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Forbidden Fruits (2026)

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Forbidden Fruits (2026)

Overview

Forbidden Fruits is a 2026 American comedy-horror film directed by Meredith Alloway. Lili Reinhart stars as Apple, a saleswoman who leads a secret witch coven with coworkers Cherry and Fig at a mall store. The arrival of skeptical new hire Pumpkin upends their sisterhood.


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Rating & Dimensions

Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Progressive

Political: Leans Left
Diversity: High
LGBTQ: Neutral
Family Values: Leans Progressive

Viewer Rating
5.8

Overview

Forbidden Fruits is a 2026 American comedy-horror film directed by Meredith Alloway. Lili Reinhart stars as Apple, a saleswoman who leads a secret witch coven with coworkers Cherry and Fig at a mall store. The arrival of skeptical new hire Pumpkin upends their sisterhood.


Starring Cast


Where to watch

Apple TV logoApple TV
Fandango
Prime Video logoPrime Video
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Detailed Bias Analysis

Analyzing...
Progressive

Primary

Portraying female agency against misogyny while scrutinizing internal group toxicities, the film embodies progressive themes of nuanced women's experiences and social justice in interpersonal spheres.

A diverse ensemble of women from varied ethnic backgrounds forms the core cast of the witch coven. The narrative explicitly critiques patriarchal structures by depicting men as enemies worthy of hexes and control, emphasizing feminist empowerment and sisterhood amid misogynistic threats.

Secondary

Forbidden Fruits embeds subtle sapphic undertones and campy queer coding within its all-female witch coven dynamics, evoking yearning amid toxicity. However, it eschews explicit LGBTQ+ identities, romances, or community ties, rendering the portrayal incidental and open to interpretation without strong affirmation or critique.

In this sapphic witch-cult thriller, the chosen sisterhood serves as a flawed alternative to fractured biological families, blending empowerment through ritualistic bonds with a sharp critique of internal manipulation and hierarchical control. The narrative questions authority across structures, favoring personal agency and relational fluidity over rigid norms.

No transgender characters or themes appear in the film. The story centers on a coven of cisgender women engaging in witchcraft and interpersonal conflicts without addressing trans identities.

The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.

Forbidden Fruits adapts a 2019 original play centered on all-female characters in a retail witch cult, maintaining their genders without alteration from the source material.

Forbidden Fruits adapts a 2019 stage play featuring original characters without established racial identities in the source material. Casting diverse actors for these roles does not constitute a race swap under the definition.


Viewer Rating Breakdown

5.8

Viewer Rating

Combines user and critic ratings from four sources

User Ratings

IMDB logo
5.2
The Movie Database logo
6.7

Critic Ratings

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N/A
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5.6

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