Feed (2005)

Director:

Brett Leonard

Writers:

Patrick Thompson (based on an idea by) and
Alex O'Loughlin (based on an idea by) ...
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Release Date:

17 February 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Can you stomach it?

Plot:

A cybercrime investigator tracks a man (O'Loughlin) suspected of force-feeding women to death.

Plot Keywords:

Internet | Fat | Pervert | Submission | Female Nudity

Cast

Alex O'Loughlin	...	Michael Carter
Patrick Thompson	...	Phillip Jackson
Gabby Millgate	...	Deidre
Jack Thompson	...	Richard
Rose Ashton	...	Abbey
Matthew Le Nevez	...	Nigel
David Field	...	Father Turner
Sherly Sulaiman	...	Mary
Marika Aubrey	...	Jesse
Adam Hunt	...	German Cannibal
Nicholas Coghlan	...	Cannibal Victim
Yure Covich	...	Hans
Connor Thompson	...	Young Phillip
Helene Joy	...	Young Phillip's Mother (as Helen Thearle)
Peter Holloway	...	Young Phillip's Father
Shane C. Rodrigo	...	Young Phillip's Mother's Lover (as Shane Rodrigo)
Adam Young	...	Michael - Age 15
Victoria Doyle	...	Young Jesse / Lucy
Martin Schultz-Moller	...	Michael - Age 9
Tracy Moore	...	Kathleen
Betty Lucas	...	Janet
David No	...	Sang
Imogen Bailey	...	Veronica
Mary Beaufort	...	Nurse
James Holbrook	...	Uniform Policeman
Irina Bursill	...	Stripper
Steve Athanas	...	Radio DJ
Becky Dickinson	...	Doctor
Octavia Blackman	...	Altar Boy
Maxine's Father	...	Dad
Emily Mees	...	Young Girl At Church
Margaret Lou Davis	...	Woman In Leopard Coat
Masa Yamaguchi	...	Dog Boy

Directed by
Brett Leonard

Writing credits
Patrick Thompson		(based on an idea by) and
Alex O'Loughlin		(based on an idea by)
Kieran Galvin		(written by)

Produced by
Melissa Beauford	....	producer
Chris Foster	....	executive producer
John Gregory	....	executive producer
Alex O'Loughlin	....	co-producer
Greg Quail	....	executive producer
Jack Thompson	....	executive producer
Patrick Thompson	....	co-producer

Original Music by
Gregg Leonard
Geoff Michael

Cinematography by
Steve Arnold

Film Editing by
Mark Bennett

Production Design by
Jessamy Llewelyn

Makeup Department
Paul Katte	....	special makeup effects supervisor
Debbie Muller	....	assistant makeup artist
Nick Nicolaou	....	special makeup effects supervisor

Production Management
Sandy Stevens	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Michael Samer	....	third assistant director
Joshua Watkins	....	second assistant director
Gordon Westman	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Megan Riakos	....	property master
Anne Robinson	....	set dresser
John Snee	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Jake Brown	....	sound assistant
Matt Connolly	....	sound effects editor
Mark Cornish	....	sound recordist
John Dennison	....	sound re-recording mixer
John Dennison	....	sound supervisor

Visual Effects by
Kate Auld	....	digital compositor: opening titles
Mark Doney	....	lead compositor
Ben Folkman	....	on set vfx supervision: Cutting Edge
Jason Knight	....	digital compositor
Kurtis Richmond	....	lead matte artist
Kurtis Richmond	....	main titles designer

Stunts
John Walton	....	stunt coordinator

Camera and Electrical Department
Robert Agganis	....	steadicam operator
Tom Gleeson	....	additional cinematographer
Brycen Horne	....	focus puller
Brycen Horne	....	second cinematographer

Editorial Department
Matt Bennett	....	assistant editor
Matt Bennett	....	on-line editor
Jan Christian Frugaard	....	post-production assistant (uncredited)

Music Department
Gregg Leonard	....	music supervisor

Other crew
Annmaree Bell	....	production secretary
Fiona Dunford	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• All At Once
• Becker Films International (produced in association with)
• Cutting Edge (produced in association with)
• Feed Productions

Distributors

• ShowboxMedia (2005) (UK) (theatrical)
• VVS Films (200?) (Canada) (theatrical)
• Ascot Elite Home Entertainment (2006) (Germany) (DVD)
• Force Entertainment (2006) (Australia) (DVD)
• Pan Vision Oy (2007) (Finland) (DVD)
• Platina Filmes (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• TLA Releasing (2006) (USA) (DVD)
• VVS Films (2006) (Canada) (DVD)
• Videoville Showtime (2006) (Canada) (DVD)

Special Effects

• Makeup Effects Group Studio

Other Companies

• Audioloc Sound Design  foley services & sound re-recording mixing
• Cutting Edge  post-production (Dailies)
• Cutting Edge  post-production (VFX)
• Cutting Edge  post-production (color grading)
• Cutting Edge  post-production (opening and closing titles and chapter headers)
• Cutting Edge  sound post-production
• Film Finances  completion guarantor

Also Known As:

"Morbide" - Canada (English title) (DVD title)

Runtime:

Canada:101 min

Country:

Australia

Language:

English | German

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:18 | Germany:18 | Australia:R | New Zealand:R18 | Canada:18A (Ontario) | USA:Not Rated | Italy:VM18 | Finland:K-15 | Portugal:M/18

Filming Locations:

CentrePoint Tower, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Company:

All At Once

Goofs:

Errors in geography: If you look very carefully at the opening police scene, supposed to be in Hamburg, Germany, you can catch a glance of one of the police vans in front of the house. There one can see that this vehicle has right-hand-steering.

Quotes:

[first lines]
title card:Although the events depicted in this film are fictional, they are based on actual behaviours that are happening between consenting adults... right now.

Movie Connections:

References "I Love Lucy" (1951)

Soundtrack:

Skin Deep

Mildly unpleasant fetish thriller that made me hungry.

"Feed" tells the grotesque and fascinating story of psychopath,who feeds his victims to death.He keeps seriously obese women in his dead mom's house where he feeds them junk food and calorie-rich slop to their hearts desire.Australian cop tries to stop this disturbed fetishist..."Feed" by Brett Leonard is an undeniably unique addition to the psycho genre.Alex O'Loughlin is excellent as the resident lunatic Michael Carter.The film is quite gross,but having seen tons of extreme stuff I wasn't shocked or disturbed.Still the subject matter is morbidly fascinating and there is enough nudity,vomit and deviant behaviour to keep exploitation fans happy.Give this tense and slightly repulsive thriller a look.The nods to German cannibal case of Arnim Meiwes are especially notable.8 out of 10.