‘Jimmy and Stiggs’ Trailer: Get Ready For The Most Unhinged Movie Of The Summer

Coming soon from the man behind Bliss, VFW, and Christmas, Bloody Christmas is Jimmy and Stiggs, a neon-soaked extraterrestrial experience stuffed to the gills with gore and gnarly practical effects. Written and directed by Joe Begos, this labor of love was shot over four years and, according to the trailer, on over 50,000 feet of 16mm film in Begos’ apartment. It’s also the first film being released under Eli Roth’s new horror label, The Horror Section.
The plot synopsis reads:
A shitstorm of bad news sends out of work filmmaker Jimmy spiraling into an out of control bender in which he claims to have been abducted by aliens. Fearing they’ll come back, he contacts his old friend Stiggs to help him gear up for war.
Now, get a taste for Begos’ punk rock nightmare:
Begos stars as Jimmy, with Matt Mercer playing Stiggs. Riley Dandy, Josh Ethier, and James Russo also star in the new film.
In an exclusive interview with Collider, Roth, who has an executive producer credit on Jimmy and Stiggs, explained that director Ti West initially brought him the project. According to Roth, West described Begos’ latest film as “insane, like old school Peter Jackson and early Sam Raimi.”
Ifyou remember, the first film from The Horror Section was supposed to be Roth’s The Ice Cream Man, a film he’s been trying to get made for years. But, after seeing Jimmy and Stiggs, Roth decided to pivot. He told Collider,
“Then I saw [Jimmy and Stiggs] and I was so floored by what he did, I called up the team at Iconic and said ‘Can we get this in theaters this summer?’ Once the idea was in my head it just made perfect sense. I realized that now with our new label I can distribute these incredible films, wide, in theaters for fans to experience with a screaming crowd on the big screen, unrated.
I also liked the idea of people who have never seen a low budget 16mm insane splatterfest just walking in thinking it’s some normal movie and having their minds melted. I remember renting Street Trash on VHS and thinking I had never seen anything like it. Jimmy and Stiggs has that same energy and insanity, and then once I learned how Joe pulled it off, it made me love the movie even more.”
Jimmy and Stiggs (the unrated cut) comes to theaters on August 15, 2025.

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