TheHorrorofDoloresRoachisagrotesqueSweeneyTodd-inspiredtaleofEatorBeEaten;amacabreurbanlegendoflove,betrayal,weed,gentrification,cannibalism,andsurvivalofthefittest.ItfollowstheindomitableDoloresRoach,whoreturnstoaNewYorkCityneighborhoodthathaschangeddrasticallyduringthesixteenyearsshehasbeeninprison.Herboyfriendmissing,herfamilylonggone,Doloresisrecognizedonlybyanoldstonerfriend,Luis,whogivesDoloresroomandboardandletshergivemassagesforcashinthebasementapartmentunderhisdilapidatedempanadashop.　　Whenthepromiseofhernewfoundstabilityisquicklythreatened,‘MagicHandsDolores’isdriventoextremestosurvive—leavinginherwakeastringofstrangledmassageclients.Inthefaceofunexpectedprofessionalsuccess,DoloresandLuisbecomedangerouslysymbiotic,andLuismustunleashhisownparticularpredilections.

Dorothy’safilmdirectorandabitofaloser.Onenight,afterafewbeers,sheletslooseonherscriptwhenacallfromherproducerkillsherbuzz:enoughwiththequeercomedies,it’stimetostartmakingmainstreamfilms.Toavoidsinkingtothedeepestdepthsofdespair,DorothyseekscomfortinherfavoriteTVshowRomytheVampireSlayer.Unfortunately,herowndemonsshowup.

TheHorrorofDoloresRoachisagrotesqueSweeneyTodd-inspiredtaleofEatorBeEaten;amacabreurbanlegendoflove,betrayal,weed,gentrification,cannibalism,andsurvivalofthefittest.ItfollowstheindomitableDoloresRoach,whoreturnstoaNewYorkCityneighborhoodthathaschangeddrasticallyduringthesixteenyearsshehasbeeninprison.Herboyfriendmissing,herfamilylonggone,Doloresisrecognizedonlybyanoldstonerfriend,Luis,whogivesDoloresroomandboardandletshergivemassagesforcashinthebasementapartmentunderhisdilapidatedempanadashop.　　Whenthepromiseofhernewfoundstabilityisquicklythreatened,‘MagicHandsDolores’isdriventoextremestosurvive—leavinginherwakeastringofstrangledmassageclients.Inthefaceofunexpectedprofessionalsuccess,DoloresandLuisbecomedangerouslysymbiotic,andLuismustunleashhisownparticularpredilections.