Embattled actress Lindsay Lohan has been dealt another blow after her latest movie The Canyons was rejected by organizers of Texas' South by Southwest (SXSW) Film Festival.

The erotic thriller has been denied a screening slot because it suffers from "quality issues" and has "an ugliness and a deadness to it," a SXSW source tells The Hollywood Reporter.

The snub comes just a week after bosses of the Sundance Film Festival opted not to feature The Canyons during the 10-day independent cinema event in Utah.

Director Paul Schrader's movie, which features Lohan opposite porn star James Deen, was written by American Psycho author Bret Easton Ellis.