TOX
A feature film
Written by Kerri Lynn Miller
“She tried to erase her past with a scalpel.
Now everything’s coming undone.”
TRAILER
LOGLINE
After decades of reshaping herself through plastic surgery, a perfection-obsessed woman returns to her high school reunion, convinced that her beauty will finally win over the man who once broke her — but as the night unfolds, her carefully constructed image begins to unravel.
SYNOPSIS
TOX is a female-driven psychological drama set in the glossy, unsettling world of high-end plastic surgery. As Catherine prepares for what she believes will be the most important night of her life, her inner turmoil surfaces, revealing the destructive cycle of perfectionism, body dysmorphia, and addiction to external validation. As tensions rise between her and Abby, a young, fiery assistant who sees through the illusion, Catherine is forced to confront a haunting past and the mask she's spent years perfecting.
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
TOX was born from my own complicated relationship with beauty — with mirrors, with cameras, and with that quiet, persistent belief that something about me needed to be fixed. I’ve felt the pressure to be perfect, to be chosen, to be enough — and I know I’m not alone.
This film is a deeply personal exploration of what it means to chase validation through appearance, especially as a woman raised in a culture that equates worth with beauty. It’s about trying to earn love and rewrite rejection by reshaping the self — both physically and emotionally — until what’s left is barely recognizable.
TOX is not a satire. It’s a psychological drama rooted in longing, delusion, and the emotional cost of trying to control how the world sees you. It’s a cautionary tale wrapped in glamour and denial — a portrait of one woman’s unraveling in the pursuit of approval.
My hope is that TOX speaks to anyone who’s ever asked: Would they love me now?