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The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick

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After a tragic accident, Yvonne drives down to her friend Camille's bucolic new home for some time away. She's welcomed by A.J. and Isaac, two new friends of Camille who also may live there. The group promises a weekend of homemade meals from fresh, local produce and parlor games by candlelight. But when Yvonne develops troubling symptoms from a tick bite, the rural paradise fades away revealing a breeding ground for a disturbing new life.

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Meagan Navarro Bloody Disgusting Deftly blends a pastoral fairy tale with muted millennial horror to opaque results. It’s the type of film that favors mood over narrative and quirks over coherency. Mar 28, 2025 Full Review Siddhant Adlakha Variety Its wry tone is accompanied by strange characters and even stranger sound design, and yields a wildly enjoyable initial half. However, like its grieving lead character lost in her millennial malaise, it loses itself down a rabbit hole of metaphors. Mar 24, 2025 Full Review Alison Foreman IndieWire The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick makes a lasting impression -- even if it is blotchy, faded, and several rings shy of hitting that classic tick-bite bullseye mark. Rated: C+ Mar 19, 2025 Full Review Mary Beth McAndrews Dread Central Mileage will certainly vary depending on your love of vibe-forward slow burns, but if you’re willing to give in to the film’s allure, then you’ll be presented with a deeply weird cinematic journey that buries its head into your soft flesh. Rated: 3.5/5 Mar 26, 2025 Full Review Tina Kakadelis Film Obsessive The collaborative effort of The True Beauty of Being Bitten By a Tick pokes fun at the absurd contradictions that exist in this specific generation, while providing a genuinely spine-chilling sensation for the viewer. Mar 25, 2025 Full Review Hoai-Tran Bui Inverse Half-baked satire at its finest, more practiced in the aesthetic of social horror than it is in developing any fully-formed ideas about wellness or self-care. Mar 21, 2025 Full Review Read all reviews

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Pete Ohs

Director

Zoe Chao

Actor

Callie Hernandez

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James Cusati-Moyer

Actor

Jeremy O. Harris

Actor

Pete Ohs

Screenwriter
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Synopsis After a tragic accident, Yvonne drives down to her friend Camille's bucolic new home for some time away. She's welcomed by A.J. and Isaac, two new friends of Camille who also may live there. The group promises a weekend of homemade meals from fresh, local produce and parlor games by candlelight. But when Yvonne develops troubling symptoms from a tick bite, the rural paradise fades away revealing a breeding ground for a disturbing new life.
Director
Pete Ohs
Producer
Callie Hernandez, Pete Ohs, Jeremy O. Harris, Josh Godfrey
Screenwriter
Pete Ohs, Callie Hernandez, Zoe Chao, James Cusati-Moyer, Jeremy O. Harris
Genre
Comedy, Drama, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 22m