Forbidden Fruits: Diablo Cody-produced genre film gets a digital release
Oscar-winning Juno writer Diablo Cody, who has also written the genre films Jennifer’s Body and Lisa Frankenstein, produced Forbidden Fruits, which marks the feature directorial debut of Meredith Alloway and is an adaptation of the Lily Houghton stage play Of the Women Came the Beginning of Sin, and Through Her We All Die. The film secured a U.S. and Canadian distribution deal with Independent Film Company and the Shudder streaming service, reaching theatres at the end of last month – and now, it has also been given a digital release! Forbidden Fruits is now available on Amazon, where it can be rented for $19.99 or purchased for $24.99.
What is Forbidden Fruits about?
Lili Reinhart (Hustlers), Lola Tung (The Summer I Turned Pretty), Victoria Pedretti (You), Alexandra Shipp (Barbie) and newcomer Emma Chamberlain star in the film, which has the following synopsis:
In Forbidden Fruits, Free Eden employee Apple secretly runs a witchy femme cult in the basement of the mall store after hours – with fellow fruits Cherry and Fig. But when new hire Pumpkin challenges their performative sisterhood, the women are forced to face their own poisons or succumb to a bloody fate. Alloway wrote the screenplay with Houghton.
Diablo Cody produced Forbidden Fruits with Mason Novick, Trent Hubbard, and Mary Anne Waterhouse. Charlie Traisman and Katherine Romans of Madhouse Films and Casey Durant and Rachel Douglas of Range serve as executive producers.
What did we think of Forbidden Fruits?
JoBlo’s own Chris Bumbray was not blown away by Forbidden Fruits, giving it a 5/10 review that can be read at THIS LINK. He said, “For about 70% of the running time, I wondered why this was a Shudder release, as it doesn’t play out like a horror movie, but rather a Mean Girls-esque satire. Yet, in the last thirty minutes or so, it takes a pretty big swing, with it turning into more of a mystery and, unexpectedly, having some extreme gore moments towards the finale which are strong enough that by the time the first one hit, I got why Shudder had it and why it (narrowly) qualifies as a genre movie. Imagine if Jawbreaker or Mean Girls ended in a bloodbath and you have an inkling of where Forbidden Fruits goes.”
He ended his review by saying that, “while Forbidden Fruits didn’t work for me, it’s also a movie that’s aimed at a different audience, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it eventually finds a niche audience who make it a cult hit. And, despite my problems with it, I must admit to being entertained by the outrageous and gory finale. It’s a mixed bag, but is still fairly watchable.“
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