Writer/director Natalie Erika James made her feature debut with the psychological horror drama Relic and followed that up with the Rosemary’s Baby prequel Apartment 7A. Now, Deadline reports that filming is underway on James’ third feature, a psychological horror film called Saccharine, and Midori Francis of Grey’s Anatomy and The Sex Lives of College Girls has the lead role.

Anna McLeish and Sarah Shaw are producing Saccharine, which is a Carver Films and Thrum Films production. Production investment came from Screen Australia, XYZ in conjunction with Ipr.Vc, and Stan, in association with VicScreen. Ben Morgan is a co-producer. Deadline notes that the film will be distributed theatrically in Australia and New Zealand by Maslow Entertainment and will launch as a Stan Original Film on Stan.

Francis is taking on the role of Hana, a lovelorn medical student who becomes terrorized by a hungry ghost after taking part in an...