A couple and their friends find themselves ravenous for flesh when they stumble upon an ancient cannabis stash in the New Zealand horror comedy The Weed Eaters, and you can find it next week on Letterboxd Video Store’s Unreleased Gem shelf.
The Weed Eaters will be available to rent from August 26 to September 25 (UTC).
In the film, “Jules (Alice May Connolly) is on a New Year’s Eve trip with her new boyfriend and his two stoner friends in rural New Zealand when they stumble upon a long-forgotten stash of ancient cannabis in an old shed.
“One smoke session and one accidental murder later, they realize the marijuana has given them a serious case of the munchies—more specifically, an overwhelming taste for human flesh. Rather than resist their new cravings, these fine young cannibals embark in increasingly lofty spirits on a bloodthirsty rampage through the countryside. “
The Weed Eaters, backed by Causeway Films (Talk to Me, The Babadook), is described as a “demented deadpan romp,” and in the vein of Peter Jackson’s Bad Taste and Jonathan King’s Black Sheep.
In other words, this scrappy 80-minute debut feature sounds like a blast.
Callum Devlin directs and edits from a screenplay by Finnius Teppett.
The micro-budget horror comedy won the Best Feature Film award at the 2025 SXSW Sydney Screen Festival.
