Weirdsville (2007)

You know when your girlfriend's OD'd on stolen drugs and you decide to avoid the police by burying her body yourself, but you're interrupted by a cult of Satan worshippers intent on performing a ritual sacrifice? And just when you think it can't get any worse, the dealer of the stolen drugs shows up to claim the money you owe but don t have so you flee and must rely on the help of an army of mini medieval knights for protection while you plan a burglary to get the money to pay off the dealer who wants to kill you? Well, this is a story about one of those nights... only weirder. Product Description

Moving up with Taryn Manning

Actually, I wasn't going to review this film for a couple reasons. One was that it was pretty obscure and the other was that I really had a hard time deciding if I really liked it or not, but then I realized that this blonde in WEIRDSVILLE was Taryn Manning, who was also in two films that I blasted here at AMAZON.COM. Well, fair is fair and I am forgiving of THE CULT and THE BREED. While Taryn isn't the main reason I liked this film, I did think she did a good job, even though she spent a good part of the movie as a corpse. The heroes of this movie were Wes Bentley and Scott Speedman. They were in trouble with a loan shark but also had the problem of disposing of the aforementioned corpse and these two brilliant fellas decide to bury her at a drive in theater. For a couple losers already near the bottom, things go downhill pretty fast but in a glorious ending, things all work out. I thought they did okay, but in my opinion, the film was stolen by Maggie Castle, the girl in the Satanist cult and by Greg Bryk, who was terrific as the leader of the satan worshipers. I don't think I've ever seen a less menacing group of devil worshipers in a movie, but at least his prayers were answered in the end. I guess. I give this one 3 stars. My expectations weren't too high for WEIRDSVILLE and it was pretty much what I expected. Funny for the most part but not just downright hilarious. My advice here is give this one a chance, maybe rent it and you might want to buy it. Shoot, you might even become a Taryn Manning fan, but if you do avoid THE CULT and THE BREED. now I'm going to watch banshee staring (who else) Taryn Manning. October 10, 2008

funny, entertaining, great music...

ok, i'll admit it: i only watched this movie because i'm a huge scott speedman fan. like anyone else, i'd read the synopsis and i wasn't expecting much given that i was sure i'd just see stoned people in it... and although i did see some of that, i must say i was pleasantly entertained! i found the movie to be simply hilarious, and although i can't relate since i've never gotten stoned, if this is what people do while stoned, well then i must say at least it's partially laughable [i use that term loosely...], especially the "gnome/no" part [lol!]. scott speedman had all my attention, not only because i'm a fan, but also because i found him to be one of the few characters in the movie with real substance and depth. he seems to care way more about mattie and her well-being than does her own boyfriend, who gets high any chance he gets and invents 'amazing' concepts like "sprayonnaise". maybe she should have been his girlfriend instead?! on another note, i found the soundtrack to be real good and i will definitely look into it and i recommend you do as well. it's an all-around funny movie to watch and to not take too seriously [obviously, i mean... read the synopsis! haha]. the conclusion with that money issue i also found to be quite creative =]
enjoy!! July 15, 2008

A mildly amusing black comedy starring Wes Bentley.

I'm always interested to see what Wes Bentley (an actor who basically disappeared after hitting it big with "American Beauty") is up to, and I was particularly intrigued by the idea of him doing a comedy. I'm used to just about every film, even tiny ones, opening somewhere in New York. When "Weirdsville" was released, I looked it up online and found that it was playing in one theater... in Kansas. That's truly stretching the idea of a theatrical release.

"Weirdsville" is a dark comedy about two drug addicts (as much heroin addicts as potheads) by the names of Royce (Wes Bentley) and Dexter (Scott Speedman). They owe money to a drug dealer, and when they cannot pay him back he employs them as dealers. But Royce's girlfriend accidentally ODs on the dealer's drugs and they decide to bury her at an abandoned drive-in, where Royce once worked. Unfortunately for them, Royce's old boss is there as well performing a Satanic sacrifice. The Satanists believe they've brought Royce's girlfriend, Matilda (Taryn Manning), back to life and now need her to complete their sacrifice.

Royce and Dex also have their eyes on a safe locked away in someone's house. And there's a gang of little people running around who do medieval reenactments. Yeah, it's one of THOSE movies.

One long night. Lots of misadventures and odd connections between the characters and a plot that closes in on itself.

I found the most entertaining part of this movie to be Bentley, who seems very comfortable playing a scatter-brained druggie who is as dumb as he is screechy. There are times where he infuses a stoner's sense of disregard that lifts the movie into something very funny.

Allan Moyle manages to put together sequences that are visual feasts. But, oddly, he doesn't work the same magic when filming the simple scenes, and I often found that the comic timing in the film was off. There were clearly some funny moments in Willem Wennekers' screenplay that Moyle didn't understand or couldn't pull off. It leads to a bit of awkwardness.

Moyle assembles a fine cast here. I loved Greg Bryk's performance as the head Satanist as a put-upon priss. Bryk seemed to get the tone of the material just right -- as did Bentley -- though you can't say that of everyone involved.

In the end, "Weirdsville" is more amusing than ever really sustainably funny. The actors do a good job, but it felt like it could have used a little more to it.

But I would recommend seeing it. Especially if you like watching drug addicts too stupid to be scared bounce from one crazy catastrophe to the next. March 21, 2008

love it!

I've watched this film 5 times since I got it! You just gotta love a bunch of infighting satanists and druggies chasing each other around a small town in Ontario Canada in the snow. Great dialog, actors and story line. It starts out a little slow but then it quickly starts to surprise you! Favorite movie I've seen this year! Plus a cameo by dude who played Max Hedrom. March 4, 2008

Awesome film!

Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R1WP4I2JBPTY58 February 16, 2008

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