch the trailer above.
