Appendage

2023

Action / Comedy / Drama / Horror

12
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 59% · 26 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Spilled 59% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 4844 4.8K

suicide attempt birthmark fashion designer mental health mother daughter relationship based on short film

Plot summary

After hitting a breaking point, Hannah's inner thoughts physicalize into a monstrous creature that threatens to upend her life.

Director

Anna Zlokovic Photo
Anna Zlokovic

Top cast

Desmin Borges Photo
Desmin Borges as Cristean
Kausar Mohammed Photo
Kausar Mohammed as Esther
Hadley Robinson Photo
Hadley Robinson as Hannah
Deborah Rennard Photo
Deborah Rennard as Stacy
2160p.WEB
4.22 GB
3840*2160
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
23.976 fps
N/A
Seeds 4

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by zack_gideon 6 / 10

Anyone with child trauma and the "gremlin" in their head will relate

This movie will impact people that have experienced child trauma or abuse and are left with the nasty demon stuck in their head. Those who do the work and get therapy learn the bpd or anxiety or depression issues are there from bad parents or childhood.This film is an allegory about how if you feed the gremlin in your head it will grow and grow (by allowing negative self talk and ignoring your past). It's really effective and has a good message.It's also a horror movie (kind of). I enjoyed it, not just for the allegory and how it impacted me but also because all the actors did a fantastic job. I've spent a year in therapy and a few more trying to kill my gremlin, and just like this movie it's not easy!!! 6.6/10.
Reviewed by briannamarie-90133 4 / 10

Interesting...?

This movie was interesting. It wasn't bad, per say, but it definitely wasn't good, either. The synopsis had me intrigued but I can see why it was listed as a "horror/comedy". The acting was off and on, the characters didnt feel original, but the plot was unique. I was interested just because I wanted to know what would happen in the end but after I finished it, I felt like I had just wasted my time finishing the last half of the movie. It wasnt a good ending nor a bad ending, it was just... there. Im giving it 4/10 because the plot was unique, the cinematography wasn't bad, but the acting and execution could have been a lot bettet.
Reviewed by SnoopyStyle 6 / 10

more allegory than horror

Hannah (Hadley Robinson) is a young fashion designer struggling at work. She has a pain in her side and something is growing out of it. A creature out of her doubts emerges. She seeks help from a self-help group where she is befriended by Claudia (Emily Hampshire).This is more allegory than horror. It needs help to be more scary. Mostly, the creature is too campy or too cheap. It takes any realism out of the movie. It should be devastating body horror. Instead, I'm looking at it side eyed. To be fair, it's not trying to be camp. It has no humor to speak of. It would be better as a slug coming out of her body.
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