''Atrabilious'' is a 2023 American thriller comedy horror film written and directed by William Atticus Parker and starring Leon Addison Brown.

Cast

*Leon Addison Brown as Steven Joyner *

Whoopi Goldberg Caryn Elaine Johnson (born November 13, 1955), known professionally as Whoopi Goldberg (), is an American actor, comedian, author, and television personality.Kuchwara, Michael (AP Drama Writer)"Whoopi Goldberg: A One-Woman Character Parade". ' ...

as Andrea Hart *

Alec Baldwin Alexander Rae Baldwin III (born April 3, 1958) is an American actor, comedian, and producer. In his early career, Baldwin played both leading and supporting roles in a variety of films such as Tim Burton's '' Beetlejuice'' (1988), Mike Nich ...

as Proctor Carlisle *

Jeffrey Wright Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is an American actor. He is well known for his role as Belize in the Broadway production of ''Angels in America'', for which he would win a Tony Award, and its HBO miniseries adaptation, for which he woul ...

as Vincent Daugherty *

Mark Boone Junior Mark Boone Junior (born Mark Heidrich; March 17, 1955) is an American character actor, best known for his TV roles as Bobby Munson in '' Sons of Anarchy'' (2008–14) and Patrick "Pat" Brown in '' Last Man On Earth'', and film roles in Christop ...

as Eduard Gillepsie *

Lewis Black Lewis Niles Black (born August 30, 1948) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. His comedy routines often escalate into angry rants about history, politics, religion, or any other cultural trends. He hosted the Comedy Central series '' Lewi ...

as Roy Altman *

Evan Jonigkeit Evan Jonigkeit (; born February 18, 1983) is an American actor known for his roles in '' X-Men: Days of Future Past'', ''Bone Tomahawk'', and '' Easy''. He currently stars as Captain Chesterfield in Discovery Canada's ''Frontier''. Early life ...

as Raphael Clearwater *

Joel de la Fuente Joel de la Fuente (born April 21, 1969) is an American actor. He first gained recognition for his role as 1st Lieutenant Paul Wang in '' Space: Above and Beyond'', and is best known for his roles as Dr. Johann Pryce in '' Hemlock Grove'', Kempeita ...

as Mark Nava *

David Pittu David Jonathan Pittu ( ro, Pitu; born April 4, 1967) is an American actor, writer and director. Early life Pittu was born and grew up in Fairfield, Connecticut where, as a high school senior, he was a finalist in the NFAA's Arts Recognition Tale ...

as Dominick Calderon *

Andy Karl Andy Karl (born August 28, 1974 as Andrew Karl Cesewski) is an American actor and singer, best known for performing in musical theatre. He appeared on Broadway in the original productions of the musical version of ''Groundhog Day'' (for which h ...

as Greg Meyers *

Ward Horton Ward Kirby Horton (born January 14, 1976) is an American actor and stunt person. He is known for playing John Form in ''Annabelle (film), Annabelle''. In the fall of 2018, he played Ed in a Broadway revival of ''Torch Song Trilogy''. Ward Horton ...

as Miles Zimmerman *

Hunter Parrish Hunter Parrish Tharp (born May 13, 1987) is an American actor and singer. He is known for playing the role of Silas Botwin in the Showtime series '' Weeds'' and for his performances in the Broadway productions of ''Godspell'' in the role of Jes ...

as Milo Kramer *

Brooks Ashmanskas Brooks Ashmanskas (born June 14, 1969) is an American actor. He has appeared both on Broadway and Off-Broadway as well as in regional theatres. Ashmanskas has done limited film and television work, most recently appearing in the Netflix series '' ...

as Todd Jenkins *

Dan Finnerty Dan Finnerty (born January 22, 1970) is an American actor and singer. Early life Finnerty was born in Rochester, New York, and grew up in the small town of Bath, New York. He attended Emerson College in Boston. He was a member of the hit off-Br ...

as Levi Whitaker *Brandon Burton as Neil Joyner *Steven Maier as Bradley Atkinson

Production

Filming wrapped in October 2022. The film was shot in New York City.

Release

The film will be released in theaters in July 2023.

Reception

The film has a 100% rating on

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based on five reviews. Bobby LePire of ''

Film Threat ''Film Threat'' is an online film review publication, and earlier, a national magazine that focused primarily on independent film, although it also reviewed videos and DVDs of mainstream films, as well as Hollywood movies in theaters. It first ...

'' rated the film a 9.5 out of 10 and wrote, "But if one doesn’t mind some odd moments, then Parker’s motion picture will scratch that neo-noir itch in the best possible way." Michael Talbot-Haynes, also of ''Film Threat'', rated the film a 7 out of 10 and wrote, "Sure, ''Atrabilious'' has flaws and shortcomings, but the promise shown here is unmistakable."

References

External links

* * {{rotten-tomatoes, atrabilious Films shot in New York City