{"id":456896,"date":"2026-05-19T16:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/456896\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T16:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T16:17:08","slug":"raindance-film-festival-selection-four-itchy-boys-trailer-horrifies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/456896\/","title":{"rendered":"Raindance Film Festival Selection ‘Four Itchy Boys’ Trailer Horrifies"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tA new trailer for the LGBTQ body horror short \u201cFour Itchy Boys\u201d may leave you scratching for your life.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe spot opens with four men walking through a dark hallway as a female narrator says, \u201cIt\u2019s a story that will get under your skin.\u201d A jump cut shows one man feverishly scratching the back of his head with a hairbrush and then another man pulls up his t-shirt to scratch his stomach. \u201cA condition with no explanation,\u201d the narrator says.<\/p>\n

\n\tA hand scratching someone\u2019s back causes bloody tears to the skin.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFour Itchy Boys,\u201d from writer and director Andrew Hebert, tells the story of four young men quarantined for an unexplainable, unrelenting itch as they prepare for a livestream to try to prove that they\u2019re not the monsters everyone thinks they are. Behind the scenes, a producer is plotting something much more grotesque.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe cast includes Nico Greetham (\u201cAmerican Horror Story,\u201d \u201cLove, Victor,\u201d \u201cProm\u201d), Gilberto Ortiz (\u201cAtropia,\u201d \u201cOn My Block,\u201d \u201cPockets of Heaven\u201d), Booboo Stewart (\u201cThe Twilight Saga,\u201d \u201cDescendants,\u201d \u201cX-Men: Days of Future Past\u201d), Ben Weinswig (\u201cAlone at Dawn,\u201d \u201cInto the Dark,\u201d \u201cBen\u2019s Sister\u201d), Kim Bonifay (\u201cThe Pitt,\u201d \u201cZoners,\u201d \u201cApril X\u201d), Jess Gabor (\u201cShameless,\u201d \u201cChristy,\u201d \u201cGringa\u201d) and Luke Barnett (\u201cDark Winds,\u201d \u201cFor All Mankind,\u201d \u201cThe Crossing Over Express\u201d).<\/p>\n

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\n\tIt was announced on Monday that \u201cFour Itchy Boys\u201d is an official selection of this year\u2019s 34th edition of London\u2019s Raindance film Festival in June.<\/a><\/p>\n

\n\tA graduate of NYU Tisch, Hebert is Los Angeles-based and has spent the last decade in film and TV advertising as a producer and director. He has worked with Jenna Ortega, Billy Eilish, Colman Domingo, Rihanna, Pedro Pascal, Liam Neeson, Kirsten Dunst and Chris Hemsworth.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cFour Itchy Boys\u201d marks Hebert\u2019s return to narrative filmmaking in almost 10 years.<\/p>\n

\n\tWatch the trailer for \u201cFour Itchy Boys\u201d below.<\/p>\n

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