Romeo's Distress is a 2017 American independent, gothic, neo-noir, horror film and the directorial debut of Jeff Frumess.

[1] The film takes its name from the Christian Death song on the album Only Theatre of Pain, written by Rozz Williams and Rikk Agnew.

[4] Romeo's Distress had its world premiere at the Macabre Faire Film Festival in January 2017 where it was nominated for best picture, best director, best actor, and winner of best screenplay for a feature.

Kieran Fisher of Dread Central gave it 4 out of 5 stars and writes, "Romeo's Distress is the personification of a passion project, a smorgasbord of influences ranging from avant-garde cinema, Gothic literature, punk rock and more.

"[2] T. Love at Horrorfuel, gave Romeo 8 out of 10 stars and called it "The logical result of Edgar Allan Poe writing a contemporary dark romantic comedy".

[11] Kevan Farrow of Scream Magazine UK gave it 4 out of 5 stars and said, "Romeo's Distress mixes more highbrow influences with an idiosyncratic, almost mischievous oddness and, like its troubled protagonist, walks its own path, unswayed by more 'respectable' trends.

Hand-numbered, limited-edition Blu-rays with extras including the feature length microbudget filmmaking documentary Blood Visions - which details the 15 month no budget crusade to make Romeo's Distress and the struggles of trying to make a micro budget film, will be available as part of Frumess' follow-up film, Wash Away's Seed and Spark Campaign.