Maybe those daytime commercials are watching you too. And maybe if you bite into the buffet, the buffet bites back. In this week’s Friday Feature, Gina hits up Buffet Infinity. Published October 23, 2026

Buffet Infinity (2025)

We look into the TV, and the TV looks back. Or maybe it’s when we look into the buffet, the buffet looks back. Composed almost entirely of commercials, news clips, and analog static, Buffet Infinity (2025) brings cosmic horror to Westridge, a fictional town in Alberta, Canada. It begins as an absurdist tale of two rival restaurants: Buffet Infinity, a faceless newcomer, and Jenny’s Sandwich Shop, owned by Jennifer Avery, who is very much the face of her business. Strange things begin to happen around the shopping center where the two businesses are located, from a growing sinkhole to a mysterious noise and the disappearance of birds, while their competing commercials become increasingly unhinged: Jennifer’s Sandwich Shop is known for Jennifer’s secret Italian sauce, so Buffet Infinity responds with their own sauce as well as an accusation that Jennifer isn’t Italian. Once Jennifer debuts a new double-stacked “Big and Crazy” sandwich, Buffet Infinity counters with their “Beyond Comprehension Burger.” Meanwhile, Buffet Infinity is fighting accusations that no one works there by showing stock footage of two chefs and the voiceover saying that they have a staff of “between 20 and 18 people.” Later, it’s 25 to 30 employees “each with their own address and social insurance number” who are “working so hard they don’t have time to be seen.” As the competition ramps up, Buffet Infinity expands its offerings and also physically expands into the other businesses in the plaza. And then Jennifer disappears. 

Jennifer is just the first disappearance, as viewers are warned through mysterious (and typo-ridden) commercials by a religious cult whose leader has shades of L. Ron Hubbard. As more people disappear, we watch the town deteriorate through other low budget business commercials, from the local personal injury lawyer, a car salesman (aka Captain Savings), and a pawnshop owner, to the actors in commercials for mattresses, insurance, and a mysterious pharmaceutical that promises a new you. A number of characters are especially memorable as they are pulled into the ever-escalating small town drama. Injury lawyer Mosley Rosin plays it straight while delivering lines like, “I don’t know much about alternate dimensions, but I do know we have laws in this one,” and “Just stick to one of the major four religions,” as he tries to stay on the good side of whatever is behind Buffet Infinity. Pawn shop owner Ahmed with his rhymed jingles and the multi-hyphante cult leader Hershey P. Langdon are also highlights. 

Aesthetically recalling WNUF Halloween Special (2013) with its analog production, low budget commercials, and channel surfing, Buffet Infinity is made for fans of Adult Swim-style humor. It is full of quotable lines and uncanny phrases as the entity behind this ever-expanding buffet tries to sound human. The movie is surreal, silly, and over the top—and also about 10-15 minutes too long. However, it makes for a fun watch even if it lags and doesn’t quite stick the landing. 3.5 out of 5 sacs of blood.

—Gina Myers