When Joe Begos‘s holiday horror film Christmas Bloody Christmas was released back in December of 2022 (you can read an 8/10 review from our own JimmyO HERE), the writer/director let it be known that he was hoping to make two sequels to that movie. But first, he intended to wrap up a horror project he had been working on since the early days of the Covid pandemic lockdowns: an alien invasion horror movie that he stars in, because the alternative would have been to cast someone who was in the Screen Actors Guild, which would have added thousands to the budget. It was later revealed that the sci-fi horror project was called Jimmy and Stiggs, and it was released by Iconic Events and The Horror Section, a company that was just launched by genre regular Eli Roth earlier this year, in the United States last month. Now, it has been announced that Black Fawn Distribution has picked up the Canadian distribution rights to the film, and they’re going to provide it a theatrical launch beginning on September 25th!
The movie follows a down-on-his-luck filmmaker (Begos) who claims he was kidnapped by aliens, vowing to carry them down alongside his good friend (Matt Mercer). Right here’s how Begos beforehand described the mission whereas talking with The Boo Crew podcast (with due to Bloody Disgusting for the transcription): “I play a coked out filmmaker who’s on the fringe of his wits. All people round him has lower him off, and the opening scene is him simply melting down. His supervisor hangs up the telephone, it’s all shot in POV for the opening scene, after which he will get kidnapped by aliens, on this actually f*cking loopy scene. After which he wakes up and he can’t actually keep in mind, nevertheless it begins to return again to him. So he convinces a good friend to return over. His good friend comes over and begins telling him, ‘Dude, you have a drug problem.’ After which whereas his good friend’s there, they arrive again. After which his good friend will get kidnapped. And he’s locked within the condo as a result of they begin to management his thoughts and all the things’s bricked off and it turns into this hallucinatory battle the place he’s always doing a bunch of cocaine and painkillers as a result of they put an implant in him, however he additionally wants to remain awake. So he’s doing coke and painkillers whereas blowing away these aliens. The lights are getting all f*cked up and the place will get coated in neon blood and the digital camera’s simply spinning. After which his good friend comes again however he’s contaminated with an alien after which I get kidnapped once more.“
Begos initially thought he may knock out this animatronic alien invasion film on a 35 day taking pictures schedule, however manufacturing stretched far past that and was damaged up into a number of completely different filming intervals.
Roth had this to say concerning the Canadian distribution deal: “I’m so thrilled to have Jimmy and Stiggs in the hands of Black Fawn Distribution. “They completely understand this audience, how to reach them, and how to turn this type of film into an event. The movie is a special one and those who see it will absolutely love it, but it takes some clever marketing to create an event and there’s nobody better to make this film a hit in Canada.” Black Fawn Distribution’s president Chad Archibald added, “Jimmy and Stiggs is a batshit insane movie that style followers must see on the large display. It’s a wild experience and we’re excited to be teaming up with Eli, Joe, and your entire Horror Part household to splatter their model of neon alien blood throughout Canada.“
JoBlo’s personal Tyler Nichols gave Jimmy and Stiggs a 9/10 evaluation that may be learn at THIS LINK. Are you glad to listen to that Black Fawn Distribution is bringing the movie to Canada later this month? Tell us by leaving a remark beneath.
