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The Parched Collection is a horror trilogy from filmmaker Joe Leone centered around contaminated water, environmental collapse, and violent outbreaks of madness. Mixing creature horror, dark satire, and indie exploitation filmmaking, the series explores humanity’s destructive relationship with nature and the terrifying consequences that follow. Beginning with Parched, continuing through Parched 2: Hangry, and concluding with Parched 3: Beached, the films escalate from isolated contamination incidents to full-scale environmental horror.
A quintet of college kids take a road trip to an abandoned house and unintentionally drink infected water that turns them slowly insane and murderous - but this is no accident.
A social media influencer brings her friends to an Airbnb lake house to party. When an appetite stimulant is mistakenly dumped into the lake and the guests go for a dip, they emerge ravenous and insatiable.
A Florida lifeguard receives help from two environmentalists hellbent on uncovering a potential conspiracy as to why certain swimmers emerge from the beach in a violent, mutated state.