

What would you sacrifice for what you can't have? This healer takes payment in ways you won't expect.
A young couple struggling with infertility seeks the aide of a healer with a promised remedy, while unknown forces also work to provide them with what they wish.
Cinematography
Chicago winter as suffocating character, all gray and breath
Acting
Katelin Dirr's silent devastation in waiting rooms
Direction
Whipple's restraint makes 25 minutes feel infinite
Director
Stephen Whipple
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during actual Chicago winter, the cast suffered real hypothermia for authenticity—those shivers aren't acting.
The 'peckish' title works triple duty: Faye's hunger, the clinical feeding tube imagery, and Claire's own consuming want.