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All Jacked Up and Full of Worms is the combination of weird and transgressive that feels as wrong to be watching alone as it does in the company of others — it's a true midnight movie. The primary emotional responses it elicits are disbelief, discomfort, confusion, and laughter, a combination that can make for a powerful aesthetic experience under the right circumstances. This film from writer-director Alex Phillips, making his feature debut, sometimes feels like it's going to make it there. It is clearly the product of an artist, and it is realized with vision by a committed cast and crew. But reflecting on the varied experience, it's difficult to find a throughline that makes it worth recommending. Its absurdity is enough to appeal to the right group of adventurous friends, perhaps, but even those with the stomach for its grossest impulses might find themselves wondering what it was all for.

Take a trip with Bloody Disgusting and Fandor’s freaky festival favorite All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, the hallucinogenic horror-comedy that is now streaming exclusively on Screambox and also available on all VOD platforms.

In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre 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.”

The transgressive splatter comedy also stars Trevor Dawkins (“Easy”) and Betsey Brown (The Scary of Sixty-First), with Mike Lopez, Noah Lepawsky and Eva Fellows. The film was produced by Georgia Bernstein and Ben Gojer.

Writer-director Alex Phillips makes his feature debut on the avant-gutter freakout.

All Jacked Up and Full of Worms premiered at the 2022 Fantasia International Film Festival,...

The final two months of every year are a great time to catch up on horror movies that were released throughout the year, as there typically aren’t all that many new releases coming along at this point in time. Halloween is now behind us and things are slowing down a bit on the horror front for the holidays, but each new week still brings new releases along with it.

This week, 5 brand new horror movies will be available at home…

Here’s all the new horror releasing November 8, 2022 – November 13, 2022!

First up, the Bloody Disgusting-powered Screambox streaming service is serving up another slice of gross-out indie horror this week with All Jacked Up and Full of Worms.

Alex Phillips’s psychedelic freak-out is now streaming on Screambox!

In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he...

Worms… it’ll get you fucked up!

The widely-celebrated, festival-sensation avant-gutter psychedelic freakout All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, from writer/director Alex Phillips, embarks on a limited theatrical roadshow run across select North American cities spanning October and November ahead of the film’s November 8th premiere date on the Bloody Disgusting-powered streaming service Screambox and VOD platforms, followed by an exclusive window on Cinedigm’s indie discovery platform Fandor.

In the film described as “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 (Phillip Andre 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.

Worms… it’ll get you fucked up!

After having its World Premiere at Fantasia, Alex Phillips’s avant-gutter psychedelic freakout All Jacked Up and Full of Worms is heading to this month’s Fantastic Fest, in Austin, Texas.

It was announced ahead of the premiere that Cinedigm acquired the indie, 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.

While a tripped-out, gross-out trailer has already been shared, we’re excited to reveal what we think is one of the coolest posters of the year for the film described as “a flamboyant, darkly outrageous new vision that mashes together retro grindhouse thrills with the squirmy depths of underground cinema.”

In the film, “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe (Phillip Andre Botello) is always searching for his latest fix. When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm,...

In a statement buy, Cinedigm has snapped up all North American rights to what it describes as “avant-gutter psychedelic freakout,” “All Jacked Up and Full of Worms” which is shaping up as one of the most memorable titles set for this year’s Fantasia Intl. Film Festival, which runs July 14 to Aug. 3 in Montreal.

Also billed by Cinedigm as a “transgressive splatter comedy,” the feature debut of Chicago writer-director Alex Phillips world premieres at Fantasia on July 16.

“All Jacked Up and Full of Worms” is then slated to stream exclusively this fall on Screambox, the genre SVOD service acquired by Cinedigm in Feb. 2021, followed by another exclusive window on Cinedigm indie platform, Fandor.

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...

World premiere set for July 16.

Cinedigm has acquired all North American rights to imminent Fantasia world premiere All Jacked Up And Full Of Worms.

Alex Phillips’s psychedelic splatter comedy debuts at the festival on July 16 and stars Phillip Andre Botello, Trevor Dawkins and Betsey Brown.

All Jacked Up and Full Of Worms centres on a motel maintenance man Roscoe who stumbles upon a hallucinogenic worm and embarks with his new lover on an odyssey of sex, violence and becoming one with the dirt.

The cast includes Eva Fellows, Mike Lopez, Carol Rhyu and Sammy Arechar. Produces are Phillips, Georgia Bernstein and Ben Gojer.

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating a shooting outside Paramount Studios in Hollywood, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Two people were shot by a suspect who fled the scene by car before police arrived in an incident that "appears to be gang related," Officer Mike Lopez of the Lapd told THR.

The shooting occurred at 8:10 p.m. Monday night near Van Ness Ave. and Lemon Grove Ave. around the block from the iconic Paramount Studios gates on Melrose Ave.

Both victims — one a teenager shot in the arm and the other an adult male shot in the stomach...

“Trailer Park Boys” star Michael Smith is starting his weekend off on a positive note. Smith, known for playing Bubbles on the mockumentary series, is off the hook in a domestic battery case against him, a spokesman for the Los Angeles City Attorney told TheWrap on Friday. The case was dropped due to insufficient evidence, the city attorney spokesman said. Also Read: 'Trailer Park Boys' 'Bubbles' Actor Michael Smith Denies Domestic Battery Police responding to a domestic battery call came to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel around 1:15 a.m. on April 1, Officer Mike Lopez told the Los Angeles Times.

“Trailer Park Boys” star Michael Smith, who plays “Bubbles” on the show, released a statement on Saturday denying he assaulted a companion at a Hollywood hotel. Police responding to a domestic battery call came to the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel around 1:15 a.m. on Friday, Officer Mike Lopez told the Los Angeles Times. They arrested Smith (pictured, center) and booked him on suspicion of domestic battery, a misdemeanor. Georgia Ling, the woman involved in the incident, said in a statement that she and the “Trailer Park Boys” actor did “indeed have a heavy argument, but it saddens me the way...

The Los Angeles Police Department rolled out additional units Monday for the premiere of “Straight Outta Compton” as the stars hit the red carpet at L.A. Live. The stepped-up police presence included special events officers from the Lapd’s Central Bureau, as well as members of the department’s Gang Enforcement Detail, Officer Mike Lopez told TheWrap. “We will have plenty of resources and officers there in case of any emergency,” Lopez said. “We wish that everybody enjoys the premiere and has a safe evening.” Also Read: Ice Cube on Why N.W.A. Biopic 'Straight Outta Compton' Was...