All Jacked Up and Full of Worms

• 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

The film originated as a 20-page play that Phillips wrote in 2016 while working as a PA on other film sets.{{Cite web |last=Keogan |first=Natalia |date=2023-02-17 |title="Someone Said I Should Be Publicly Executed": Alex Phillips on All Jacked Up and Full of Worms {{!}} Filmmaker Magazine |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/119801-interview-alex-phillips-all-jacked-up-and-full-of-worms/ |access-date=2023-04-12 |website=Filmmaker Magazine {{!}} Publication with a focus on independent film, offering articles, links, and resources. |language=en-US}} 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."

The film premiered at the Fantasia International Film Festival on 16 July 2022.{{cite web |url= https://bloody-disgusting.com/movie/3723722/trailer-all-jacked-up-and-full-of-worms-review-calls-the-indie-a-lo-fi-gross-out-for-weirdos/|title= [Trailer] 'All Jacked Up and Full of Worms' Review Calls the Indie "a Lo-Fi Gross-Out For Weirdos"|last= Miska|first= Brad|date= 19 July 2022|website= Bloody Disgusting|publisher= |access-date= 31 July 2022|quote=}}{{cite web |url= https://www.joblo.com/all-jacked-up-and-full-of-worms-trailer/|title= All Jacked Up and Full of Worms teaser trailer: psychedelic freakout comes to Screambox this fall|last= Hamman|first= Cody|date= 12 July 2022|website= JoBlo.com|publisher= |access-date= 31 July 2022|quote=}}{{cite web |url= https://variety.com/2022/film/news/cinedigm-fantasia-all-jacked-up-1235313518/|title= Fantasia Earthworm Junkie Horror Head-Trip 'All Jacked Up' Acquired by Cinedigm for North America (EXCLUSIVE)|last= Hopewell|first= John|date= 11 July 2022|website= Variety|publisher= |access-date= 31 July 2022|quote=}} It is also part of Fantastic Fest's Burnt Ends 2022 showcase.Fantastic Fest 2002: 'Burnt Ends' line up https://2022.fantasticfest.com/burnt-ends

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."{{cite web |url= https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/433905/all-jacked-up-and-full-of-worms-is-a-nasty-disturbing-nightmare-fantasia-2022-review/|title= 'All Jacked Up And Full of Worms' Is A Nasty, Disturbing Nightmare [Fantasia 2022 Review]|last= McAndrews|first= Mary Beth|date= 22 July 2022|website= Dread Central|publisher= |access-date= 31 July 2022|quote=}} The film received positive reviews in ScreenAnarchy and ''RogerEbert.com.{{cite web |url= https://screenanarchy.com/2022/07/fantasia-2022-review-all-jacked-up-and-full-of-worms.html|title= Fantasia 2022 Review: ALL JACKED UP AND FULL OF WORMS, A Lo-Fi Gross-Out For Weirdos|last= Hurtado|first= J.|date= 18 July 2022|website= ScreenAnarchy|publisher= |access-date= 31 July 2022|quote=}}{{cite web |url= https://www.rogerebert.com/festivals/fantasia-2022-polaris-the-elderly-all-jacked-up-and-full-of-worms|title= Fantasia 2022: Polaris, The Elderly, All Jacked Up and Full of Worms|last= Allen|first= Nick|date= 21 July 2022|website= RogerEbert.com|publisher= |access-date= 31 July 2022|quote=}}

Simon Rother of HorrorNews.net was more critical of the film, giving it a score of 4/10.{{cite web |url= https://horrornews.net/174086/film-review-all-jacked-up-and-full-of-worms-2022/|title= Film Review: All Jacked Up and Full of Worms (2022)|last= Rother|first= Simon|date= 23 July 2022|website= HorrorNews.net|publisher= |access-date= 31 July 2022|quote=}}

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• {{IMDb title|12264824|All Jacked Up and Full of Worms}}
• {{rotten-tomatoes|all_jacked_up_and_full_of_worms|All Jacked Up and Full of Worms}}

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