Feed Me

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To understand and fully appreciate Feed Me, a wild, often gloriously outrageous metaphoric tale, one must look beneath its sensational façade and analyse the storyteller's true intent, for there lies an inventive tapestry of visual, audible and character delights whose narrative is both astute and deceptively complex, delving deep into the malaise of torment and heartache, so often interconnected with grief, depression and childhood trauma. Richard Oakes and Adam Leader, being both the writers and directors, have proffered a graphically crafted, delicious tale that speaks to a host of difficult topics and mental health concerns: eating disorders, assisted suicide, cannibalism, melancholy, anguish and desolation. It is these issues that are primarily achieved through Lionel Flack and Jed Freeman: desperate, embellished characters that are both astutely and vivaciously played by Neal Ward and Christopher Mulvin, respectively. Indeed, Ward's 'Flack' is wonderfully animated and over the top, aptly displaying his huge talents to the full. Production Design was handled by Amy Lukas, and what an outstanding job was done. The concepts and final executions of Flack's home (noxious, squalid, loathsome) perfectly reflect his demeanour and mental health and unquestionably are integral to the movie's success. Yes, Feed Me's characters and their actions are exaggerated, even melodramatic at times, but it's their very abstruse decisions and behaviour that ultimately aids the intent of this engrossing, persuasive story. Pungent, audacious, cerebral; Feed Me is a compelling, enticing cuisine to savour - delighting the palate in the most gastronomically gruesome way. Are you ready to eat now?

Lionel is crazzzzzy. His over the top performance was enjoyable for me . The chemistry between Jed and Lionel (Lye) was what kept me watching. It had its comedic bromance moments and then it got dark and stayed dark. Yes there are some execution issues. One scene seemed out of place and incomplete. And what's with the lamps?? Lionel is complex but not completely fleshed out for us. One scene you see he has scars all over his body including his head. Implying severe abuse by his mother. He is alone , lonely and wanting to connect with humanity but I guess cannibalism is the only way he can. The flashback scenes could have been done better or just omitted and done with voice overs. With that said ...it's a good 'bad' movie.

I saw Feed Me at the British Horror Film Festival. I knew nothing about it going into it, and if I had known anything I wouldn't have bothered sitting through it. This movie is terrible. All the characters are complete morons who make the dumbest decisions possible. The cannibal character throws up so many red flags I don't know how he hasn't already been caught or why anyone talks to him for more than 5 seconds before backing away politely. How is anyone fooled by his awful wig and accent is beyond me. The acting is terrible, the script is terrible, the 'plot' is terrible. I should have left before the end of this film, but I didn't for two reasons. 1 - Maybe it could have redeemed itself with some great ideas or a twist - but it didn't, and without seeing the whole thing, can you complain about it? 2 - If you walk out of a horror movie at a film festival everyone just assumes that you are offended by the gore. I happily watch extreme cinema, I'm fine with gore, so I'm not giving them the satisfaction of saying 'people walked out because they couldn't handle it' when in reality it's because its a pile of steaming garbage. Why 3 stars and not 1? The practical effects were good. The gore when bodies are dismembered was done well. Lots of blood, some grisly flesh, that was pretty effective. But it doesn't make up for the rest of this crap. I'd rather sacrifice a limb to a cannibal than have to watch this rubbish again.

Jed Freeman goes off the deep end when his wife Alex (Hannah Al Rashid) is eaten up from the inside with cancer. At her funeral he meets Lionel Flack (Neal Ward) an odd stranger who carries his own champagne glasses with him. Lionel offers to help Jed end his emptiness through assisted suicide. In order to meet his wife he needs to be eaten from the outside. Lionel so kindly offers to slowly cut him up and eat him over time. Jed agrees and neither man see anything unusual in the situation, although Jed has some pain and bleeding issues. Lionel lives in a rather depressing flat with a very ugly rug. While I love dark and oddball comedies, I failed to see the humor in this film. It was simply gross and silly without any real direction. Guide: F-word. Nudity. No sex.

