Victor Fresco

The Santa Clarita Diet

by Victor Fresco

Joel and Abby seek medical advice from their teenage neighbor Eric after Sheila begins exhibiting strange symptoms. Eric attempts to diagnose Sheila's condition as a form of 'asymptomatic' undeath while struggling to maintain his composure around his crush, Abby. The scene establishes the high stakes of Sheila's lack of impulse control and the looming threat of her potential deterioration.

The Santa Clarita Diet

by Victor Fresco

Gary attempts to intimidate and blackmail Sheila into a sexual encounter in her backyard. Sheila, experiencing a supernatural transformation, lures him into a false sense of security before violently biting off and eating his fingers. The scene shifts from a tense confrontation about consent to a gruesome and darkly comedic display of Sheila's new predatory nature.