Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- sardonic
- campy
- satirical
- late night horror comedy
- group movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly found the film visually polished and engagingly performed but undermined by shallow, irritating writing.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Apple operates a witchy femme cult beneath the Free Eden mall store after hours.
The cult's claimed sisterhood is challenged when Pumpkin exposes the group's emotional poisons and clichés.
Fruit-coded characters, an induction ceremony, and a femme cult frame satirical horror around female solidarity and performance.
The film's mall setting and witchy cult premise combine polished commercial imagery with ritualistic horror.
Films like Forbidden Fruits, and why
The Craft
shares witchcraft, female friendship, adolescent identity, and dark supernatural comedy
Bottoms
shares colorful fashion-conscious satire, female-centered comedy, and heightened camp
The Babysitter
shares mall culture, performative femininity, and horror-comedy absurdity
Movie Details
- Director
- Meredith Alloway
- Release Date
- 2026-03-26
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rating
- 5.8 / 10 (102)
Cast
- Lili Reinhart
- Alexandra Shipp
- Victoria Pedretti
- Lola Tung
- Siddharth Sharma
- Emma Chamberlain
- Gabrielle Union
- Jordan Duarte
- Jacqueline Byers
- Zack Thompson
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Forbidden Fruits about?
- A secret mall-based femme cult turns poisonous sisterhood into a glossy, bloody dark comedy.
- What is Forbidden Fruits like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Forbidden Fruits as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is Forbidden Fruits violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Forbidden Fruits as graphic.
- What did critics think of Forbidden Fruits?
- Critics broadly found the film visually polished and engagingly performed but undermined by shallow, irritating writing.
- Which films are like Forbidden Fruits?
- Films with a similar feel include The Craft, Bottoms, and The Babysitter.
- How long is Forbidden Fruits?
- Forbidden Fruits runs 103 minutes.
- Where can I watch Forbidden Fruits?
- In United States, Forbidden Fruits streams on Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel, AMC+, Shudder, Sundance Now.
