Little Bites - Official Trailer (2025) Krsy Fox, Elizabeth Caro

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Little Bites - Official Trailer (2025) Krsy Fox, Elizabeth Caro

Little Bites follows Mindy (Krsy Fox, Bury The Bride), a young widow and mother, who desperately tries to protect her daughter Alice (Elizabeth Caro) from the grips of a fiendish, flesh-eating monster named Agyar (Jon Sklaroff). Mindy has been secretly sacrificing her own life by allowing the creature to slowly feast on her body as she keeps Alice hidden away at her grandmother’s (Bonnie Aarons, The Nun). Also starring Barbara Crampton and Heather Langenkamp.
Little Bites will be streaming on Shudder on February 21.
"It turns out monsters are real... and there's own downstairs." RLJE Flms has revealed the creepy official trailer for an indie horror film titled Little Bites, made by a filmmaker known as "Spider One". It's set for a release in October just in time for horror season. And it will premiere at 2024 Fantastic Fest and Sitges Film Festivals this fall. In a desperate attempt to protect her 10 year old daughter, a widow allows a nightmarish monster to slowly eat her alive. Desperate to protect her young daughter at all costs, Mindy enters into an unusual agreement with a grotesque creature. Taking the concept of motherly self-sacrifice to the extreme, she keeps the creature at bay by feeding him with her own flesh. But exactly how long can she keep up with the monster’s demands before she snaps? This stars Krsy Fox, Jon Sklaroff, Elizabeth Caro, Barbara Crampton, Heather Langenkamp, Bonnie Aarons, and Chaz Bono. Fantastic Fest describes it as an "intriguing mystery of a horror film, atmospheric and moody." Looks freaky & gross. "No need to be afraid."

Here's the first official trailer (+ poster) for Spider One's horror film Little Bites, direct from YouTube:

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A widowed mother is hiding a terrible secret down in her basement. Little Bites follows Mindy (Krsy Fox), a young widow & mother, who desperately tries to protect her daughter Alice from the grips of a fiendish, flesh eating monster named Agyar. Mindy has been secretly sacrificing her own life allowing the creature to slowly feast on her body as she keeps Alice hidden away at her grandmother's home. Little Bites is written and directed by American musician / filmmaker "Spider One" (aka Michael David Cummings of the band Powerman 5000 and brother of Rob Zombie), director of the films Allegoria and Bury the Bride previously, plus many other short films. Produced by Krsy Fox and Spider One. Executive produced by Cher, Chaz Bono, Tyler Connolly, Ian Hoge, Wendy Berry, Mark Berry. This is premiering at Fantastic Fest 2024 + Sitges. RLJE releases Spider One's Little Bites in select US theaters + on VOD starting October 4th, 2024.
RLJE Films and Shudder have acquired worldwide rights to Little Bites, a new horror film from writer-director Spider One. The deal comes following their work with the filmmaker on his 2022 horror pic Allegoria.

RLJE will release the film exclusively in theaters on October 4, with its streaming debut on Shudder to follow at a later date.

Little Bites follows Mindy (Krsy Fox), a young widow and mother, who desperately tries to protect her daughter Alice (Elizabeth Phoenix Caro) from the grips of a fiendish, flesh-eating monster named Agyar (Jon Sklaroff). Mindy has been secretly sacrificing her own life by allowing the creature to slowly feast on her body as she keeps Alice hidden away at her grandmother’s home.

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Produced by One and Fox’s OneFox Productions, the film also stars Chaz Bono (American Horror Story), Barbara Crampton (Jakob’s Wife), Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and Bonnie Aarons (The Nun). Cher, Chaz Bono, Tyler Connolly, Ian Hoge, and Wendy Berry served as its executive producers.

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In a statement to Deadline, One explained, “Little Bites began with an unflinching look at my own experience as a parent. An experience that has been and continues to be a complex mess of love, pain, success and failure. Where the best of intentions are constantly countered by the dark forces of self doubt and the external judgment of others.”

One shared that “in the film, Mindy’s relationship with her monster, Agyar, is clearly my allegory for parenthood. His bites are her pain. His words are her insecurities. His intentions are to prove Mindy’s failure as a parent. Krsy Fox and Jon Sklaroff delivered beyond my wildest expectations with their portrayals of Mindy and Agyar and I can’t wait to once again team up with Shudder/RLJE and let horror fans to sink their teeth into Little Bites.”

Added RLJE Films’ Chief Acquisitions Officer, Mark Ward, “We are thrilled to reteam with Spider One on this terrifying film. He continues to be a strong visionary talent and we can’t wait for audiences to see Little Bites in theaters this Fall.”

