Chompy and the Girls (2021)

Jackson is feeling hopeless. Her mother hangs up when she calls, her dealer won’t give her drugs without payment, and she’s not sure if she wants to live. In desperation she calls Sam, who she’s never met,  and reveals she’s his daughter. Her mother got pregnant in college, but never told Sam and raised Jackson on her own.

Sam meets Jackson at the park for an awkward interaction. He says he doesn’t think he can deal with this, but just as he’s starting to leave, he sees a man walk up to a little girl and swallows her in one gulp.  When the man sees them and starts towards them, they run to their cars and speed off.

Later that night Jackson sees the man outside her home and heads over to Sam’s.  Sam’s wife thinks he’s having an affair, but is even more surprised when Jackson says Jackson is his daughter and they need to get out of there because the man who ate the girl is after them.

Jackson says maybe her dealer can help them since he knows about spiritual things. They go to a party and  find Jackson’s dealer Lotus who she thinks he can help them, due to his interest in spiritual things.  After dragging Lotus away, they spy the little girl who was eaten the previous day.  When they talk to her she says her name is Birch. They ask how she escaped, but she can’t really tell them.  Things are not as they seem, which leads Sam and Jackson into more bizarre situations.

This was a decent indie and the actors were likable enough.  There are practical effects as well as cgi, and the huge mouth on Chompy is crazy looking.

Humorous dialogue

Big mouth man ate a little girl. We gotta go!

Jackson: But you didn’t tell her about me.

Sam: You don’t just spring that on someone. You told her you were my daughter and a man ate a girl.