[Interview] ‘Grafted’ Director Sasha Rainbow Talks Beauty Body Horror and Halloween
The new beauty-obsessed body horror movie Grafted premieres this week on Shudder, and we talked to director Sasha Rainbow recently about delivering the gory goods and exploring timely themes in her feature debut, and more.
In our video conversation last week, we also of course discussed Halloween, as the New Zealand born filmmaker talks about her perspective-altering experiences at Mexico’s Day of the Dead celebrations, her favorite costume, and more.
In Grafted, Chinese scholarship student Wei travels to New Zealand to study medical research at a prestigious university. Shy, introverted, and hiding a genetic facial birthmark, Wei is shunned by her social butterfly cousin Angela and her glamorous friends. Determined to change her fate, Wei immerses herself in her late father’s research, working on a revolutionary skin grafting procedure that could cure her deformity. As her experiments take a dark turn, she becomes more dangerous and unhinged, willing to eliminate anyone who threatens her secret.
The film is directed by Sasha Rainbow, starring Joyena Sun, Jess Hong, Eden Hart, Jared Turner, Sepi To’a, and Xiao Hu. The screenplay was written by Sasha Rainbow, Mia Maramara, Hweiling Ow, and Lee Murray.
Grafted premieres on Shudder this Friday, January 24.
You can watch our full video interview with Sasha Rainbow, and the film’s trailer, below.
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