
This is how I’ve described it.’ Then he and I were like, ‘Okay, let’s figure out how to implement that,’ and then grapple with it and explain it to people. I came to him saying, ‘This is in the script. When asked about the doll, Phillips answered, “That was a collaborative effort with Ben, Ben Gojer, who did the effects for the film. One unsettling doll becomes heavily intertwined in Benny Boom’s (Dawkins) story. Those with pediophobia, or fear of dolls, will find plenty of nightmare fuel in store. I think that also resonated with all my cast and crew as well who were down to champion the film.” If there’s a true feeling behind it, that is pushing it and making it feel vital all the way through, and it made me completely committed to the project to see all the way through. And I think that’s how all good projects and art are spawned. That was the true feeling behind the whole thing. Phillips shares how this bizarre journey started: “ The whole thrust of the movie was I wanted to tell a story about my experience with psychosis. Along with his new love interest ( Trevor Dawkins ), the pair embark on a delirious odyssey of sex, violence, and becoming one with the dirt.”Īhead of the film’s release, Bloody Disgusting spoke with Phillips about his transgressive debut, the haunting imagery, When he stumbles upon a powerfully hallucinogenic worm, his days of dime-store drugs are over. “Working at a seedy motel, maintenance man Roscoe ( Phillip Andre Botello ) is always searching for his latest fix. The psychedelic freak-out movie makes for a wild ride that might test your gag reflex. Prepare to get weird with All Jacked Up and Full of Worms, Writer/Director Alex Phillips’ feature that has just landed on the Bloody Disgusting-powered streaming service SCREAMBOX and VOD platforms.
