EGG
October 4, 2026
Presented by Grand Illusion Cinema. A bored office worker sees a giant egg when she closes her eyes, and when it hatches, each blink unleashes escalating real-world horrors. EGG is a searing Y2K-era cocktail of creature features, body horror, psychological thrillers, and vaporwave aesthetics. This surreal effort by the highly prolific Yukihiko Tsutsumi deconstructs sensitive themes such as women's traditional roles in society while also fully delivering on the promise of alien creepazoids.
SIFF year-round passes and vouchers are not valid for this screening.
Tsukiko lives a mundane existence revolving around her inscrutable tech office job. One day while on her way to work, she closes her eyes and a mysterious giant egg appears in what’d otherwise be the darkness of her eyelids. The egg soon hatches, unleashing with it memories of suppressed trauma as a hideous arthropod monster develops a tormented relationship with Tsukiko each time she dares to shut out the light.
“Part of the fun of watching EGG is realizing along with Tsukiko what’s unfolding, and at barely an hour it’s worth your while to go in blind.” — Danielle Burgos, Screen Slate
- Director: Yukihiko Tsutsumi
- Principal Cast: Jo Hye-yeong, Inuko Inuyama, Jiro Sato, Megumi Ujiie, Samy Pop
- Country: Japan
- Year: 2005
- Running Time: 73 min.
- Language: Japanese with English subtitles
- Has Subtitles: Yes