I review indie films regularly. I like to say I’m able to differentiate these films from mainstream cinema and thus, I can highlight objectively without considering the typical amateurish stuff you can find some times. I know that I can’t compare an epic drama period film that has been made with a large budget, with a small film that’s done practically with sweat and tears.

I do the same thing with bad horror films. It’s not that I love them. I certainly do. It’s just that the target they’re made for is so specific and so hungry for these films that I need to celebrate its existence. They’re films made by fans and for fans. They are delivered inside a community where judging is not applicable, and where fun is equivalent to blood and guts and Nicolas Cage being a silent soda-guzzling janitor.

Willy’s Wonderland is that kind of film. One that mixes indie aura, gory horror, and a big middle finger to the standards of the industry it’s been released in. Much like 2019’s The Banana Splits Movie, Willy’s Wonderland is depicted in a world where creepypasta legends come alive to eliminate us all. Animatronic animals that have no control and have a thirst for blood. Grab a beer, or a soda, and open your mind. Maybe you’ll have fun.

In Willy’s Wonderland, a man is passing through a town on his muscle car, when his tires are torn. The only way to fix this is by having loads of cash. No ATM’s in the town. The mechanic offers him the choice of speaking to someone to come up with a solution. What the man offers is for the mysterious passerby to clean up a place and the car will be fixed. He must do this overnight. With no other solution in his hands, the man accepts.

The place is a sort of small town abandoned Chuck E. Cheese. Animatronics are all over the place. They don’t seem to be an obstacle and the janitor sets off on his duties.

A girl is desperately trying to burn the place, and with her friends, she manages to get in. The janitor is already into wiping the floors and destroying the monsters that seem to come to life with no reason at all. Alongside the girl he discovers the truth behind the supernatural monsters that kill everyone that dares come in the place.

It’s exactly the movie they were aiming for. Willy’s Wonderland is a collection of good, grizzly kills. Nothing more. Not one of the characters stands out as driving for drama. They’re just part of a bigger, gorier game the director proposes. The film’s originality comes from the diverse methods the janitor uses, and the absurd reactions he achieves.

If you came looking for reason behind the monsters coming to life and being in peace with that, go somewhere else. This is not what you’re looking for.

Just one question: Are we finally getting that film sometime? It’s kind of obvious that Five Nights At Freddy’s is the clear inspiration behind these films. I wonder how that one is being stopped from being made. I don’t like to predict about stuff like that, but I’m pretty sure it won’t be a bad movie.

In the meanwhile Willy’s Wonderland is that work of passion by a few that does a good job out of awakening the fun spirit in a party that needs a horror movie. Yes, I would go to a party where they play horror movies in the background, so what?