Elwood P. Dowd had his six-foot-tall white rabbit pal, Harvey, and Donnie Darko envisioned doom through the eyes of a twisted bunny named Frank. In writer-director Addison Heimann’s haunting ...

Hypochondriac (2022) Film Review from the 29th Annual South by Southwest Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Addison Heimann, starring Zach Villa, Devon Graye, Madeline Zima, Yumarie ...

Editor-at-Large for MovieWeb, Matt Mahler is also a film critic, interviewer, and writer for the site since 2021. He has interviewed a variety of directors, from Wim Wenders and Luca Guadagnino to Joe ...

In the realm of contemporary horror movies and psychological horror thrillers, few topics are as dramatized (and exploited) as mental health crises. Countless popular films from “Black Swan” to ...

Bleeding Cool: What's the inspiration behind Hypochondriac? Addison Heimann: The short version is [Hypochondriac] is based on my mental breakdown. After an injury at work, I lost all function of my ...

Bleeding Cool: What drew you to 'Hypochondriac'? Zach Villa:: I got it the old-fashioned way. Auditions come my way, and some of them are amazing projects you just can't wait to do. Others are more ...

Addison Heimann’s ambitious if uneven debut feature stars Zach Villa as a survivor of childhood trauma that refuses to stay buried. “Hypochondriac” informs viewers right away that it is “based on a ...