The deal was negotiated by Dan Rozenblum at 33rd and West on behalf of the filmmakers and Ward on behalf of RLJE and Shudder.

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Following its festival run last year, Spider One's Little Bites is heading to Shudder on February 21.

Starring Krsy Fox (Allegoria), Elizabeth Phoenix Caro and Jon Sklaroff, the R-Rated Little Bites follows:

[…] Mindy, a young widow and mother, who desperately tries to protect her daughter Alice from the grips of a fiendish, flesh eating monster named Agyar. Mindy has been secretly sacrificing her own life by allowing the creature to slowly feast on her body as she keeps Alice hidden away at her grandmother’s home.

Executive produced by Cher, Little Bites also stars a whole host of horror icons including FANGORIA fave Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator, Jakob’s Wife), final girl Heather Langenkamp (A Nightmare on Elm Street), Bonnie Aarons (The Nun, also Jakob’s Wife) and American Horror Story‘s Chaz Bono (who also executive produced.)

In our interview with Spider One, the director expands more on Little Bites‘ themes of parenthood and how they fit into the modern canon of horror:

Parenthood/ motherhood have always been prevalent themes in horror and for good reason. Rosemary’s Baby, Mother!, The Exorcist, hell, you could even argue Frankenstein had its roots in parenthood. Having children is terrifying! Ha! And the task of protecting them from the onslaught of the world at times feels impossible.

Perhaps the recent resurgence of this theme is a direct reflection of the chaos of the times we live in. Maybe parenthood is this generation's atomic bomb. A large percentage of young people are choosing to not have children for fear of bringing them into the world. I’m not sure I agree with that assessment of the world but it is a real fear and where there’s fear there is horror!

Check out Little Bites on Shudder this February 21.
It's always hard to be a parent when you're wrestling with your demons, but it's particularly hard when that struggle is literal. Little Bites, the latest directorial outing from Spider One, follows Mindy (Krsy Fox), a mother with a terrible secret: she's trying to appease a demon by allowing it to feast on her, one nibble at a time. Utilizing demonic or similar entities as metaphors for parental psychological ills and struggles is a well-established narrative device, especially following films like Jennifer Kent's masterpiece The Babadook and Jon Watts' frightening 2014 outing Clown. It's a film with several strong elements, though some issues in the scripting and execution limit its ultimate impact.

What Is 'Little Bites' About?

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In Little Bites, we meet Mindy (Fox), a loving mother separated from her beloved daughter Alice (Elizabeth Phoenix Caro) for three weeks. She's simply in no place to care for the girl: Mindy can't sleep peacefully and is in constant pain thanks to the periodic intrusions of a dirty secret. At intervals throughout her day or night, she's awoken by the ring of a bell. She drops whatever she's doing and makes her way into a darkened room on her home's first floor. Awaiting her is a demon, Agyar (Jon Sklaroff), who survives by feasting on Mindy's flesh, one little chunk at a time. It's a hopeless and impossible situation that leaves widow Mindy estranged from her mother (played with chilling frustration by Bonnie Aarons) and entrenched in misery, faced with the desperate need to find a new way forward when it inevitably becomes too much.

Krsy Fox and Jon Sklaroff Hold Their Own, Though The Narrative Has Issues
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Little Bites is first and foremost a showcase for both stars Krsy Fox and Sklaroff. Fox, who also co-produced and edited the film, is closely followed as the subject of nearly every scene. She gives a strong performance as the besieged mother, capably exhibiting the character's exhaustion, desperation, and pain. As Agyar, Sklaroff exhibits an aristocratic malevolence that seeps through his every word--an essential element for a film where audiences rarely see him squarely and well-lit. Sklaroff's every word drips with blood and malice towards his prey; implied threats rarely becoming overt coercion because it really doesn't need to. The rest of the cast is stacked with horror legends in even the smallest of parts, like the fantastic Barbara Crampton as a stern, well-meaning CPS agent and Heather Langenkamp as an empathetic stranger who knows exactly what Mindy's been through, both delivering strong performances (as does Chaz Bono as the reserved Paul, whose role I won't spoil).

