Model Hunger
Model Hunger
Model Hunger
Model Hunger
Model Hunger
Model Hunger
Model Hunger
Model Hunger
Model Hunger

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Model Hunger

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This special limited edition slipcover (designed by Suspiria Vilchez) is limited to 1,000 units and is only available on our website and at select indie retailers. Absolutely no major retailers will be stocking them.

Founded in 2006, Wild Eye Releasing has carved out a name as a driving force in low-budget, underground, and outsider cinema, earning a cult following among filmmakers and fans alike. Wild Eye champions horror, action, sci-fi, exploitation, arthouse, documentaries, and vintage gems from across the globe, delivering them worldwide via home video, digital and theatrical avenues. We also produce our own in-house features and mockbusters like the fan-favorites Cocaine Shark, Amityville in Space and the Ouija Shark and Jurassic Shark series, while proudly distributing VHS era classics such as Splatter Farm, Zombie Bloodbath, Bloody Muscle Body Builder in Hell and The Necro Files via our sister imprint, Visual Vengeance.

A former model (Lynn Lowry) cast aside by the beauty-obsessed entertainment industry takes brutal revenge on young, attractive women. But when a new couple (Tiffany Shepis, Carmine Capobianco) moves in next door, they begin to suspect something sinister. The list of missing girls is growing—and all signs point to Ginny’s basement. What horrors has she been hiding all these years... and who will survive her hunger for revenge?

directed by: Debbie Rochon
starring: Lynn Lowry, Tiffany Shepis, Brian Fortune, Carmine Capobianco, Michael Thurber, Suzi Lorraine, Babette Bombshell
2016 / 82 min / 1.85:1 / English DTS-HD MA 2.0

Additional info:

  • Region Free Blu-ray
  • Complete and uncensored Director’s Cut
  • 2024 Commentary with Director Debbie Rochon
  • 2024 Commentary with Producer / Co-writer James Morgart and Adam Torkel
  • Archival 2015 commentary with Director Debbie Rochon and Actor David Marancik
  • Model Hunger - Audio Essay by Alexandra Heller-Nicholas
  • Debbie Rochon: Unfolded – Career Retrospective
  • Debbie Rochon – Director Interview
  • James Morgart – Producer Interview
  • Harry Manfredini – Composer Interview
  • Lynn Lowry – Actress Interview
  • Tiffany Shepis – Actress Interview
  • Debbie Directs: Behind the Scenes
  • Model Hunger Outtakes
  • Behind the Scenes Image Gallery
  • Michael O‘Hear – Tribute Video
  • Babette Bombshell Interview
  • Bob Bozek Interview
  • Brian Fortune Interview
  • Dave Marancik Interview
  • Paul McGinnis Interview
  • Voltaire Interview
  • Short Film: Weenie Wonderland
  • Music Video: Song for Debbera
  • 24-page booklet with new introduction and short story
  • Reversible sleeve featuring alternate art
  • English SDH subtitles

Overall rating: 4.4375 / 5 from 32 reviews.

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Debbie's Direction & Lynn's Performance Are Incredible

"Two things make 'Model Hunger' extremely effective: Lynn Lowry's performance and Debbie Rochon's directing. 'Model Hunger' is about a former pin-up model driven crazy by how she was discarded by the industry, and turns to covertly murdering and cannibalizing her neighbors and any young woman she encounters. Shot in the early 2010s, Debbie's use of the digital film aesthetic captures the just-off aspects of an already pretty distorted upstate New York. Debbie's direction also elevates the concept as, in the hands of a male director the torture could lean into the realm of fetishism whereas Debbie capture what deeply unsettling horror is on-screen. Lynn Lowry is still an incredible, incredible actress and dedicates herself to every syllable in every scene. Just tremendous and sells the whole thing. Tiffany Shepis and Suzi Lorraine are also fantastic here, adding to both the humanity of the viewer and the surreal peril of the world of the film. It's 84 minutes but the agony makes it feel longer, and I mean that as a compliment. Truly among the best of the subgenre. Recommended."

— Charles K. (5/5)

Debbie Rochon and Lynn Lowry for the win!

