Thinestra

3/4/2026

A young woman takes a new weight-loss pill and the fat she sheds returns in the form of her blood-thirsty doppelgänger. This body horror is so much more than just blood and guts. It carves deep into the heart of body dysmorphia, targeting those doubts we all harbour about self-worth, how we’re perceived and judged by our peers and the world around us. It’s a reminder to all that we’re more than our physical being, and challenges us to take a cold hard look at how we harshly we treat ourselves at times. Our lead is Penny (Michelle Macedo), a woman stuck between a world where expectations to be perfect are inescapable and her own harrowing internalised shame builds her to a point of self-inflicted hatred of her appearance. After discovering a new diet pill, she begins to find a new con