The script, written by Spider One, is strong by and large. Mindy's believably written, and there are a host of memorable lines (with Sklaroff's Agyar getting the best ones). The biggest issue with the script is largely structural. Mindy's journey here does progress, and she surely isn't static, but the narrative's progression is missing a tighter internal logic. Certain sequences feel less like a set of cause-and-effect links in a tight narrative chain and more like a set of makeshift encounters or choices, on occasion telegraphed too closely towards its intended plot progression. The scenes still often work, thanks to a talented and charismatic cast, but a greater honing of the film's internal logic and making its points more organic and less overtly telegraphed would help it all land better.

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As a claustrophobic, allegorical narrative about a mother isolated by her struggles with addiction (for which Agyar stands as a fairly clear metaphor), Little Bites is only intermittently at its best. Fox gives an earnest performance that hits the emotional lows well, and brief encounters with genre notables like Crampton and Langenkamp are certainly engaging. Agyar's a memorable demonic presence that looks eerie onscreen and is backed by a wonderful performance. Still, it's a film whose simple directness (points are often stated explicitly, usually one-on-one conversations) makes narrative moves and character evolution too transparent. Additionally, tighter internal logic between sequences and character choices would add tension and create a smoother pace, instead of feeling like a series of leaps between plot conventions. There are many things that work about Little Bites, but they're commonly shuffled together with elements that don't land as well as intended.

'Little Bites' Needs Little Adjustments
Still of Jon Sklaroff as a monster in Little BitesImage via IFC Films
A lot of individual elements work quite well in Little Bites. The creature makeup looks great, the performance is memorably threatening with elevated flair, and Krsy Fox carries the narrative well (and it asks a lot of her). There are some exceptional bits of dialogue and quite a few scenes that land easily thanks to appearances by horror titans. It's a smooth enough ride through most of its runtime, but there are noticeably telegraphed or overly convenient plot contrivances and ever-transparent moments of exposition that carry themes too literally. There's a lot of promise here, but it doesn't all pay off, resulting in a decent film that stops short of being a great exercise in supernatural terror.

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Review
'Little Bites' boasts a strong set of performers and some delicious dialogue, but narrative problems and over-telegraphed plot and thematic developments hamper it.

Pros
Krsy Fox is a strong lead in the tale, landing the emotional moments well, and Jon Sklaroff is deliciously evil as the demon Agyar.
There are some memorable, strong moments and dialogue, including the inclusion of charismatic horror legends that elevate the overall experience.
Cons
Little Bites needs tighter internal logic in its plot progression, as it often relies on deus ex machina moments to advance or pivot the plot into new directions.
Some of the thematic development and character building moments are a little blunt or on-the-nose, needing greater nuance.
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A young widow, Mindy, faces a horrifying ordeal as she attempts to protect her daughter Alice from a flesh-eating monster named Agyar. To keep Alice safe, Mindy secretly allows the creature to feed on her, sacrificing her own life piece by piece in this chilling tale of maternal sacrifice and survival​.

Release Date
October 4, 2024
Director
Spider One
Cast
Bonnie Aarons , Heather Langenkamp , Barbara Crampton , Chaz Bono , Krsy Fox , Jon Sklaroff , James A. Janisse , Chelsea Rebecca , Elizabeth Phoenix Caro
Runtime
106 Minutes
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Collider's Perri Nemiroff talks with Little Bites writer-director Spider One and actress, editor, and producer Krsy Fox at Fantastic Fest 2024.
Little Bites is about a single mother who makes a great personal sacrifice to protect her daughter from the monster downstairs.
During this interview, One and Fox discuss the inspiration for their original story, crafting the film in the edit, the dynamic on set, and tons more.
Hungry for a Halloween treat? Writer-director Spider One is serving up his creature feature Little Bites fresh from its World Premiere at Fantastic Fest. Not only does this movie introduce an original nightmarish monster, but this cast is stacked with some big names in the genre, including A Nightmare on Elm Street's Heather Langenkamp, Bonnie Aarons (The Nun), and Barbara Crampton (Re-Animator). Oh, and Cher and her son Chaz Bono (who plays Paul in the movie) executive produced the film.

From Shudder and RLJE Films, Little Bites stars Krsy Fox, who also served as editor and producer on the film, as a widowed mother who will do anything to protect her daughter, Alice (Elizabeth Phoenix Caro). In her case, that means allowing the grisly monster that lives in their basement to gnaw on her flesh in place of her daughter.

At the festival, Collider's Perri Nemiroff had the opportunity to sit down with One and Fox to talk shop, from the ideas that inspired the filmmaker to write this script to putting all the pieces together in the edit. This dynamic duo discusses addressing taboo issues through horror and genre storytelling, why Fox "intentionally avoided" co-star Jon Sklaroff (Captain America: The Winter Soldier) who played Agyar the monster, twisted comfort movies, and tons more. You can watch the full conversation in the video above or read the interview transcript below.

