Cinedigm announced today the North American acquisition of the creepy-crawly creature feature All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, which will join the Bloody Disgusting-powered horror streaming service SCREAMBOX this fall, followed by an exclusive window on Cinedigm’s indie discovery platform Fandor.
An Official Selection of the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival and set to premiere this Saturday, July 16, the transgressive splatter comedy stars Phillip Andre Botello (The Art of Self-Defense), Trevor Dawkins (“Easy”) and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First).
The subversively funny debut feature from Chicago writer/director Alex Phillips, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms is a flamboyant, darkly outrageous new vision that mashes together retro grindhouse thrills with the squirmy depths of underground cinema.
“Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. Along with his new love interest (Dawkins), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.”
“All Jacked Up and Full of Worms is not the kind of movie that comes along every day,” said Brad Miska, Managing Director of Bloody Disgusting. “Alex Philips takes viewers on a wriggling, bug-induced nightmare that will have them constantly guessing what will happen next. With a wildly creative story and chaotically clear vision, the film is part Trainspotting, part Brain Damage, and a whole hell of a lot of fun.”
“Though from the outside this is a bloody, gory, horror story, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms really is a story of perseverance,” said writer/director Alex Phillips.
“We were halfway through shooting when the global pandemic shut everything down, so a part of us wondered if we’d ever get this crazy film finished. Sitting here two years later, getting ready to premiere the film at Fantasia followed by Screambox and Fandor, shows that underground filmmaking still has a place in cinema.”
All Jacked Up and Full of Worms also stars Mike Lopez, Noah Lepawsky and Eva Fellows. The film was produced by Georgia Bernstein and Ben Gojer.
The deal was negotiated on behalf of Cinedigm by Brandon Hill, its manager of acquisitions, and by Phillips on behalf of the film. Paris-based Reel Suspects, one of Europe’s premier specialist genre sales agents, handles international sales rights to the film outside North America.
Variety first reported the news.
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