Alex Phillips’ Anything That Moves — A Blood-Soaked, Erotic Giallo Dream Hits Brooklyn Horror & Chicago

Director Alex Phillips brings erotic legends Ginger Lynn and Nina Hartley into the neon-lit nightmare of Anything That Moves.

Fresh off the underground circuit and already building a feverish cult following, Anything That Moves marks the wild return of Alex Phillips, the twisted mind behind All Jacked Up and Full of Worms. This time, Phillips trades psychedelic filth for erotic neon sleaze in a Super 16mm giallo-inspired nightmare set in the humid heart of Chicago — a place where every shadow drips, every street pulses, and every pleasure hides a knife.

Starring Hal Baum, Ginger Lynn (The Devil’s Rejects), and Nina Hartley (Boogie Nights), Anything That Moves follows Liam, a young sex worker delivering “pleasure and snacks” across the city with his girlfriend and business partner. But when a series of grisly murders begin stacking up, the trail of blood seems to lead straight back to their bed. What unfolds is a delirious erotic murder mystery soaked in sweat, latex, and Chicago grime — a lust-driven descent into madness where desire and death blur into one.

Shot on Super 16mm with cinematography by Hunter Zimny (The Scary of Sixty-First, Funny Pages), the film oozes analog texture and color. Zimny’s lurid visuals channel 1970s giallo excess — all red light, body heat, and arterial spray — while Chicago-based duo Cue Shop provides a haunting score that recalls the lush orchestrations of Bruno Nicolai. The result is a sensory overload that’s both seductive and sickly.

Produced in collaboration with Vinegar Syndrome, Anything That Moves made its New York Premiere at Brooklyn Horror Film Festival on October 24 (35mm at Nitehawk Cinema Williamsburg), followed by screenings at the Chicago International Film Festival on October 25 & 26. The film has already racked up awards, including Best Feature Film at the Lausanne Underground Film & Music Festival in Switzerland, and has screened at Fantasia, Sitges, Tallgrass, Sydney Underground, and more.

For those who’ve followed Phillips’ work, Anything That Moves feels like both a continuation and an evolution — an erotic, blood-slicked hallucination that cements him as one of modern underground cinema’s most fearless provocateurs.

Anything That Moves isn’t just another exploitation homage — it’s a fever dream about hunger, connection, and what’s left behind when the pleasure burns away.