Synopsis
When his car breaks down, a quiet loner agrees to clean an abandoned family fun center in exchange for repairs. He soon finds himself waging war against possessed animatronic mascots while trapped inside Willy's Wonderland.
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Cast
- Nicolas CageThe Janitor
- Emily TostaLiv Hawthorne
- Beth GrantSheriff Eloise Lund
- Ric ReitzTex Macadoo
- Chris WarnerJed Love
- Kai KadlecChris Muley
- Caylee CowanKathy Barnes
- Jonathan MercedesDan Lorraine
- Terayle HillBob McDaniel
- Christian DelgrossoAaron Powers
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The Playlist
No, it doesn’t make much sense. But holy shit, it’s a wild-ass ride. - 70
Variety
Willy’s Wonderland has the garish stop-and-go rhythm of an ’80s slasher film, and I mean that as a compliment. It’s a gorefest to relax into with a can of Punch (or something stronger). - 60
Empire
Come for Nic Cage fighting a robot alligator with a mop. Stay for some inventive licks on the dead-by-dawn horror-movie template, though the other characters are nothing to shriek about. - 60
IGN
Willy's Wonderland is a no-frills splatterfest that, while straining to fill its runtime, finds mid-level chills and thrills thanks to Nic Cage bashing the hell out of weaponized pizza parlor characters. It's a shoestring slasher that gets the job done while also not fully rounding a few of the corners it teases. - 42
The A.V. Club
Willy’s Wonderland is a jokey elevator pitch in search of a movie. It’s the kind of genre junk—a low-rent, one-gag cartoon slasher—whose supposed gonzo appeal begins and ends with a description of its premise. - 40
The Guardian
The parody versions of the songs here are pretty funny, as is Cage’s solemn devotion to his job, down to his insistence that he takes a pinball game break at intervals throughout the film. - 40
Los Angeles Times
The film has a nutty premise and a game star, but it too quickly runs out of fresh ideas. - 40
The Irish Times
Nobody without a spear through their head could sincerely describe Willy’s Wonderland as a good film, but it is trash with a commendable pedigree.