After a young girl bursts into their home psychiatry practice claiming an entity is feeding on her, Jordan and her clairvoyant mother must find a way to stop the force before the girl is taken completely.
Chuck says:
Shamelessly derivative and languidly paced, Chad Archibald’s “It Feeds” contains a great many good ideas, most of them pulled from much better movies. Cynthia Winstone (Ashley Greene) Is a paranormal psychiatrist, with a gift that is often a curse, as she’s able to enter other people’s minds. She does so in an effort to help her patients deal with repressed trauma, often found in their subconscious. One day, a visit from a troubled teen (Shayelin Martin) results in Winstone’s daughter, Jordan (Ellie O’Brien) being infected by a parasitic demon, an occurrence that will put the good doctor’s gifts to the test.
It takes far too long for the central premise to present itself, many ridiculous circumstances occurring before all the pieces fall into place. Archibald is unable to create a sense of urgency, the plot unfolding at a snail’s pace, numerous narrative tangents preventing the film from building up a head of steam.
Much of the acting is on the edge of being overwrought while the prolonged conclusion ensures the movie overstays its welcome. Cribbing liberally from “The Cell,” “Insidious,” “Ouija: Origin of Evil” and others, “Feeds” winds up being nothing more than a collection of good ideas executed in a slipshod, uninspired manner.
2 Stars
