It Lives Inside

It Lives Inside (2023)

You can't contain evil.

Desperate to fit in at school, Sam rejects her Indian culture and family to be like everyone else. However, when a mythological demonic spirit latches onto her former best friend, she must come to terms with her heritage to defeat it.

Date of release
2023-09-06
TMDB
5.7 / 10 (308)
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Horror, Mystery
Director
Bishal Dutta

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Box office: $7.3M

It Lives Inside is a 2023 supernatural horror film written and directed by Bishal Dutta and starring Megan Suri, and follows Sam, an Indian-American teen trying to fit into her suburban high school by rejecting her heritage. When Sam unleashes a terrifying, ancient Indian demon that feeds on loneliness and trauma, it kidnaps her best friend Tamira and then targets Sam, forcing her to confront her identity and cultural roots to save her friend and herself. The film also stars Neeru Bajwa, Mohana Krishnan, Vik Sahay, Gage Marsh, Beatrice Kitsos and Betty Gabriel.

Production

On October 14, 2021, Neon and QC Entertainment announced a partnership to produce a then-untitled debut feature from Dutta, starring Megan Suri, Neeru Bajwa, Vik Sahay and Betty Gabriel. Principal photography started the same day in Vancouver.

Dutta took inspiration for the film from his own childhood experience of being born in India prior to moving to North America. The story is influenced by Indian demonic mythology as well as a personal story from Dutta's grandfather. Dutta explained:"After I moved to North America from India at the age of four, a lot of my social education came from watching American horror films.

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