A SHUDDER ORIGINAL
Directed and Written by
Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli
Starring Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie,
Jason Isaacs, and Katie Dickie
Streaming on Shudder February 13th
Opening in Canadian Theaters on January 23rd
“Honey Bunch is a wonderfully strange film, a movie with the language of ‘70s Gothic Horror but also a darkly vicious vein of humor.” – Brian Tallerico, ROGER EBERT. COM
“With Honey Bunch, Sims-Fewer and Mancinelli have lept squarely into genre territory, adopting a more whimsical yet threatening tone to craft their story about a young couple and their desire to fix their marriage.” – Mary Beth McAndrews, DREAD CENTRAL
“Honey Bunch is built on a foundation of its characters’ genuine love and desire to help, it’s one of the few of the recent batch of body horror pictures to recognize the genre’s capacity for tragedy over allegorical statement and shock value.” – Jake Cole, INDIEWIRE
Synopsis
When Diana wakes from a coma with fragmented memories, she and her husband seek experimental treatments at a remote facility. As the procedures intensify, their marriage is put to the test and Diana begins to question her husband’s true motives.
About the Filmmakers
Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli met at the 2015 TIFF Talent Lab and experienced an instant convergence of minds, quickly joining forces as a filmmaking team. Their frst collaboration together was the short film SLAP HAPPY, which screened at BFI London Film Festival, VIFF and Slamdance, among others. Their next short, WOMAN IN STALL, won the Jury Award for Narrative Student Short at the Austin Film Festival and the Narrative Shorts Grand Jury Prize at Slamdance. Their short, CHUBBY, had its world premiere at the Telluride Film Festival and won the Silver Dragon award for best director at the Krakow Film Festival. Their debut feature, VIOLATION, played TIFF, Sundance, SXSW, and won the Emerging Canadian Artist award at the Calgary International Film Festival, the Emerging Canadian Director award at the Vancouver International Film Festival, Best Canadian Film and Best Actor at the Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards, was nominated for 5 Canadian Screen Awards and was selected as a NY Times Critic’s Pick. VIOLATION went on to screen at MoMA’s screening series “Horror: Messaging the Monstrous” and was released on Shudder in the United States, UK and Australia. HONEY BUNCH is their second feature. When not making flms, Madeleine and Dusty like to gaze deep into the eyes of their two cats.
Directors: Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli
Screenwriters: Madeleine Sims-Fewer and Dusty Mancinelli
Starring: Grace Glowicki, Ben Petrie, Jason Isaacs, Katie Dickie, India Brown, Julian Richings
Producers: Madeleine Sims-Fewer, Dusty Mancinelli, and Becky Yeboah
Cinematographer: Adam Crosby
Genre: Horror, Thriller, Sci-Fi
Language: English, French
Running Time: 113 min.
