It Feeds

Stumbling upon the 2025 horror movie "It Feeds" by random chance, I had no idea what I was in for. I have to say that it hardly mattered, as it being a horror movie that I hadn't already seen was more than sufficient to make me give it a chance.

And I am glad that I did, because writer and director Chad Archibald delivered an enjoyable and entertaining movie. It was actually refreshing to sit down and watch a proper horror movie for a change, as many recent horror movies have been generic, stereotypic and bland. So thumbs up for the delivery of the script that shaped the movie "It Feeds".

The acting performances in "It Feeds" were good, and there are some familiar faces on the cast list, with the likes of Shawn Ashmore, Ashley Greene and Julian Richings.

The visuals and special effects in the movie are good. I liked the design of the entity that was latching itself unto people. And the movie had an overall semi-brooding atmosphere to it, that definitely helped add to the overall enjoyment of the movie.

If you enjoy horror movies, then you most definitely should sit down and watch "It Feeds".

I was genuinely and wholeheartedly entertained by "It Feeds", and it definitely is a movie that I would recommend to horror fans. This is how to properly writer and direct a horror movie.

My rating of writer and director Chad Archibald's 2025 movie "It Feeds" lands on a six out of ten stars.

I look for little things when rating horror movies. Does the acting have emotion? Facial expressions? Is it good? After all we don't really get to see anything new but we can see slightly different plots with good acting. I this point I think we are rating horror movies on acting and effects (although the latter isn't entirely necessary). Anyway with that said I love Ashley Greene. I like her in aftermath, all the twilight movies, and the apparition. She's a very talented and beautiful actress and she really does only get more beautiful with time. Fine wine. Now Ellie O'Brien??? I was absolutely blown away at how good of an actress this woman is. I think she just turned 23 and her acting is really good for her age. Absolute natural. In one of the opening scenes she's arguing with her mom (Ashley Greene) and I think I replayed that scene like 7 times because of how natural and on point her acting was. She's really good at drama. I say that to say this movie is easily a 7 because of these 2 women selling the movie. It's really a 5 but I put 6 because they did a really good job. The movie itself has been done 100 times so don't expect anything new. It didn't break the internet but it did put me to bed on a Sunday.

Okay I will keep this short. I congratulate the director for completing a project. Most people do not. I congratulate the actors/actresses for a job well done (for the most part) - I think the writing and direction was more the problem than the acting itself -

I congratulate whoever did the sound - you did well.

What i didn't like was how everything just felt uninteresting. The dialogue was so soft i could hardly hear it then BANG big jump scare and that annoyed me a lot. The makeup was good - the creature good - I just couldnt 'get into' this movie at all. I'm sorry but it just felt phoned in - in a way I find hard to really explain.

I'm no director or movie star etc - but I'm just a fan of horror and I think the other movie these main actors were in (aftermath 2021) - was way better but even that was not a movie i particularly liked. It was good to see them return to do a movie together but eh I don't like this movie much man - Maybe someone out there will like it - I'm sure some will - For me just bleh - I admit i stopped paying attention halfway through - so was 'here n there' - but by halfway I had mostly 'checked out' -

I'm glad to see others write better more informative reviews. Is it just me or are movies getting a bit more phoned in as time goes on? I dunno i just feel like that. They have killer cinematography but other than that - I dont know - it's not like a lot of movies in the 90's where there was something interesting about it - hard to explain.

After I read the plot synopsis of It Feeds here on IMDb, I wasn't particularly interested. It sounded very stereotypical and overall uninteresting. However, I'm the kind of person who watches almost every new horror release, so I gave it a try anyway. I saw that Chad Archibald was the writer and director, and he has been involved in many other horror productions. Most of them were average at best, with a few exceptions.

In this film, he tells the story of a mother and her daughter who are cursed by an evil entity after the daughter tries to help a previously possessed girl. The mother initially denies her help, but when her daughter's life is in danger, she must do everything she can to save her using her psychic abilities.

The premise was just as stereotypical as the synopsis suggested, but the movie had a few heartfelt moments and some decently enjoyable scenes. The acting is overall fine, though nothing out of the ordinary, and the characters weren't particularly special. That said, I still found myself rooting for the mother-daughter duo, even though their characters were flawed and not always likeable.

Sadly, the film is overloaded with cheap jump scares involving the entity, which repeat every few minutes and quickly become annoying. That's a shame because the entity itself looked pretty cool, and I would've liked to learn more about its backstory. Unfortunately, the movie handles its themes rather shallowly and never really explores anything in depth.

There are some familiar faces for fans of the genre, which might bring a smile to some viewers. The film also includes a character meant for comic relief, but it didn't work for me. The quirky, bubbly tone clashed with the movie's darker atmosphere.

Overall, It Feeds is a bit messy and heavily reliant on familiar genre tropes, but it's still somewhat entertaining. If the premise sounds particularly interesting to you, it might be worth a watch. Otherwise, you're not missing much if you skip this one.

[5.5/10]

Ah, a world premiere! It's been a while since I attended one of those. It is somewhat important (or, at least, more than welcome) for the first user-comment here on IMDb to be positive and encouraging others to go and see the title. Now, I know the title of my comment doesn't sound too enthusiastic, but -rest assured - "It Feeds" is a more than adequate, entertaining, and professionally made piece of monster/demonic horror from Canada!

Beautiful Ashley Green stars as Cynthia Winstone; - a psychiatrist with an authentic psychic gift/talent. You know how they say psychiatrists are trying to get inside your head? Well, Cythia does this literally! By putting her finger on the patient's forehead, she joins him/her on a mind and memories' trip to uncover repressed traumas. She protects herself, and her 17-year-old daughter Jordan, by not accepting cases that are too involving and mentally exhausting, because that's how she lost her husband. When a teenage girl with horrible scars on her body comes begging for help, claiming an evil entity is literally feeding on her from the inside out, Cythia simply knows the case will be pure hell. And she's right, of course!

The term "suspension of disbelief" seems to be invented for horror movies like these. It's an absurd plot, there aren't any explanations or backgrounds given, people make the dumbest decisions, police officers are beyond incompetent, etc. Etc. And yet, I can't be too harsh on "It Feeds" because writer/director Chad Archibald clearly didn't have the pretention of making an intelligent & psychological supernatural thriller, but merely a fast-paced and feisty B-horror with a nasty demon in it. And from that angle, Archibald succeeded, as his film is chock-full of jump scares (some of which are quite effective) and extremely loud and eerie sound effects. I watched "It Feeds" at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, and at several times I saw people jump in their seats and hurl with fright. That's a mission accomplished then, I'd say.

Additional score of half a point because the animated end-credits are really cool.