If you like your horror with a massive side of “unprocessed trauma” and a healthy dose of practical, squelching viscera, your next obsession has arrived. Independent studio ISOTRE Films and director Peter Klausner’s award-winning short film, Stomach It, made major waves at the Cannes Film Festival—and you can watch it right now from the comfort of your couch.
After crushing a heavy-hitting indie festival circuit—racking up laurels at everything from Screamfest and Panic Fest to Nashville and FilmQuest—Klausner’s “punch to the gut” is finally ready for its global close-up.
The Vibe: Cronenberg Meets Craven
Klausner clearly isn’t interested in the clean, sanitized, CGI-heavy scares of modern jump-scare cinema. Stomach It is a blood-soaked meditation on extreme isolation that seamlessly fuses stomach-churning practical effects with psychological decay. It’s a beautifully grotesque love letter to vintage body horror that asks a terrifying question: What happens when you literally cannot stomach your own past?
Cleaning Up After the Dead
Starring Jon Lee Richardson (Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F), the film follows a solitary crime-scene cleaner who has become a little too good at his job. While scrubbing away the grizzly remnants of other people’s tragedies, he desperately struggles to keep his professional detachment from blurring into his own fractured psyche.
But during a routine late-night cleanup, he realizes he is far from alone. A monstrous, reality-bending presence is lurking in the shadows, watching and manipulating him. What follows is a gruesome, hallucinatory showdown between his habit of “compartmentalizing” his trauma and a very literal, visceral form of self-destruction.
An Elite Body Horror Pedigree
Director Peter Klausner, who also produced the film alongside Torey Rubin (RWBY), couldn’t be more thrilled about bringing his twisted vision to a wider audience via a massive horror platform:
“I’ve been a fan of Crypt TV for years… I’m so happy Stomach It will be playing on the channel, and I think their viewers will appreciate the body horror route we took with the film.”
Dan Bush, Director of Post Production at ZATV, echoed the hype, heavily praising the film’s uncompromising imagery and deeply disturbing thematic core.
Stomach It is officially live on Crypt TV’s digital platform. It is the perfect, bite-sized nightmare for anyone missing the glory days of practical effects. Just do yourself a favor: skip the snacks before hitting play! Get a taste of the horror with the teaser below.
