COCKAZOID
HORROR / CULT
USA / ENGLISH
86 MINUTES / COLOR
Andrew, a delusional loner who dreams of killing white men, returns to his hometown in the wake of family tragedy and goes on a murderous rampage. What drives his desire to destroy those he deems to be like him?
PRINCIPAL CAST
Jimmy Laine as Andrew
Ethan Hansen as Sebastian
Cyntha Carr as Ms. Watts
Gaylord St. James as Mr. Watts
B.R. Yeager as the Photographer
PRINCIPAL CREW
Directed by Nick Verdi
Written by Nick Verdi and B.R. Yeager
Cinematography by Joey Ogden
Music by Jeremy Pisani
Festivals
Salem Horror Fest, 2021 Official Selection
Shockfest Film Festival, 2021 Official Selection
Boston SciFi Film Festival, 2022 Official Selection
Philadelphia Unnamed Film Festival (PUFF), 2022 Official Selection
Critical/Audience reaction
“COCKAZOID walks the weird line between fascinating and disgusting.” - Hunter Bush, Movie Jawn
“A unique blend of absurdist black humor and brutal depravity you wouldn’t dare laugh at.” Justin Harlan, Letterboxd
“Truly unhinged narration.” paul (sic), Letterboxd
“A very bizarre descent into madness…” Wiccaburr, Letterboxd
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DIRECTOR STATEMENT
It’s gotta be dirty. It’s gotta be an affront. I’ve been watching so many Wes Craven interviews, the way he talked about the violence of Last House on the Left, the Vietnam/Watergate era, getting down to the nitty gritty of, you know, you wanna see violence? That’s a body. And that’s what’s inside it. And you’re still looking at it. So it’s a little bit of, it’s not supposed to be throwing shade at people who like violence, but it’s saying, don’t forget what we’re doing here. It’s only fun insomuch as it’s flirting with our truth and flirting with the inevitable.