Feed Me (2022) Review

Feed Me (2022) Review

Following the death of his wife, in the most tragic circumstances, Jed Freeman (Christopher Mulvin – LORE, DOCTORS) falls deep into depression, suffering hallucinations and night terrors. But a chance encounter with the larger-than-life Lionel Flack (Neal Ward – HOSTS, TWO GRAVES) leads to an appealing proposition to be freed from his grief forever… and the most brutal bromance imaginable.

Jed finds himself at the home and under the spell of Lionel – who convinces him to end his life in the most terrifying and unthinkable way – then things really turn ugly… The unhinged cannibal creates carnage on his quest to feast on flesh and will stop at nothing to satisfy his deranged desire for human consumption.

FEED ME, co-written and co-directed by Adam Leader and Richard Oakes (HOSTS), appears to have taken its inspiration from the true story of Armin Meiwes who murdered and ate a voluntary victim back in 2001.

Tweaking that source material into a London-based comic-book-style cannibal-black comedy would perhaps initially look to be in poor taste, but believe me it’s not. Sure it doesn’t hold back on the gore – if that very realistic looking severed arm doesn’t make you feel queasy then I don’t know what will – but at its core is a film about loneliness and how that feeling brings two men together for an absurd, bonkers and thoroughly entertaining ninety minutes.

Leader and Oakes have a few of their HOST cast back for FEED ME, such as Samantha Loxley, Nadia Lamin, and in the starring role of Lionel Flack, Neal Ward. Ward is an absolute stand-out as the unhinged Flack, he delivers a multi-layered performance that manages to make a cannibalistic psychopath sympathetic too. It’s a tough act to pull off but Neal Ward nails it. I’ll definitely be keeping a keen eye out to see what Ward stars in next.

The production design, lighting and camerawork are all top drawer and help deliver a pleasing visual palette for the blood-thirsty comic shenanigans to play up against. It may be too gruesome to appeal to all tastes but for those amongst you with the stomach for it, you’re in for a treat.

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