I found this film through the band In Search of Sun, whose single 'Contagious' features in the end credits. Admittedly, coming into it, I expected something entirely different than what I got. The performance of the lead, Neal Ward, is something that I feel will be lost on a lot of people, especially Americans. As a southern American myself, I am exceedingly familiar with the accent, and it was instantly laughable within the first sentence he spoke. For many people I'm sure this comes across as poor acting, but I personally feel like it's so egregious, it has to be an intentional choice meant to emphasize the nature of the antagonist. It also serves as a setup for the very minor twist of the main antagonist impersonating someone he's killed, explaining both the poor wig and even poorer accent. This is what solidified it as flagrantly intentional choice in my mind, and something that the characters of the world are willing to overlook as a character quirk. Characters seem to take him at face value for just being an awkward and eccentric person. You'll either like this choice, or hate the naivete of the people who he interacts with. When Neal Ward finally switches the accent off and reveals that the character is indeed faking it within the film's universe, you see a glimpse of his genuine acting ability beyond the guise of the seemingly inept Lionel. He immediately draws forth a more threatening presence, lacking the comedic undertones of his usual goofy persona. The way he reacts to stressful situations makes it very clear that he's in far over his head, and that whatever he's gotten away with before this has been entirely on luck. There's some decent visual storytelling with scars coating Lionel's body, implied to be from abuse from his mother, who he has immortalized in a * portrait hanging in his dining room proudly. It's up to the audience to decide whether this lack of explicit background is a choice to intrigue you, or a disregard for proper characterization. For me, I think it's more of the former. Though I've spent most of the review talking about Neal Ward's portrayal of his character, I also think it's the thing most people will take issue with. The acting from Christopher Mulvin is good, with only a few glimpses of awkwardness peeking through in the opening minutes, where some of his emoting feels unnatural. The performances from the other cast, particularly Liv and the two police officers who visit about halfway through the film, are perfectly fine. There's not much to complain about with them in my opinion. The final aspect worth noting, since the story itself is as simplistic as it sounds, is that the special effects work is fantastic for such a microbudget film. It's genuinely impressive, and the use of practical over CG adds a very physical sense of feedback to the gore scenes. Seeing the main character's finger bend and crack before being snipped off was jarring to me, as I've been conditioned to expect a clean slice. In modern cinema, where gore is usually so excessively digital that it's distracting, it's a breath of fresh air to see something else. It's clear to me that this was a film made with a lot of passion, but I think it'll miss it's mark with most people who aren't willing to meet it halfway with it's liberal use of tonal shifts and general silliness. If you think you're up for that, I think you'll find this film to be worth a watch. If you're a fan of more grounded plotlines with less egregious moments, this film is likely not for you.

I review this movie as a for halloween time with popcorn yeah because the story is boring and the main character is just he know we know it's funny comedy movies about jeffrey dahmer this why the movie sell you the horror and comedy in the same time and the last thing is the Neal Ward Who played the Lionel Flack he is a very talented actor. Reference to the story of jeffrey dahmer like the fish/ HUMAN HEAD IN REFRIGERATOR/ the eyeglasses/ the look ... and so more The practical effects were good. The gore when bodies are dismembered was done well. Lots of blood, some grisly flesh, that was pretty effective. But it doesn't make up for the rest of this crap.

Coming from the UK, this film gave me Mighty Boosh vibes that I don't think Americans will quite get. Made on a micro budget but the practical effects and set designs are spot on. Brilliantly shot. Neal Wards performance as the eccentric cannibal is courageously off the wall which makes it a stand out performance of the year given his transformation at the end of the film. What this film has going for it is it's relentless insanity and for that it's a success. It's like a nightmarish black comedic fever dream and for that reason it succeeds. I know people will think I'm a crew member but I'm not, I saw this film and was both disgusted and in awe of what I was seeing. It's insanity, and why not, insanity is something that should be put on film so here is one for the insane. Again, watch the Might Boosh to catch the vibe, Neal Ward looks like he was taken straight from that or the league of gentlemen, another British comedy. Check it out.

This movie is garbage and the only reason it's at 5.6 as of today, is because of fake ratings / reviews. The acting sucks, the story sucks, everything sucks. And the fact it's based of true events, makes it so much worse because it could have been great. Don't waste your time in this crap. Don't waste your time in this crap. Don't waste your time in this crap. Don't waste your time in this crap. Don't waste your time in this crap. Don't waste your time in this crap. Don't waste your time in this crap. Don't waste your time in this crap. Don't waste your time in this crap. Don't waste your time in this crap.

FEED ME has a fantastic balance between gore and humourous viewing. I highly recommend watching this awesome movie. I enjoyed laughing and being creeped out at the same time. I can't wait to watch it again - it is one of the few films that I want to watch more than once. The lead actor does a disturbingly fantastic job of portraying a mentally unstable psychopath. The fish is a nice touch. The film has a well rounded storyline that kept me guessing the whole way through. FEED ME is the perfect mixture of British humour and quirkiness that is executed with brilliance and genius, good effects, direction and cinematography.