Across rural Appalachia, festering hives of worms and flies have begun taking root. In exchange for unwavering loyalty and fresh corpses, they offer struggling humans salvation—and a chance to begin again.

For Crane, a mute trans man, the hive provides the life he thought he could never have. It gives him the opportunity to transition, a community that accepts him and Levi: a handsome but violent former Marine who almost treats Crane like a real man.

But when Crane becomes pregnant and the hive demands that he carry the child to term at any cost, the sanctuary that saved him becomes a prison. His desperate fight to reclaim control of his body sends the community into a devastating spiral that can only end in blood.

Visceral, transgressive and deeply personal, You Weren’t Meant to Be Human blends alien horror, body horror and cult horror in a brutal exploration of identity, bodily autonomy, survival and transformation.