Tackling Taboos Through Horror

PERRI NEMIROFF: I am well aware of what Little Bites is, but because we're celebrating it as a festival debut, our audience will need the 101. Spider, I'll give you these duties. Can you synopsize your movie?

SPIDER ONE: For me, it really was an exercise in horror as an allegory for parenthood. A lot of people have found their own entry point into the movie, but for me, it was really about being a parent and the struggles of protecting a child in this insane world and how our monster represents all those threats, fears, and insecurities, just displayed in a very strange way.

I'll lean into those themes briefly, especially because we're at Fantastic Fest, where all the stories we're experiencing are genre. What is it for both of you about genre storytelling that you think makes it an especially powerful way to explore difficult human truths?

ONE: I just talked about this. I grew up obsessed with horror and sci-fi and comic books. We can talk about, I guess, whatever we want now, but historically, there were taboo subjects that you couldn't represent on screen unless it was represented by Godzilla or a robot or something. But I always loved that spirit, and I think it's a great way to tell a story and also to attract genre fans who maybe wouldn't be interested in hearing something like we're discussing. But wrapped with a monster or creature, it's just such a great way to tell a story. It's just more fun to do in general. But I always loved that historic element of genre in tackling the subject matter that's a little taboo, possibly.

Krsy Fox leaning down to talk to her daughter (Elizabeth Phoenix Caro) in Little BitesImage via IFC Films
KRSY FOX: I agree. I think as an actor in a horror film, you get to do all the jobs. You get to be in a drama, you can be in a comedy — you're also being tortured and devastated and having these deep emotional responses. I feel like I get the same thing as the audience watching a horror film. A film like this, yes, obviously, it comes from the writer being a parent, but I also think it really tackles abusive relationships and also struggles with substance abuse. I think that there's a lot of underlying storytelling in this particular film that I feel is important. I also really like how the main character just always trying to keep herself under control, and I feel like you don't get to see that a lot. You see it in a very, very flawed character who never wants to show that she's afraid, never wants to show that she's angry, never really gets to be happy and be herself, and I just think that that's sort of a beautiful thing, and especially in the genre space to watch.

What's Your Twisted Comfort Movie?
Jack Nicholson as Jack Torrance looking at the camera in The ShiningImage via Warner Bros
I want to stick with genre storytelling more broadly a little more before I start digging into Little Bites details. Do you have a genre comfort movie? Something that is twisted, something that other people might not think would make you feel better if you watch it, but you find a kind of peace in it?

ONE: Oddly, almost all of it. I think maybe for us as a couple, it was always The Shining.

FOX: Definitely.

ONE: We would watch it, we'd fall asleep to it.

FOX: We’d wake up every single night for, like, the first month we were dating to the moment when he hacks down the door and she’s screaming.

I have so much respect for this.

ONE: When it’s like, gun to the head, “Pick your favorite horror movie,” I have to go there. It checks all the boxes for me, not only as a horror film but just as a movie in general. I have so much of my own influence that I take from all those Kubrick films, and that pacing and that style that he does better than anybody. So, yeah, that film for me is probably the one. And Jaws, too.

Solid picks right there.

FOX: We come from a different generation, so there are certain things I grew up on. A film like The Craft really helped me because I was a young girl and I was strange. I was a strange girl. I'm from a really small town, and there weren't a lot of kids like me, so when I saw that movie, I'm like, “Oh, okay. That's okay. That's going to be my group when I get older.” So I really connect to films like that and Scream, but also the original Texas Chain Saw Massacre. The way I felt as a little kid seeing that and being absolutely destroyed by it, but then also wanting to watch it again. I didn't know what was happening to me, but that was sort of when I really realized I fell in love with horror movies. Nothing made me feel that strongly, and so that was really special to me.

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That was a beautiful answer. I love that. All the right titles there!

ONE: You passed the test.

Very much. Flying colors.

ONE: What would the wrong answers have been, I wonder?

There can’t be. Somewhat adjacent, I've stopped using the term “guilty pleasure movie” because I feel like if you love a movie, you shouldn't feel guilty about loving it, so I have completely taken that out of my vocabulary.

FOX: 100%.

'Little Bites' "Is About the Unrealistic Expectations of Family"
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Digging into the evolution of your story idea, Spider, what was idea number one, the thing that started this all, but then can you tell me if you had a break-story moment, something that made you think, “This screenplay is whole now?”

