ISOTRE Films announces the New York premiere of STOMACH IT at NYC Horror Fest on Friday, December 6, 2024 at 7pm at LOOK Dine-In Cinema located at 657 W. 57th Street, New York, NY 10019. STOMACH IT also releases a first-look clip daring horror fans to “Stomach It.” The psychological body horror film written and directed by Peter Klausner (Coasting) stars Jon Lee Richardson (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F). The film was produced by Klauser and Torey Rubin (RWBY, Zall Good). STOMACH IT continues its festival circuit with its New York premiere after garnering rave reviews at the Oscar-qualifying Nashville Film Festival, the Chicago Horror Film Festival, Screamfest, Atlanta Horror Film Festival and Mórbido Fest, with more to come.
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In STOMACH IT, a crime scene cleaner struggles with emotionally detaching from the deceased’s personal possessions. While on a late night job, he convinces himself a monstrous presence is toying with him.
“I became fascinated by the psychological aspects of crime scene cleaners and how you are expected to emotionally detach. This body horror story goes to the core of the most raw and visceral parts of the human psyche and aims to connect with audiences at the deepest levels,” said Klausner. “In the spirit of connecting with audiences on the most profound levels, it’s important to note how therapeutic the horror genre is for me (and many others) because through making these projects, it forces one to confront fear and anxieties which can easily be ignored in everyday life. It’s vital for collaborators to viscerally relate to these terrors. It challenges them to tackle something in themselves through different fields and mediums like cinematography, production design, score, sound design, etc. By the end of making a horror project, I feel a sense of catharsis having dealt with something in myself,” he continued.
STOMACH IT explores what happens when a sensitive soul struggles to cope with experiencing trauma on a daily basis. Emotions take residence within our physical selves, growing and rotting when not released, acting like a ticking time bomb. It asks the most fundamental of human questions: Do we have the guts to face our problems straight on or do we let them fester until they become something increasingly monstrous?
STOMACH IT’s main character, Joel (Richardson), fixates on objects left behind by the deceased such as a child’s wooden horse at an accidental shooting or a colorful toy at an overdose. Joel tries to detach by turning photos around, disposing of final meals, covering photos on mirrors, and covering personal objects like stuffed animals, but it doesn’t work. Joel has an incredibly difficult time trying to digest his trauma. Literally.
“Joel was hands down one of the toughest roles I’ve ever taken on, but also one of the most rewarding. I genuinely loved every second of the project.” Said Richardson.
