Fang is a 2022 American psychological body horror film written and directed by Richard Burgin,[1] starring Dylan LaRay, Lynn Lowry, Jess Paul, and Tom White.
[2] Fang tells the story of a young autistic man who, after living with the stress of his mother's Parkinson's disease, starts to believe that he's turning into a rat.
Billy works at a meat processing warehouse, where he faces a demanding and unsympathetic boss, Mr. Wolfson.
Billy disassociates while hearing about Gina's diagnosis, flashing back to a dead rat he found in a field.
Billy describes in great detail the sci-fi story he created in his drawings, about alien hybrid creatures named Graixians who live on the planet Graix in the distant future.
Gina shows signs of hallucinating, believing that she was at the Baltimore Airport while she was stuck on the floor at home.
After Gina is proven to be 3 inches taller than Myra, Billy has a panic attack, where he goes to the bathroom, looks at himself in the mirror, and finds more extensive rat fur growing on his body.
Gina confronts Billy, imagining that he didn't empty their dishwasher, leading to an intense argument between them where she claims to have never loved him.
The line between hallucinations and reality becomes increasingly blurred, as Gina tells Billy she doesn't remember their intense argument from the night before.
Billy buys a lockpick and hunting knife at a hardware store before he reveals to Myra that he plans to break into Mr. Wolfson's house and steal his money.
As Billy walks down the stairs of Mr. Wolfson's house, he has a sudden hallucination of the Rat King appearing on the living room TV as a talk show guest.
[3] Jason Kraynek was director of photography during the production of Fang, while Robert Felker was line producer.
David Rokita, Tom Deaver, Richard Burgin, and John Joseph Dunn were executive producers of Fang.
"[5] Lisa Marie Bowman of Through the Shattered Lens wrote, "Fang is a well-directed, well-acted, and well-visualized portrayal of life on the fringes of society, one that captures both the timeless theme of loneliness and the uniquely paranoid atmosphere of today.