Bare Skin (2026) Review

Bare Skin (2026) Review

Trauma is brought to the surface in Bare Skin, a new psychological horror that strips its characters down to their most vulnerable selves. Written and directed by Mico Montes in his feature film debut, the darkly intimate anthology weaves together six stories all converging on one unforgettable night of confrontation, confession and reckoning.

But with every confession the line between healing and harm begins to blur and what starts as catharises soon spirals into something far more dangerous. As the session unfolds a deeply unsettling truth emerges as these individuals may not be connected by coincidence alone.

At close to two-and-a-half hours runtime, writer/director Mico Montes’ anthology Bare Skin is at least an hour too long. With a leaner runtime and a tighter pacing for the therapy scenes, BARE SKIN would have made for a more satisfying experience. Within BARE SKIN’s bum-numbing runtime there are six tales, all thankfully differing in content and tone, with the earlier segments proving the most satisfying. However, every time the narrative cuts back to the therapy group, it is akin to someone putting the brakes on the pacing suffers and the interest levels wane.

Mico Montes fairs better with the anthology’s horror sequences and the first couple are very inventive and perk up the interest levels. Unfortunately, this anthology is front-loaded meaning that the weaker segments come in the latter half of BARE SKIN, which in turn makes the final stretch seem much longer than it is, which is too long by half already. By making the therapy scenes punchier and losing a couple of the later segments BARE SKIN had the potential to be an anthology that works.

BARE SKIN is available on digital 23 February from Miracle Media