ONE: Obviously, the seed of this is parenthood. I'm a parent, and my oldest son is 20, our daughter is five, so I'm sort of dealing with all aspects of life. Not only is it this idea of protection, but I realized as I was writing it that it really is more about the unrealistic expectations of family. I grew up watching The Brady Bunch and Leave it to Beaver, and whatever your version of that sort of ideal existence of mom, dad, and dinner around the table is. I realized no one has that. No matter how good of a person you are, things happen in your life, and we don't always know what's happening in someone's life. I think Mindy goes through this experience running into other moms or her own mother, not having a clue. Sometimes even the people closest to you don't have a clue as to what's happening to you, and so all those things came into play. These are all real-life things that have happened to me that I don't even discuss some of them because they are too personal. So, I felt like from the beginning, the concept was really there. It's something that I didn't have to imagine what that feels like because I live it.

But I remember the one scene that came late. In my mind that script was done, but then there's always a last-minute idea, and it was the scene where Agyar sings Mindy this horrible song. Once I had that, I was like, “Okay, I fully developed just how awful this creature is.” I think that was one of my favorite breakthrough moments from the script, was the song.

Oh, I’m coming back to the creature soon.

Krsy, first I wanted to come your way with a question about finding your character. I'm not sure if this is how you tackled her, but someone recently mentioned to me that when you jump into a new project, it is nerve-wracking because you're on unstable ground, and then, all of a sudden, you have this moment, either in prep or on set, when you do something and you know you just found your character. Did you have that moment with Mindy, and if so, when?

FOX: Honestly, it was a lot of pressure at the beginning because the first scenes we shot were with the mother, and I'm like, “This comes later in the movie,” and I really had to establish who she was then. She'd already gone through all this trauma at that point, so I had to be really mindful of where I was going to go from there. But I remember it was the first day really working and doing the scenes with the monster. That first scene where I opened the door, and I'm speaking into the darkness, he was in the room, and I couldn't see him, but I knew what he looked like. We had never rehearsed that scene, and so when it happened, I was terrified. I just remember feeling that voice coming out of me. Then after that, I just never allowed myself to break that feeling until the movie was done, and then it took me a while to become myself again. I'm a really happy person, bubbly person, and I just wasn't after that movie.

Still of Krsy Fox looking up at the ceiling in terror in Little BitesImage via IFC Films
Because it was holding back, and we talk about this performance, it's a lot of just trying to internalize and be strong, especially in front of the monster because you don't want to show vulnerability or weakness — you'll get yourself killed. So, I feel like that was the moment I couldn't control it anymore. She's like, “I'm dying, I'm dying, and you're saying these horrible things and singing to me about my dead husband, and how I'm all alone, and I have nothing,” and I couldn't stop crying. We only did one take of my coverage, and he’s like, “It’s fine,” and I’m like, “Are you sure?” He's like, “You're not going to do that again.” And we just let it feel the way it felt in the room. So I was like, “Okay, I understand who this woman is. I understand this is how far she's gonna go emotionally because that's as far as she's gonna let it go, but then I’m going to peel it back.” That was really the turning point.

Jon Sklaroff Went Method for 'Little Bites'
"I tried to intentionally avoid him a lot."
Still of Jon Sklaroff as a monster in Little Bites
I'll lean into your monster heavily at this point. Krsy, I'll give you my first question. What is something that you appreciated about Jon [Sklaroff] as a scene partner that helped you tap into something in your own character that you wouldn't have been able to reach without him?

FOX: Jon is very method. I tried to intentionally avoid him a lot because I didn't really want to rehearse with him a ton. I also didn't want to have much of a relationship with him on set because I felt like I shouldn't because, sure, you can work with people that you just love, and you're having fun all the time in between, but I felt like this was like a trauma. He just always gave me something. He pushed my levels of comfort. He made me afraid. I have to tell you when you're in those spaces and having someone biting and licking your thigh and saying something, it's not that hard to get to a place. But he was a beautiful actor, and he really pushed me, and I think that my responses pushed him to almost be meaner. He was a great partner, but also, just look at him. I mean, he wore his teeth the whole entire shoot. He's just drinking out of a straw with his teeth in. He committed.

It feels like a creature like this could have been done in a multitude of different ways. Spider, many questions about that. What was it about Jon and his interpretation of what a creature like that should act like that sparked with you and made you want to cast him? And then also, what was it like figuring out the proper makeup and prosthetics so he had the look that you wanted on him?

