Suitable Flesh

Elizabeth Derby is a respected psychiatrist whose orderly professional life is disrupted by a new patient, Asa Waite. The young man insists that his father is trying to take possession of his body, a claim Elizabeth initially treats as a severe personality disorder. Breaking her own rules, she involves herself in his case beyond the confines of her office, and the situation draws her toward a dangerous occult force and an ancient curse. The film follows the consequences as her life unravels and deaths mount around her.

Suitable Flesh is a 2023 American horror and thriller directed by Joe Lynch, his sixth feature after Wrong Turn 2: Dead End, Chillerama, Everly, Mayhem and Point Blank. Dennis Paoli wrote the screenplay, and Barbara Crampton, Joe Wicker and Inderpal Singh produced. Heather Graham stars as Elizabeth, with Judah Lewis as Asa, Bruce Davison as Ephraim Waite, Johnathon Schaech as Edward Derby, Barbara Crampton as Dr. Daniella Upton and Graham Skipper as a pathologist. The film runs 99 minutes.

Released on October 27, 2023, the film received a critics' rating of 6.9/10 from 75 reviews, clearly higher than its audience scores: 5.3/10 on IMDb from around 8,800 votes and 5.3/10 on TMDB from 165 votes. The gap suggests reviewers responded more favorably than general viewers did.