Bite

Released May 6, 2016

1h 28m

Horror

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20 Reviews

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250+ Ratings

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A seemingly harmless bite transforms a young woman (Elma Begovic) into an insect-like creature that needs human flesh for her eggs.

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Alex C

An interesting premise, acting on some wasn't the greatest but the main lead was very good. Pacing of the film was good and it was funny in parts, gore was good and you begin to really feel sorry for her! I don't understand all the bad reviews, watching this isn't a waste of time.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

10/03/23

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Craig B

For starters, not a movie for the faint-hearted. Some pretty nasty scenes in this kind of ‘body horror' movie. The pacing skips along pretty well in the short 89 minute duration and you are never impatient for the realisation of the feeling of dread which continues to build throughout the movie. Some of the grotesque visuals remind me of ‘The Fly' (later Cronenberg feature with Jess Goldblum). This won't be for everyone, but it is a mildly entertaining horror offering.

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

03/19/23

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prawnda s

i'm a fan of deliberately bad horror comedy, and this was not it. special effects consist of orbeez, orbeez and more orbeez. im not kidding. they keep using them for the entire movie. there are no laughs, no scares, and the writing/direction is too poor to tell if any of the cast are decent at acting.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/03/23

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Audience Member

It's as if this film had two directors one doing the first 20 min of the film as found footage then another director taking over for the last hour which vastly improves the film in all manner the make-up and acting etc worth a watch in the end

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/22/23

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ken k

Elma Begovic as Casey and her body horror transformation is the only reason to watch this otherwise overrated film. Bite, in no way lives up to the hype that for some reason surrounds this film.

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

The movies entire budget was spent on Boba tea tapioca, certainly not acting lessons. Laughably bad.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

02/17/23

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Chad Archibald

Director

Elma Begovic

Casey

Annette Wozniak

Jill

Denise Yuen

Kirsten

Jordan Gray

Jared

Lawrene Denkers

Mrs. Kennedy

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Brian Tallerico

RogerEbert.com

At its best, and it gets pretty good after a really rocky start, "Bite" is a clever gorefest with some creative twists and turns.

Rated: 2.5/4

May 6, 2016

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Noel Murray

Los Angeles Times

After an opening 10 minutes that promises something depressingly mediocre, the film takes a turn to the atmospheric and gruesome, and winds up being one of the year's more provocative shockers.

May 5, 2016

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Chris Nashawaty

Entertainment Weekly

It seems to exist merely to spoil your appetite.

Rated: C+

May 5, 2016

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Bite is the kind of movie that wouldn't exist if its characters didn't make such terrible decisions.

Rated: 1/4

Apr 15, 2022

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Emilie Black

Cinema Crazed

It is most definitely worth a watch but gorehounds beware: it doesn't shock as much as touted and it doesn't reinvent the bug movie wheel.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 19, 2020

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Joey Keogh

Wicked Horror

This isn't the new Fly because, let's face it, nothing is or ever will be, but it's an entertaining watch nonetheless and most likely the best body horror movie of the year.

Rated: 6/10

Oct 3, 2019

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Synopsis

A seemingly harmless bite transforms a young woman (Elma Begovic) into an insect-like creature that needs human flesh for her eggs.

Director: Chad Archibald
Producer: Nat Abraham, Tim Brown, Ira Levy, Michael McGuigan, Peter Williamson
Screenwriter: Jayme Laforest
Distributor: Scream Factory
Production Co: Black Fawn Films, Breakthrough Entertainment
Genre: Horror
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 6, 2016, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 25, 2016
Runtime: 1h 28m

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