ONE: We did a Zoom with him, and I could tell right away that he was incredibly serious about what he does and very thoughtful. He had a million questions, and just his physicality, just his look. We did a little Zoom rehearsal, and I could just see his eyes glazing over, and I was like, “This guy, there’s something going on here.” Through the whole process, he would, more than anyone, text me at three in the morning asking about a word: “Is this the right word?” So I was very excited to have somebody who took it very seriously. Especially because when you're dealing with genre, and you're creating a monster, there are some actors that might think it could be a throwaway thing, but he certainly wasn't that guy.

Then in terms of the design, not only physically but just dialogue in the character development, it really was important to me to try to find a lane that hopefully we haven't seen much. I've said this before, in the world of horror, when you think of iconic monster creatures, we think of silent killers like Michael Myers; we think of wise-cracking like Chucky and Freddy Krueger, or we think of more paranormal situations like a creepy kid in the corner or whatever. But to create a character where the psychological pain equals the physical was really the main goal. I wanted his words to be as cruel as the bites that he's imposing on her. So, it was really exciting, and I feel really great about it. And as far as the physical look, the prosthetics, we wanted to keep them to a minimum because it was an acting job, so he wasn't just this beast in the corner. We wanted to be really thoughtful about not overwhelming him with so much that he couldn't emote.

Still of Jon Sklaroff as a bloody monster in Little BitesImage via IFC Films
I wanted to follow up on one thing that you just brought up. You said when you did that first Zoom with Jon, he had so many questions. Is there any particular question that really caught you by surprise and kind of cracked open that character in a way you didn't expect?

ONE: He was very curious. A lot of times actors are like, “This is what I'm saying, okay, cool.” But he was always like, “Well, why? Why is he doing that,” and, “Why wouldn't he interrupt her? Why?” And so it was always a pretty lively discussion, and it also kept me on my toes of always justifying, “Why did I write it like that,” and finding those answers that I know are inside, but I have to articulate to him.

The Art of Crafting a Film in the Edit
"Your movie is saved or destroyed in the edit."

Krsy, I have to ask you about being an editor on this film. I know you've done that for a while, but in all honesty, I don't think I've ever spoken to an actor who also edits their own films, and I find that absolutely fascinating. What do you think it is for you personally that pairs well in terms of being an actor and also editing your work?

FOX: A big part of the films we make is because we do so many different jobs, right? I feel like the editing is another creative part of the job. Since he wrote and directed this one, he got to really do more. I guess I got to be creative on screen, but it's a different thing behind the scenes. So, I did all the production stuff. That's sort of my moment to be like, “Okay, I get to be part of the visual and what people are experiencing.” It's very strange to edit yourself and stare at yourself all day; you get very sick of yourself. But this particular film, it was helpful because it's so different than my real personality. I look so different. I speak so differently. So it felt like it helped remove me. I'm like, “Oh, she's doing this, she's doing this…” It's a strange thing.

But it's in our experience. When we get into the edit, sometimes the movie goes in a different direction than we expected, and that's always super exciting to me. In this particular film, Spider went on tour with his band right after we finished shooting, so I got to get a first cut together on my own and just sort of live with it and throw him what I'm seeing. Luckily, because we do so much prep, nothing is a huge surprise for him. We're very in sync in that way. But also, sometimes you take an extra couple of frames from the scene that we expected to, or it felt like this needed more space, or this needed to be condensed, or maybe not that line, and it really felt organic and easy to edit this film where I've had other ones where I'm like, “I don't know. What do you think? Do I need to take this out? I think this.” And we've gone back and forth more.

ONE: The edit for this one came together pretty easily because we'd had so many discussions about the pacing of the film, these pauses between dialogue, and it was also in performance. It was right there, so we didn't have to play around with it too much. You run into problems in the editing room when you don't really have a clear idea of what your film is.

FOX: Or if you shoot too much. Sometimes, we do not know. I mean, I knew which takes he was responding to, but actually, when I was watching the footage, there were moments even in my performance, where I'm like, “I don't like that take. I want to do it again.” And then I watched it later, and I'm like, “Oh, I'm actually gonna go with this.” It surprises me. Also, I do sound design as I edit scenes. I, at least at minimum, put in temp music, and I think that making the choices early on with this film really helped move it because there's a lot of silence, and it's important, but then the moments when there are sound design or a score of some kind, it really means something. So, that was exciting. Then, when our composer, Roy Mayorga, came in and really dove into the score, it was super exciting because we had already [decided], “We know this moment needs something, or it needs to go further,” and we got to have those conversations because we already temped it in, and it was great.

