Appendage

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Appendage

2023

1h 34m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

Comedy

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Hannah (Hadley Robinson), a young fashion designer, seems fine on the surface, but secretly struggles with debilitating self-doubt. Soon these buried feelings begin to make Hannah physically sick and sprout into a ferocious growth on her body: The Appendage. As Hannah’s health declines, The Appendage begins to fuel her anxieties -- her perceived lack of talent at work, her deteriorating relationships with her boyfriend and best friend, and her parents' lack of love and understanding. At her breaking point, Hannah makes a shocking discovery--there are others out there like her.

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Alexandra Heller-Nicholas

AWFJ.org

Appendage is first and foremost a lot of fun, and Zlokovic clearly delights in employing older horror movies as a palette through which she can tell her own story of the nightmare many women face as they struggle to live up to impossible expectations

Oct 23, 2023

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Nick Allen

RogerEbert.com

A comically freaky look at the inner voices we must learn to live with.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 11, 2023

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

while this feature debut is certainly body horror, it is also a psychological allegory, dramatising Hannah’s therapeutic path to both emotional balance and accommodation of her worst qualities alongside the best.

Mar 14, 2023

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Ygraine Hackett-Cantabrana

Moving Pictures Film Club

an entertaining riff of how crippling anxiety can be, causing people to self-destruct and sabotage themselves from within.

Rated: 4/5

Jul 10, 2024

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Savina Petkova

A Good Movie To Watch

The special effects team dropped the ball on this one, and the appendage's physical presence is more distracting than anything. Its concept and its aura, though, go a long way.

Rated: 5.6/10

Oct 29, 2023

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Murjani Rawls

Draftkings Nation

Rennard does a particularly good job in scenes where Hannah has to battle with her mother over a past mistake to see there’s always time to make a change. However, Appendage doesn’t feel like it can juggle its major themes once they are placed together.

Oct 25, 2023

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B P

A Pitch-Perfect Blend of Dark Comedy and Body Horror

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

09/04/24

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Craig B

Appendage is a very solid and creepy horror movie. With a great cast led by Hadley Robinson and Emily Hampshire, there are plenty of confronting and chilling moments in this film. Some would say this is derivative of other movies (Rabid is one that comes to mind), but it really is a fine movie which stands on its own. The film is a slightly letdown by some dodgy creature effects, but aside from that, plenty here for horror buffs to enjoy.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/28/24

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Asmaa Y

The movie overall was a 6/10. I will give it that much because of effort and execution, however, they could have done better with the FX used for the actual appendages. As for the sub plot of main character being an up and coming fashion designer, with her best friend, that came straight from the 2019 remake of Rabid. From the designer berating her, to her going to get drinks with her best friend in a poorly lit bar, making a killer new dress and snubbing her nose at her mentor. The mousey, innocent sweet turns into a confident, sexy monstress with something to prove. Come on. And let's not forget the boyfriend. The one who loves and cares for her, but doesn't push or ask questions or show any real concern when she shows signs of distress of trouble. He just puts on his Homer Simpson face and says it'll all be okay. She just needs some time. Nothings wrong... Ok, Let it Shine. Then **SPOILER** apparently the appendages feed long enough for a dying human to be able to travel across an undisclosed distance from a hospital bed, up a building, through a wall vent, unlock a door to let in her best friend (BUT OF COURSE SHE DIDN'T TURN THE LOCK ALL THE WAY SO THE DOOR IS STILL LOCKED AND HER FRIEND HAS TO RAM THE DOOR REPEATEDLY), fight off another appendage until her friend can burst through and save her, all while STILL DYING, so she can stop the first said appendage continuing to feed on said stupid a$$ boyfriend? I will say, I did like the overall message of the story, which I believe is to love and accept all of yourself; the good and the bad.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

05/25/24

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Andre P

I related to this very much. This movie is my life reflected back on me. The family life is the same as mine. True to life.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/24

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Count G

In the dead of night this shook my wings off I enjoyed it so much. My eyes were glued to the screen!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/24

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Fabian T

the lead is excellent in this! also love her in winning time

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

05/05/24

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Synopsis

Hannah (Hadley Robinson), a young fashion designer, seems fine on the surface, but secretly struggles with debilitating self-doubt. Soon these buried feelings begin to make Hannah physically sick and sprout into a ferocious growth on her body: The Appendage. As Hannah’s health declines, The Appendage begins to fuel her anxieties -- her perceived lack of talent at work, her deteriorating relationships with her boyfriend and best friend, and her parents' lack of love and understanding. At her breaking point, Hannah makes a shocking discovery--there are others out there like her.

Director: Anna Zlokovic
Producer: David Worthen Brooks, Arbi Pedrossian, Jenna Cavelle, Katrina Kudlick, Alex Familian, Hadley Robinson, Anna Zlokovic
Screenwriter: Anna Zlokovic, Anna Zlokovic
Distributor: Hulu
Production Co: 20th Digital Studio, Fever Dream Studios
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 2, 2023
Runtime: 1h 34m

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