All Jacked Up and Full of Worms

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All Jacked Up and Full of Worms
Directed byAlex Phillips
Written byAlex Phillips
Starring
Production
companies
Special Movies
Eleven04 Productions
Full Spectrum Features
Distributed by Cinedigm
Release date
  • July 16, 2022 (2022-07-16)(Fantasia International Film Festival)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

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.

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Cast

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]

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References

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  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.