Close-up of Krsy Fox with a look of terror on her face in Little BitesImage via IFC Films
What a cool set of skills to have. I don't necessarily think everybody out there should also become an editor, but having an understanding of what it takes to cut what you make on set into a final film is something I think everyone would benefit from.

FOX: I agree, actually. I think that even if you don't end up ultimately editing your film, having an understanding and messing around with it and learning it is really helpful. I know other filmmakers like Francis Galluppi, who did Last Stop in Yuma County, he edits his stuff, and I know it's super important to him and we bond over that. It's just a super creative part of the film.

ONE: It’s certainly the most underappreciated. Your movie is saved or destroyed in the edit. It really is. You could have the greatest performance from an actor and you chop it up weird and it's ruined. It is also emotionally the hardest part because when I'm on set and you frame up that moment, and you're getting a great performance, you're sitting there like, “We're making the greatest movie ever!” You're so excited. And then it takes a while to massage that, and you start editing, and you're like, “Oh my god, this is garbage.” And then something works, and you’re like, “Oh my god.” You have to be patient because there are moments in editing where I just want to be like, “Just forget it. Just trash it all.”

FOX: Or you have to lose something you love because you don't need it even though you love it, and that's hard. I think because we both come from a musical background, we always say, “I think my musical background helps with my edit because I edit solely based on feel,” which is like music and the way you write music. Whereas maybe someone else would approach it differently. I feel like if I didn't have a musical background, I maybe wouldn't have the instincts as an editor. It’s sort of, “Like it or not.” That's sort of where I come from. It's a very organic place, like, “This feels good, so it is.”

ONE: Every scene has a tempo. That's how we'll edit where we're going to cut. I'll sit there, and we’ll watch the scene, and just almost like you're counting in the band, “There!” It’s all feel.

Every year, at the end of the year, I make this gigantic montage of all the movies that came out in the calendar year. All I'm doing is cutting clips that I love to the beat of particular songs from certain films, and the satisfaction when you make a cut on the perfect point of a song …

FOX: Oh, it’s the best. [Laughs]

It is a little indescribable, but I feel it.

ONE: Sometimes magic things happen that you didn't plan on. One of my favorite cuts in Little Bites is there's a scene where he rings the bell and she sits at the edge of her bed, and it's a wide and there's a railing, and then we cut to the supermarket scene, and the railing lines up exactly with the produce aisle. I'm like, “Oh my god, I'm a genius,” but I didn't plan it at all.

FOX: [Laughs] You just told your secrets!

ONE: But those are such great [moments]. The universe is helping you create little moments, and maybe no one will ever notice, but to me …

'Little Bites' Allowed Krsy Fox to Return to Her Passions
Partner and director Spider One found joy in her joy on set.
Krsy Fox and Spider One at Fantastic Fest 2024 for Little BitesImage by Adam Matignetti
We've been ending all of our Fantastic Fest interviews with this particular question because it came up during the first interview that I did. It was for The Rule of Jenny Pen, which, of course, stars Geoffrey Rush and John Lithgow, and their director, [James Ashcroft], was saying that it was incredible watching these two acting titans have such joy when tackling their work. What is the single moment when you felt the most joy while making Little Bites?

FOX: I think it was the day that we wrapped, and I knew …

ONE: [Laughs] When it was over.

FOX: [Laughs] It was actually the scene at the bus stop with Chaz [Bono] and I. I could tell with that take, I'm like, “This is it. I know we have this take, and he's going to say, ‘This is a wrap.’” I wanted to cry and laugh and we're all jumping around. We put on a ridiculous song. I couldn't really let myself be light and happy, but I knew we did something really special, and we all were out there together in the middle of the night. That was really, I think, the most joyous. And when it was cut, and we could watch it, we're like, “We fucking made a movie, man. This is crazy!”

Still of Chaz Bono on a couch looking concerned in Little BitesImage via IFC Films
ONE: I think for me — I'm not just saying this because you're sitting here — it was honestly watching you because I know how long you've been acting, and it's a very difficult life. For a while, you stopped doing it. We live together, we have a child together, so I know how talented you are, but sometimes I'm surprised. I'm like, “I know you're good,” and then we did this movie, and I'm like, “Oh shit, you're really good.” So, just seeing that happen and being a part of it and knowing that whatever happens, you have this to show everybody, like, “Fuck yeah!” I’m tearing up — but for me, overall, that was my most satisfying moment.

FOX: You’re so damn sweet. Thank you! That's so nice. It's funny, you always want to please your director when you're acting, and you want them to be happy, but making him happy or making him excited is the best feeling in the world. So, that makes me so happy that you said that.

