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Review

So you think you’ve already seen the most grotesque fodder Danger After Dark has ever had to offer? Think again. The Australian crime thriller Feed is the apex (or nadir?) of cinematic gross-outs – the ultimate “we dare you” viewing experience, and a veritable rollercoaster ride of potential audience trauma. A naked man pleasures himself in front of a 600-pound woman as she begs for the cheeseburgers he taunts her with…two gay men derive sexual pleasure from consuming each other’s body parts…and this is all in the first five minutes. Still with us? Aussie cop Phillip (Jack Thompson) specializes in investigating international sex crime rings, and he locates a website devoted to the cult of “feeders” and “gainers”: enormously obese women being fed massive food quantities and kept as willingly immobile shut-ins by men obsessed with their girth. But Phillip suspects that this is more dangerous than mere chubby-chaser masturbation material, and his investigation takes him to the site’s origins in suburban Ohio. Webmaster Michael (Alex O’Loughlin) doesn’t fear Phillip, but rather engages him in a sinister cat-and-mouse game that Phillip – without jurisdiction on foreign soil – is in danger of losing. Needless to say, things become even more disturbing (if you think the 600-pound woman’s food intake is bad…just wait until you see what the food consists of). You might want to skip the concession booth in the lobby before this one. “Though it’s disgusting…I could not tear my eyes away from Feed, one of the sickest films I have ever seen.” – Anthony Timpone, Fangoria.

 -- Travis Crawford