Weirdsville (2007)

A pair of slackers get in way over their heads when they try to dump the body of a dead girlfriend in the basement of a drive-in movie theater where a satanic cult performs ritual sacrifices.

Director:

Allan Moyle

Writer:

Willem Wennekers

Stars:

Scott Speedman, Wes Bentley, Taryn Manning

3 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Scott Speedman	...	Dexter
Wes Bentley	...	Royce
Taryn Manning	...	Matilda
Matt Frewer	...	Jason Taylor
Greg Bryk	...	Abel
Maggie Castle	...	Treena
Raoul Bhaneja	...	Omar
Joe Dinicol	...	Jeremy
Jordan Prentice	...	Martin
Dax Ravina	...	Seamus
Elizabeth Lennie	...	Irene Taylor
James McQuade	...	Garry
Shayne Wyler	...	Todd
Joe Silvaggio	...	Sheldon (as Joey Beck)
Allan Redford	...	Theo

Storyline

Royce and Dexter are two slackers who live in the strange little town of Weedsville. When Royce's girlfriend Matilda overdose's on their stash and dies, they decide to bury her in an abandoned Drive-In theater. Things get out of control when they discover Satanists performing a ritual sacrifice right where they were going to bury the body...

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Plot Keywords:

drive in | satanic cult | flail | syringe | pentagram | 

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Taglines:

When the Days are Long and the Knights are Short.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Drama

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for drug content, language including sexual references, and some violence

Details

Country:

Canada

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 October 2007 (Canada)

Also Known As:

Weirdsville - kummajaisten kaupunki

Filming Locations:

Brantford, Ontario, Canada

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$2,862, 7 October 2007, Limited Release

Gross USA:

$7,262, 21 October 2007

Company Credits

Production Co:

Darius Films, Darius-Weirdsville Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

90 min (European Film Market)

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

During two Q&A sessions at the Vancouver International Film Festival (2007), director Allan Moyle stated that he intended to use completely different and better known songs for several of the sequences on the film. Because of how expensive the rights of those songs were, he decided to use local bands (Ontario, Canada) to supply the needed music for the scenes.

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Quotes

[first lines]
Royce: Slow down!
[trips over a tree]
Royce: Fucking tree!

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Crazy Credits

There's a scene after the end credits.

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Connections

References The Wizard of Oz (1939)

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Soundtracks

Sign Says
Written by Jeff Beadle, Rob Pretsell and Matt Rocca
Performed by These Three Cities
Courtesy of These Three Cities and Adam Tune
Published by Jeff Beadle (SOCAN), Rob Pretsell (SOCAN) and Matt Rocca (SOCAN)

User Reviews

THIS MOVIE ROCKS!! Two quarelling junkies pulling a heist- brilliant.

What a fabulous movie full of oddball characters and realistic dialog that is very funny. Two junkies come up with a scheme to pull a job in order to pay off a debt they can't pay at the moment. They get chased by Satan worshipers, dwarfs(or are they gnomes?), and of course the cops now and then. Every twist in this movie is a turn into something bizarre and unexpected and delicious.

I love the character of the female Satan worshiper Treena she's able to kick some ass and nothing looks sexier on a woman than some spirit like that. Maggie Castle soaks up and RULES this minor role and is absolutely delicious in every frame. Maggie Castle - MEOW!!

One of the great things that keeps this movie together is the dialog between old party buddies, it felt very real with the games they play on each other all the time and the continual verbal sparring adds a nice jump to the flick's pace.

This movie reminded me of Pulp Fiction or Killing Zoe or Love is a .45, or Way of the Gun in the way it's an indie style road movie with weird characters all over the place.