Independent Film Company has revealed the trailer for Saccharine.

From writer-director Natalie Erika James (Relic, Apartment 7A), the supernatural body horror film will be released in North America and UK theaters before streaming on Shudder at some point in 2026.

The Australian production follows lovelorn medical student Hana, who becomes terrorized by a sinister force after taking part in an obscure weight loss craze: eating human ashes.

Midori Francis (“Grey’s Anatomy”), Danielle Macdonald (Patti Cake$), and Madeleine Madden(“The Wheel of Time”) star.

James reunites with Relic producers Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw on the project.

Independent Film Company will open Saccharine in theaters across the U.S. on Friday, May 22nd followed by a Shudder streaming release in July.