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Wretched was shot in two days on a budget of 7,000 dollars in May of 2006 in Van Nuys, California. Written by horror film journalist Heidi Martinuzzi and based on her own personal experiences with bulimia, depression, and abusive relationships, Wretched is a very disturbing short about a young woman's struggle to cope with her disintegrating marriage by controlling her food intake.

According to US estimates from The National Institute of Mental Health, between 5 per cent and 10 per cent of girls and women (i.e. 5-10 million people) and 1 million boys and men suffer from eating disorders, including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder, or other associated dietary conditions. Estimates suggest that as many as 15 percent of young women adopt unhealthy attitudes and behaviors about food. Bulimia (an eating disorder involving the purging, or throwing up, of food after binging, can have serious mental and physical; side effects including esophagus cancer, tooth decay, throat ulcers, depression, starvation, and suicide.

 

Runtime: 20:29
Shot on HD miniDV

 

SYNOPSIS:

Jenny (Jaime Andrews) and her husband Eric (Joe Bob Briggs) sit at a diner eating a cheap meal of burgers, fries and chocolate cake. Through their ever-increasing arguments and Jenny's constant visits to the ladies room, the audience will start to learn how close to losing her sanity Jenny really is, and how oblivious Eric is when it comes to Jenny's disorder.

 

Though it doesn't sound like a horror film, Wretched required blood effects designed by special effects guru Gregory Nicotero (Land of the Dead, Sin City, Hostel). Written by horror film journalist Heidi Martinuzzi and directed by Leslie Delano (director of the female-centric slasher film Deadly Lessons), Wretched is an atypical horror story told in a very non-traditional fashion. Other horror contributors include cinematographer Jessica Gallant (Dimples, Make a Wish) and Brad Paulson (Evil Ever After, The Van, The Bloodstained Bride).

 

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