All Jacked Up and Full of Worms

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.

All Jacked Up and Full of Worms
Directed by	Alex Phillips
Written by	Alex Phillips
Starring	Trevor Dawkins Phillip Andre Botello Betsey Brown Eva Fellows Mike Lopez Carol Rhyu
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
Country	United States
Language	English

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]