"Debbie Rochon directs this film about an aging ex-model (played by Lynn Lowry) who has more than a thing or two to tell these young girls running around today about how they should be appreciating there lives. If you're a fan of Rochon, Lowry, or independent horror films in general, you should pick this up and give it a watch! The special features are pretty informative as well."

— Thomas P. (5/5)

Fun little movie

"Very cheesy and low budget, but lots of fun with familiar faces. Recommended."

— Jeffrey L. (4/5)

Model Hunger

"Wild Eye Releasing is on of my new favorite Partner Labels to release b-horror the Vinegar Syndrome website. Model Hunger is a pretty gruesome horror movie with a very different take on the horror genre. I definitely recommend checking this one out! Packaging and presentation are excellent!"

— Matt R. (5/5)

Love Debbie Rochon

"I always support this indie powerhouse when i can. Nice musing on an aging starlet as an antagonist. I'd recommend it to any Debbie Rochon or Lynn Lowry fan. Beautiful and talented Tiffany Shepis too"

— John H. (3/5)

I rally lowk Debbie Rochon

"I rally lowk Debbie Rochon and Tiffany Shepis. I’m not very familar with Lynn Larry but she was very good in this. Unfortunately this movie, while having a some good gore, is dull and over lit . I also don’t understand what the message was . Body positivity? Then why use obese models being as gross and unpleasant as possible. They are not meant to celebrate large women being beautiful but to make them repulsive as possible."

— Bruce K. (3/5)

Nice release from Wild Eye

"Nice release from Wild Eye Entertainment. Starring my ultimate crush Lynn Lowry with Tiffany Shepis another awesome actress who've I've followed for years. Seems like a Troma film in a good way and the restoration looks fantastic. Filled with a ton of extras. A great package!"

— Bryan K. (5/5)

Interesting take on a somewhat standard trope

"I've been seeing a lot of movies about older women killing young people lately. Another partner label release (Candle for the Devil) is an almost identical plot. But the direction and acting are strong enough to hold interest here. Probably 4 star movie but added one for the multitude of extras. Tons of interviews including about 7 hours of interview and commentary from Debbie Rochon, the legend herself. This movie actually shot pretty near where I live but I somehow had never heard of it till now. Worth checking out."

— Ed K. (5/5)

Feels like Debbie's working on

"Feels like Debbie's working on some personal demons in this, which is believable knowing what actresses have gone through, but I just wish the movie itself was a little stronger to put some oomph behind it. There's good messages, but it gets drowned out by the bog-standard Tubi level storytelling and aesthetics. There's at least enough weirdness here worth seeing, such as a guy eating ice cream with his asshole out pointing towards the camera while him and his wife watch Babbette Bombshell on tv eating donuts by a dumpster while whimsical music plays. That's something you don't get to see often, or even a sentence you get to write much. Also makes me miss the days when the likes of Tiffany Shepis, or even Debbie herself, were in 30 movies a year. It was comforting."

— Dustin B. (3/5)

Very entertaining

"“Model Hunger” is a solid movie and I’d definitely recommend it. It starts out at a cheerleading practice and introduces some very promising characters. Sadly, this section seems very abbreviated and only two of the introduced characters move forward in the movie. The gore starts off mostly off-screen, but it gets better as the movie progresses. The direction, by Debbie Rochon is superb, and one would never guess that it was her first time directing. Lynn Lowry’s acting is superb and even outdoes Hugh Grant’s character in “Heretic” (which seems to share a few similar scenes as “Model Hunger”). The extras are a treat, as they include 3 commentaries, a new one with Debbie Rochon by herself and a legacy one which she shares one of her actors. Also includes a very interesting (almost) hour long interview with Debbie, where she recounts her entire history up to that point. Included also are two deleted scenes, one which shows a couple of takes of a cameo by Lloyd Kaufman. Lloyd is always a joy, but I can see why his scenes didn’t make the final cut. For fans of a films packaging, the slipcover features great new artwork on both sides. The inner case has its own great artwork and there is a cool alternate cover on the backside. Personally, I find it a drag when the slipcover art matches the front cover on the inner case artwork and no alternate artwork is included."

— Scott K. (4/5)

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