Underplayed Gems

Willy's Wonderland (2021)

Willy's Wonderland poster
Directed by
Kevin Lewis
Genre
horror film, comedy horror
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 28m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.0 of 10 from 1,161 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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How it feels

A quiet drifter gets tricked into cleaning an abandoned family entertainment center. The place is full of murderous animatronic mascots possessed by evil souls.

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What happens

Willy's Wonderland is a 2021 American action comedy horror film directed by Kevin Lewis from a screenplay written by G. O. Parsons. The film stars Nicolas Cage, who also served as producer, along with Emily Tosta, Ric Reitz, David Sheftell, and Beth Grant. It follows a quiet drifter who is tricked into cleaning up an abandoned family entertainment center inhabited by eight murderous animatronic mascots who are possessed by the souls of a cannibalistic killer and his colleagues. The project was announced in October 2019, with screenwriter Parsons having conceived the idea. It caught Cage's attention, who agreed to participate as both an actor and a producer. Lewis was hired as director in December 2019 while the main cast joined in February 2020. Willy's Wonderland was originally set for a worldwide theatrical release on October 30, 2020, but was postponed in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, it was released through video on demand, with a simultaneous limited theatrical release in the United States, on February 12, 2021, by Screen Media. The film received mixed reviews, with praise for Cage's performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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