Fried Barry Short Film (2017), A Dirty Coke Snorting, Body Hijacking Alien

Fried Barry began life as a short film in 2017 before Ryan Kruger, writer, director, and producer, expanded it into the feature length fever dream it became. The premise is exactly as unhinged as it sounds: a heroin addict gets abducted by aliens, his body gets hijacked, and what follows is tonnes of dank atmosphere and a viewing experience that sits comfortably in a genre category of its own. There is nothing average about Fried Barry. That is entirely the point.

Where to Watch the Fried Barry Short Film

If you haven’t seen the short film, do so now below.

Why the Fried Barry Short Film Works

When the short film Fried Barry was released, Kruger was clear that this kind of film was one of a kind in the context of South African cinema. Short film adaptations are always a risk, the following they build can work for or against the feature, but Fried Barry had a massive audience before the feature even had a release date. In an interview with thesouthafrican.com, Kruger said he believed the film would be unforgettable and hoped it would help pave the way for growth in the South African film industry. For the full interview, check out The South African.

The story follows Barry, a washed-up hot mess who spends his evenings abusing his wife and son and attending to his addiction with equal commitment. After a particularly heated example of both, Barry leaves the house in a drug-induced state and finds himself on an alien spaceship. What follows is not just an abduction, it’s a full body takeover. Barry is now just the vessel, and these visitors to Earth have plans.

What those plans involve is a joyride through Cape Town as the aliens use and abuse Barry’s body more thoroughly than Barry ever managed himself. Sex, violence, and alien abduction. What more could you want from a horror movie?

For more news on this wacky, long-haired, grimy alien, go to the official Facebook Page.

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The Short Film That Launched a Cult Classic | Watch Fried Barry (Full Movie)

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• Part of 2020’s lineup for both the Cannes and Fantasia Film Festival the Fried Barry short film was watched as a screener for review purposes.
• Ryan Kruger, Writer, Director, and Producer
• If you love short films: check out these next Adam series from Neil Blomkamp | Films from The Art is Alive fest | Head Case | Lucid short film | Kiddo and the Aussie extraterrestrial short, Grounded.

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