Slanted

Slanted is a 2025 American body horror–comedy film written and directed by Amy Wang. The film stars Shirley Chen as Chinese-American teenager Joan Huang who undergoes an experimental ethnic modification surgery to try and fit in at school, with Mckenna Grace playing her new identity Jo Hunt. Vivian Wu, Fang Du, Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, and Amelie Zilber provide supporting roles. Wang, Mark Ankner, Trevor Wall and Adel "Future" Nur produced the film through the companies Tideline Entertainment and Mountain Top Pictures. The film premiered at the South by Southwest Film & TV Festival on March 8, 2025, as part of the Narrative Feature Competition. It was released in the United States on March 13, 2026, by Bleecker Street and Fox Entertainment Studios.