“There’s no sign of slackening off on Sunday 6 October, either, as Grimmfest have another day packed with guests attending from around the world, starting with actors Jasper Jones & John Howley, director Andrew Bell, and producer Nicholas Santos, who join from the US for the World Premiere of the visceral vampire drama BLEEDING.”

— FANGORIA

“Grimmfest previews, ‘It might seem a strange claim for a narrative ostensibly about vampires, but this is a film with a rare, raw authenticity; a stark, grim, utterly unsentimental exploration of the nature of addiction, which keeps its genre elements dialed down low, focusing instead on the day to day existence of the small-town, small-time addict; the petty thefts and betrayals of friends and family, the desperate hustles, the confrontations with vicious but low-level dealers and their brutal head-busting goons.

‘The protagonists could just as easily be junkies or crackheads or tweakers as vampires, and the film’s clear-eyed but compassionate and sympathetic depiction of suburban teenage desperation and nihilistic despair owes as much to films such as River’s Edge as it does to more overtly horror-themed narratives, and grounds the film’s more fantastic elements within an all-too-unnervingly real world, making it all the more harrowing, horrifying, and emotionally brutal.’

John R. Howley, Jasper Jones and Tori Wong star.”

— Bloody Disgusting, IMDb

“Andrew Bell offers an extraordinary contemporary spin on vampirism, in BLEEDING. A stark, grim, utterly unsentimental exploration of the nature of addiction and teenage desperation, it's harrowing, horrifying, and emotionally brutal.”

— ScreenAnarchy

“The Elif Collective's Timon of Athens will have previews and performances from August 4 to August 14 at Alchemical Studios. The performances will feature Marvelyn Ramirez, Kiana Mottahedan, Melody Chen, Jason Maina, & John R. Howley directed by Abigail Duclos with supporting dramaturgy from Isabel Tongson and stage management by Zoe Stanton-Savitz.”

— BroadwayWorld