IT FEEDS (2025)

Streaming on Hulu from Black Fawn Distribution!
Directed/Written by Chad Archibald.
Check out the trailer here!!

TWILIGHT’s Ashley Greene plays Cynthia, a psychiatrist who uses her psychic powers to help those with deep-seeded and paranormal problems. But when a young girl bursts into her office claiming to be haunted by a powerful entity, Cynthia is reluctant to help her in fear of what this evil entity will unleash upon her family. Cynthia’s daughter Jordan (Ellie O’Brien) has budding powers of her own and chooses to go against her mother’s warnings and help the girl, not knowing the entity’s true, diabolical intentions.

IT FEEDS really, really, really wants to be INSIDIOUS. So much so that I found myself distracted for most of the film as it basically feels like a story about a younger version of Lynn Shaye’s character Elsie Rainier from James Wan’s popular horror series. I guess if that’s the kind of movie you want to do, that’s fine, but I have to point out that it was hard to shake the similarity between IT FEEDS and INSIDIOUS pretty much all the way through. I mean, there’s even a jump scare where the demon is looking at the psychic from right behind the shoulder of the person sitting across from her. That’s how similar these two movies are.

All that said, I did find myself intrigued by the main characters as they attempt to combat this demon that has attached itself to this little girl. This film was made by Chad Archibald and that’s a name I respect after the slew of quality movies this guy has put out. He directed and wrote potent horrors like I’LL TAKE YOUR DEAD, THE HERETICS, BITE, and THE DROWNSMAN, and produced scores more. Archibald knows horror and while this film is very, very similar to a popular horror franchise, it still works, nevertheless. There are a whole lot of jump scares that work, especially one big one that made me check my trousers. While the blueprint is familiar, Archibald delivers some scenes that still feel fresh and terrifying.

I’m not going to attest that IT FEEDS is the most original film, but it does have potent scares and great performances from leads Greene and O’Brien. Sure, things are very familiar, but IT FEEDS delivers in scares and thrills. It is definitely a film worth checking out.