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Stars: Kelly Murtagh, Bobby Gilchrist, Jamie Neumann, Erika Ashley, Gralen Bryant Banks, Marco Dapper, Craig Leydecker, Deneen Tyler | Written by Kelly Murtagh, Bryce Parsons-Twesten | Directed by Samantha Aldana

Horror movies about food disorders are few and far between, or at least I haven’t seen many at all. But that is the subject that Shapeless tackles and it goes to some extreme places with it.

The film follows Ivy, a jazz singer who isn’t quite struggling but dreams of something bigger and better, while also suffering from an eating disorder that risks ruining not only her career but her whole life.

Visually, Shapeless is phenomenal. Her first feature film, director Samantha Aldana can obviously take plenty of credit for this but cinematographer Natalie Kingston deserves plenty of praise also. It is no surprise at all that she has a couple of noteworthy titles on her C.V. such as...

London, UK: Lightbulb Film Distribution is delighted to share the poster and trailer for chilling new body horror, Shapeless, which will be released across all major Digital Download platforms in the UK & Ireland from 19th September. The feature had its world premiere at Tribeca, before playing at Raindance Film Festival. Directed by Samantha Aldana, the film …

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Watch an Exclusive Clip from Shapeless: "Ivy, a struggling singer in New Orleans trapped in the hidden underworld of her eating disorder, must face her addiction - or risk becoming a monster."

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Shapeless

Living with an eating disorder is like living with a monster, with a part of oneself which is constantly on the attack. Shapeless is a film which takes this to heart, using the tropes of the horror genre to explore one woman’s struggle with her remorseless condition. She’s Ivy, a talented singer whose life gradually falls apart as she loses her mental focus and then her voice, and she’s played by Kelly Murtagh, who also co-wrote. As a survivor of bulimia herself – and someone who will always be at risk of relapse – Kelly was taking a risk by pursuing this project, but she felt that it was a risk she had to take in order to try and reach out to others.

“I always have looked to art, looked to books, looked to stories, looked to films as a way to process my world around me and.

Photo: ‘Shapeless’ Awareness Or Strategy Before I get into this review, I want to put a trigger warning in the very beginning, as I will be discussing topics in detail that readers may find upsetting. If discourse around the topic of eating disorders is bothersome to you in any way, I would advise you to stop reading here. It seems as if Hollywood has become obsessed with the need to exploit various forms of mental illness or disability under the guise of awareness. However, the inaccurate and borderline offensive portrayals of this subject matter, make it evident that this is another cash cow trend for the entertainment industry. As of Thursday, June 10th, Independent film, ‘Shapeless’ has been released in the U.S, and soon to be featured in ‘Tribecca Film Festival’, with the option of streaming it on their website for fifteen dollars on Sunday, June 13th. Related article:...

Shapeless Review — Shapeless (2021) Film Review from the 20th Annual Tribeca Film Festival, a movie directed by Samantha Aldana, and starring Kelly Murtagh, Bobby Gilchrist, Jamie Neumann, Erika Ashley, Gralen Bryant Banks, Marco Dapper, Craig Leydecker, Zardis Nichols, Ernest Wells, Jo-Ann Robinson, Sherri Eakin, Deneen Tyler, Casandra Corrales, and Tenea Intriago. Watching director [...]

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