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Surprisingly good cult comedy type film. If you like psychotronic cinema, horror and cult movies I highly recommend it because it's really funny. Seems like it was filmed 20 years before it was realsed and has an old school music score that gives it a lot of charm. Reminded me of The Pit in certain parts and elements of John Waters films. Highly recommended

Oh this one is just precious! It's really the entire experience of the movie that makes it freaky, it all has a real uncanny valley type thing to it, like what you might imagine the world of one of those bizarre 90s PC horror video games that had the live action cutscenes might be like? To put it mildly it's more silly than scary, and it's a 'movie' that you have to either get on board with right away or you're best to just shut off quick! It's so hilariously lame, like a bad, cheap TV movie or even a Christian movie, one that's trying much too hard to be all serious and scary, but there's not even any gore and what little violence they're is wouldn't give anyone nightmares unless they were about three, no nudity, no swearing, and the vibe and acting is really cute how much they're genuinely trying and how sincere some of those actors were playing their parts, and some of them are so perfunctory and flat that you just know they had to have been friends or family of the crew helping out by playing bit parts! I find it an absurdly lovable movie, but it was crying out for some black comedy, it's all a bit too seriously presented. I do believe Birdemic had more involving characters to it. I find that really funny in the movie too, there's something about the flat yet earnest line delivery that just makes me want to crack up, for me it definitely nails the so-bad-it's-good thing. I rather like it for what it is though, something of a new guilty pleasure for me. The only part I really didn't like as much was how stupid the plot gets as everyone goes on a monster hunt and there's a witch with magic and everything? Also there's a ninja.. So in the closing while this is definitely a bad movie that never ever pops up and grabs you, it's also bizarrely charming and funny and very oddly enjoyable, a good-bad flick for sure! "Thank you Mrs. Timson." X 🎃

OK, I know this one is homemade. But it's fun homemade. Sort of out-of- control homemade. And that makes it worth watching.

I'd say it's a comedy/horror, with the emphasis on comedy, particularly the entertaining characters who live in this small New England town. The main character is "Freaky" Farley, a misunderstood, can't catch a break guy who just want some fun and to get away from the clutches of his father, the mean Mr. Wilder. Then there's Scarlett, the cute and risk-taking girl that he meets. And the town Witch. And the Ninja.

Freaky Farley has been keeping his rage inside forever, never finding an outlet. When he finally starts to stand up to his dad, watch out! He's a funny guy and though he's sort of the town loser, you like him.

Rent this one for good small town, Halloween time feel. enjoy!

A little while ago, I reviewed a low-budget filmed called Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas. I didn't care for it too much, but what did I expect, with a title like that? The makers of that gem offered, somewhat illogically, to send me a copy of their earlier work, Freaky Farley, a movie about a creepy Peeping Tom who gets mixed up with a spirited lass while chafing under the control of his domineering dad.

You don't see many movies in which a Peeping Tom is sort of the good guy. Farley Wilder (writer-producer Matt Farley) is the weird guy in your neighborhood who spends his time walking in the woods or hiding in the bushes. Farley is sort of a poster child for arrested development, whereas his dad (Kevin McGee) is a bit of a hardass, and has been since his wife died. Farley's dad is always getting on his case, as fathers are wont to do, but the elder Wilder essentially verbally and psychologically abuses his kid for years and years, pushing Farley closer and closer to the brink of madness.

Meanwhile, the young man is beset by two different young women: Katy, a younger girl next door (literally) who's more annoying than interesting to Farley, and Scarlett (Sharon Scalzo), an independent muse who's working on a book. No longer a complete loner, Farley begins keeping company with Scarlett, much to the chagrin of his father.

As with Monsters, Marriage and Murder in Manchvegas, the acting, script, direction, and photography are all pretty mediocre, but there are some bright spots. Okay, not many, but overall the acting was definitely better. In fact, leading man Farley is better here than in the later film, perhaps because he's playing a psychotic Peeping Tom. But even better is Scalzo as the trippy Scarlett; unlike most others in the cast, she seems to believe in the silly dialog she's given to speak. (Hey, selling the script is half of what acting is all about.) The thing is, it feels like there's much more effort made here than in the more-recent film. After all, even if you're given crap to work with, you can put a happy face on it and do your best. Sometimes a bounty of enthusiasm can make up for certain, shall we say, deficiencies.

You got to give props to a movie in which a character says something like "We're sending him along to keep an eye on you" while pointing to his own eye. That, my friends, is serious thespianism right there.

You also have to love a movie that lifts sound effects from the computer game Doom. At least it sounds a heck of a lot like it, and I've played a lot, lot, lot, lot of Doom in my time. (No more. Cold turkey. On the wagon now.) Still and all, considering the low, low budget and inexperienced cast and crew, this isn't nearly as horrible as it could have been. It helps a bit if you watch it ironically, as if the goings-on were a big joke to which only you were privy.

Freaky Farley is an underrated classic! Matt Farley is an auteur who is sadly over looked in the comedy/horror genre. Watch this movie and then tell your friends to watch it, then call Matt and tell him how much you love it. He'll probably answer. He also wrote his 20,000th song in mid 2019, so check out the Motern Media playlist on spotify.