All Jacked Up and Full of Worms

2022 American film
  • Trevor Dawkins
  • Phillip Andre Botello
  • Betsey Brown
  • Eva Fellows
  • Mike Lopez
  • Carol Rhyu
Production
companies
Special Movies
Eleven04 Productions
Full Spectrum Features
Distributed byCinedigm
Release date
  • July 16, 2022 (2022-07-16) (Fantasia International Film Festival)
Running time
72 minutesCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish

All Jacked Up and Full of Worms is a 2022 American horror film directed by Alex Phillips, starring Trevor Dawkins, Phillip Andre Botello, and Betsey Brown.

Cast

  • Phillip Andre Botello as Roscoe
  • Trevor Dawkins as Benny
  • Betsey Brown as Samantha
  • Mike Lopez as Biff
  • Eva Fellows as Henrietta
  • Carol Rhyu
  • Noah Lepawsky as Jared
  • Sammy Arechar as Dennis

Production

The film originated as a 20-page play that Phillips wrote in 2016 while working as a PA on other film sets.[1] When discussing the thematic inspiration for the film, Phillips said: "To put it simply, I wanted to talk about a yearning for normalcy and a 'regular life,' but also feeling totally broken and too fucked up to deserve that sort of thing."[1]

Release

The film premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on 16 July 2022.[2][3][4] It is also part of Fantastic Fest's Burnt Ends 2022 showcase.[5]

Reception

Mary Beth McAndrews of Dread Central rated the film 3.5 stars out of 5, writing "Transgressive, upsetting, and disturbing, ‘All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms’ is a slippery nightmare that tries a little too hard to be disgusting."[6] The film received positive reviews in ScreenAnarchy and RogerEbert.com.[7][8]

Simon Rother of HorrorNews.net was more critical of the film, giving it a score of 4/10.[9]

References

  1. ^ a b Keogan, Natalia (2023-02-17). ""Someone Said I Should Be Publicly Executed": Alex Phillips on All Jacked Up and Full of Worms | Filmmaker Magazine". Filmmaker Magazine | Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. Retrieved 2023-04-12.
  2. ^ Miska, Brad (19 July 2022). "[Trailer] 'All Jacked Up and Full of Worms' Review Calls the Indie "a Lo-Fi Gross-Out For Weirdos"". Bloody Disgusting. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  3. ^ Hamman, Cody (12 July 2022). "All Jacked Up and Full of Worms teaser trailer: psychedelic freakout comes to Screambox this fall". JoBlo.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  4. ^ Hopewell, John (11 July 2022). "Fantasia Earthworm Junkie Horror Head-Trip 'All Jacked Up' Acquired by Cinedigm for North America (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  5. ^ Fantastic Fest 2002: 'Burnt Ends' line up https://2022.fantasticfest.com/burnt-ends
  6. ^ McAndrews, Mary Beth (22 July 2022). "'All Jacked Up And Full of Worms' Is A Nasty, Disturbing Nightmare [Fantasia 2022 Review]". Dread Central. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  7. ^ Hurtado, J. (18 July 2022). "Fantasia 2022 Review: ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS, A Lo-Fi Gross-Out For Weirdos". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  8. ^ Allen, Nick (21 July 2022). "Fantasia 2022: Polaris, The Elderly, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms". RogerEbert.com. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  9. ^ Rother, Simon (23 July 2022). "Film Review: All Jacked Up and Full of Worms (2022)". HorrorNews.net. Retrieved 31 July 2022.

External links

  • All Jacked Up and Full of Worms at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  • All Jacked Up and Full of Worms at Rotten Tomatoes