JITTERS, the new horror film from director Marc Zammit, is getting a digital release from Reel2Reel Films. It’s quite a step up in quality from the last film he had his name on (a bit more about that in a minute) and if you’re a fan of modern low budget British B movie horrors you’ll want to give it a look.
Tiffany (Jessica Impiazzi) is found dead at her computer console. Detective Collymore (Fabrizio Santino) is assigned to the case. Meanwhile his colleague Detective Harding (Anto Sharo) is investigating the death of a games developer who has killed himself with a nail-gun onscreen.
More people are found dead in bizarre circumstances and everything seems to be connected to a new interactive video game called Jitters, in which a clown (Daniel Jordan) gives you riddles to solve with cash prizes promised if you win, and dire consequences if you lose. When Collymore gets embroiled in the game he finds that not just his but family’s lives are at stake from an unstoppable AI creation that can cause you to die from your greatest fear.
JITTERS is low budget, feels home-made, and some of the acting leaves a bit to be desired. However it tells its story well, the pacing is excellent and in many ways it's reminiscent of old-fashioned British B movies of the 1950s and 1960s that weren’t necessarily filled with great talent but which were nevertheless very entertaining to watch. Director Marc Zammit’s most recent credit prior to this was WITCH which I reviewed here and JITTERS represents a big step up in terms of both storytelling and general film-making skill, so much so that given sufficient resources Zammit could quite easily be making something for Blumhouse as his next project.
It’s by no means a classic and there are some occasional bits that may raise an inappropriate smile (every policeman involved with the case has a beard including the boss, while a man who has just gouged out his own eyes behaves more as if he’s just got a bit of indigestion) but if you fancy some late night low budget horror entertainment JITTERS really is pretty decent stuff. Here’s a trailer:
Marc Zammit’s JITTERS is out on Digital on Monday 16th March 2026 from Reel2Reel Films
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