Flicks, Luke Buckmaster
A weirdly entertaining experiment in the laboratory of Nicolas Cage...
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Willy's Wonderland
Nicolas Cage is trapped in a twisted amusement park and must fight demonic animatronics until dawn in this tongue-in-cheek horror.
Stranded in remote Hayesville, Nevada, a quiet drifter (Cage) agrees to work the night shift as a janitor at Willy's Wonderland, a dilapidated entertainment park. The gig suddenly become an all-out fight for survival when eight animatronic characters come to life and try to kill him. Teaming up with a group of teens also trapped in the building, he's in a desperate race to survive until morning.
2021Rating: MA15+, Strong horror themes and violence88 minsUSA
ComedyHorror
- Director:
- Kevin Lewis
- Writer:
- G.O. Parsons
- Cast:
- Nicolas CageEmily TostaBeth GrantRic ReitzCaylee Cowan
Willy's Wonderland / Reviews
Decider
There’s just a lot of bland smasheroo, punctuated with noise and ostentatious hyper-edits.
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Empire Magazine
Come for Nic Cage fighting a robot alligator with a mop. Stay for some inventive licks on the dead-by-dawn horror-movie template...
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The Guardian
To its credit, the film doesn't take itself in the slightest bit seriously, because with a premise like that, really how could it?
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The Irish Times
Nobody without a spear through their head could sincerely describe Willy's Wonderland as a good film.
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Los Angeles Times
Building out the world of "Willy's Wonderland" diffuses a lot of its originality.
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RogerEbert.com
Cage has been accused of sleepwalking through some of his recent choices... That's never been truer than here.
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Hollywood Reporter
At this point, Cage's movies don't have to be reviewed, but rather stamped with official certificates of weirdness.
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Variety
Has the garish stop-and-go rhythm of an '80s slasher film, and I mean that as a compliment.
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