Alpha

Alpha is a 2025 body horror drama film that follows a troubled 13-year-old girl named Alpha (Mélissa Boros), who returns home from school with a mysterious tattoo on her arm after contracting a new lethal bloodborne disease. As the situation unfolds, Alpha's mother, a doctor who helps patients afflicted with the same disease, becomes increasingly concerned for her daughter's well-being and begins to struggle with her own demons. The film explores themes of coming of age, disease, pandemic, and the complex mother-daughter relationship through a visually demanding and unsettling narrative.