ONE: I've had to learn to express as a director. A lot of times you're working so hard, you don't have time to tell your actors what a great job they're doing. So, I have to learn to do that and encourage them.

Little Bites is in theaters and available on VOD now.

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Little Bites
R
Horror
In a desperate attempt to protect her ten-year-old daughter, a young widow allows a nightmarish monster to slowly eat her alive.

Director
Spider One
Cast
Bonnie Aarons , Heather Langenkamp , Barbara Crampton , Chaz Bono , Krsy Fox , Jon Sklaroff , James A. Janisse , Chelsea Rebecca , Elizabeth Phoenix Caro
Runtime
106 Minutes
Writers
Spider One
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Little Bites

Directed by Spider One
Written by Spider One
Produced by Spider One
Krsy Fox
Starring Krsy Fox
Jon Sklaroff
Barbara Crampton
Elizabeth Phoenix Caro
Cinematography Andy Patch
Edited by Krsy Fox
Music by Roy Mayorga
Distributed by
RLJE Films
Shudder
Release date
October 4, 2024
Running time 106 minutes[1]
Country United States
Language English
Box office $9,299[2][3]
Little Bites is a 2024 horror film directed by Spider One. It premiered on Fantastic Fest 2024.[1] It was released by RLJE Films in theaters on October 4, 2024, followed by a streaming release on Shudder.[4] Starring Krsy Fox and executively produced by Cher,[4] the film received mostly positive reviews from critics.

Premise
Trying to get rid of a demon that torments her daughter Alice, Mindy Vogel decides to send her to live with her grandmother.[1]

Cast
Krsy Fox as Mindy Vogel
Jon Sklaroff as Agyar
Elizabeth Phoenix Caro as Alice Vogel
Barbara Crampton as Sonya Whitfield
Heather Langenkamp as Ellenor
Bonnie Aarons as grandmother
Chaz Bono as Paul
Lyndsi LaRose as Gail
Reception
Box office
In the United States and Canada, the film made $8,057 from 18 theaters in its opening weekend.[5]

Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 73% of 11 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 6.2/10.[6]

Writing for Punch Drunk Critics, Travis Hopson noted: "As far as horror movies about motherhood, Little Bites is a worthwhile entry that plays more to fans of gore than the psychological."[7] In his review for RogerEbert.com, Brian Tallerico rated it 1.5 out of 4 stars saying that "horror needs to be a little gray, a little hard to decipher, and a little debatable as to its meaning and purpose. When it’s not, and it shifts from mood to message, it loses its power. That’s one of several things that happens with Spider One’s frustrating Little Bites."[1] At Collider, Jeff Ewing rated it 6 out of 10 stars, saying "there's a lot of promise here, but it doesn't all pay off, resulting in a decent film that stops short of being a great exercise in supernatural terror."[8]

Leo Brady from A Movie Guy gave the film 3 out of 4 stars and stated, "What makes Little Bites more intriguing is its exploration of generational trauma, sacrifice, and the everyday struggles of women. While it may initially seem simplistic, this dark and engaging film leaves viewers with plenty to ponder."[9] In his review for The Mercury News, Randy Meyers rated it 1.5 out of 4 stars saying that "there is an attempt to comment on the sacrifices that moms make, but it gets squelched by its own unevenness."[10]

References
"Little Bites". RogerEbert.com. September 27, 2024. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
"Little Bites – Financial Information". The Numbers. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
"Little Bites". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved October 11, 2024.
"RLJE Films & Shudder Acquire Spider One Horror Film 'Little Bites'". Deadline. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
"Domestic 2024 Weekend 40". Box Office Mojo. Archived from the original on October 7, 2024. Retrieved October 7, 2024.
"Little Bites". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
Hopson, Travis (October 2, 2024). "Krsy Fox Gets Devoured In Spider One's Gory Motherhood Horror Metaphor". Punch Drunk Critics. PDC Entertainment. Retrieved October 16, 2024.
"'Little Bites' Review: A Palatable Maternal Horror With Issues That Eat Away at Its Success". Collider. Archived from the original on October 6, 2024. Retrieved October 9, 2024.
Brady, Leo (October 1, 2024). "Little Bites". A Movie Guy. Archived from the original on October 23, 2024. Retrieved October 23, 2024.
"What to watch: It's raining horror movies — some are better than others". The Mercury News. Archived from the original on October 4, 2024. Retrieved October 5, 2024.
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