Destined to be Ingested is All Across the Map
Destined to be Ingested is all over the place in terms of themes, tone, pace and even genre. Is this a nature film? Maybe a tragic drama or an unlikely romance? Then there’s the zombies.
Written by The Horror Czar
May 10, 2009
Release: October 29, 2008 (New York City, New York)
Directed by: Sofian Khan
Written by: Sofian Khan and Amanda Cole
Starring:
Kitty Cole as Anna
Suzi Lorraine as Sandy
Theodore Bouloukos as Chester
Kris Eivers as Tom
Manuel Fihman as Macho
Bill Weeden as Hemle
Noshir Dalal as Kohi
How many different themes can be crammed into a single movie, anyway? Filmed in picturesque Puerto Rico (well, and Vermont... but not the picturesque parts), Destined to be Ingested (originally Holocaust Holocaust) could have easily been a beautiful nature film on the Discovery Channel, except there are actors. Okay, not a nature film.
When we meet the vacationing foursome Anna (Kitty Cole), Tom (Kris Eivers), Sandy (Suzi Lorraine) and Chester (Theodore Bouloukos) en route 
to some fabulous resort aboard a sailing ship captained by Macho (Manuel Fihman) this film takes a decided turn away from nature and toward melodrama complete with a financially troubled couple and grotesque rich guy wearing a headband. Unfortunately for all the Captain is not very good and he gets lost among the many islands to choose from. No matter, the group decides to make the best of it and go ashore on an uncharted desert isle.
The happy vacationers are not alone on the island, though, and Sandy and Chester are quickly captured and disemboweled by some crazy cannibal natives. It appears that the theme is moving more toward thriller at this point as Anna and Tom become castaways hiding in a cave, dodging cannibals and trying to build a raft to escape the island. They had a dingy to arrive at the island, but I guess they forgot about that.
But wait a minute, this is actually a romantic film – Anna’s husband is killed, she falls in love with one of the cannibals and they live together in a grass hut. The cannibal cannot take her to his village, it seems, because 
fraternizing with outsiders is forbidden. Very Romeo and Juliette. Finally, after 6 months have passed, the cannibal Romeo brings the now pregnant Anna to the village to face the music. Love can be so tragic.
Suddenly, there are zombies. Go figure.
It is amazing that a film with so much going on can move so slowly. The pace of Destined to be Ingested alternates between slow and excruciating. Maybe the fact that the film rarely makes sense contributes to the overall�slowness. Even the 
appearance of zombies is anticlimactic, which is not easy to achieve. And, I should mention… the sound for the entire film, including all actor dialogue, was added later via studio recordings. Think Mad Max
Destined to be Ingested has some incredible scenery and pretty cool make-up on the cannibals. That’s about it. If I were you, I’d stick to the Discovery Channel. Questions or comments about Destined to be Ingested? Discuss it on The Ossuary Forums!
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