Overview

• Jimmy & Stiggs opened in U.S. theaters on August 15 as the debut release from Eli Roth’s fan-funded cooperative, The Horror Section.
• Shot on 16mm film and set almost entirely in a single apartment, the 75–80-minute thriller delivers a claustrophobic, neon-soaked atmosphere.
• Reviewers uniformly praise Graham Hart’s vivid production design and the film’s hands-on practical effects and gore.
• Critical opinions are sharply split, with Collider lauding its high-voltage energy and RogerEbert.com faulting a shallow plot and underdeveloped characters.
• Beneath its splatter-driven spectacle, Joe Begos uses aliens as a metaphor for intrusive thoughts, weaving themes of addiction and trauma into the narrative.