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Jack is straight off the plane. He has few friends and no money. In desperation, he accepts an apartment formerly housed by the main suspect in a serial murder case - John Ellroy. Plagued by insomnia, Jack broods in the apartment and wanders the inner-city streets of Melbourne. His loneliness leads him into a friendship with a teenage addict Janie, and into a bizarre obsession with Ellroy. Jack struggles to retain his sanity as his world spirals into madness and violence.

The no-budget sick sibling to Polanski’s ‘The Tenant’. - Jack Sargeant (SBS)

A lean, mean, high-powered genre film. - Luke Buckmaster (Crikey)

A searing portrait of the male psyche in extremis. Uncompromising. - Travis Johnson (Express)

A great full-on performance from Gregory Pakis. - Peter Krausz (3CR)

A film about pain, confusion and obsession…both intriguing and uncomfortable. - Philippa Hawker (The Age)

Winner of Best Film, Best Director and Best Actor (Gregory Pakis) at the 2013 Melbourne Underground Film Festival.

Official Selection for MonsterFest 2014.

Official Selection for screening CINEMART Darwin 2014.

Written, Directed and Produced by JJ DeCeglie

Starring Gregory Pakis, Fiannah de Rue, Christopher Millington, Matt Furlani, Samantha Scott, Kristen Condon, Cory Corbett, Scott Terrill, Stefan Jonason & Esther Levy-Fenner.

Jugular - Influences

Writer/Director JJ DeCeglie wanders through Jumbo Video and talks about the influences on his micro-budget psychological thriller Jugular.