Meet Peltzer Arbuckle, a bullied office employee, humiliated by his megalomaniac boss, teasing colleagues and cheating partner. Stuck in his mundane, nightmarish reality, once news about an embarrassing sexual accident circulates the workplace, Peltzer decides to put up with his misery no more, and conjures up his childhood imaginary friend Ronnie who manipulates him to exact gruesome revenge on his tormenting co-workers. As the body count rises, Peltzer must either run away from his past or take control of his future, battling between sanity and madness in a twisted tale of infidelity, revenge and snapped banjo strings.
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i must have seen a different film!!
Great Film overall
Good concept, poorly executed.
Best movie ever!
Peltzer Arbuckle (James Hamer-Morton) is viciously bullied by his work mates and his shrewish girl friend (Dani Thompson) who is also sleeping with his boss (Vito Trigo). After Peltzer has an accident where "I think something snapped" his evil imaginary childhood friend Ronnie (Damian Morter) appears in order to avenge Peltzer and to let the audience know Botox is bad.Lloyd Kaufman has a cameo as a doctor, which should clue you in to the nature of the film. It is like a British Troma production with only a fraction of the gore, which is not to say it doesn't have gore. This is a "not for everyone" cult-like production. More humor than horror.Guide: F-word, sex. No nudity.
My Bloody Banjo- my bloody nightmare! Managed to get through 30 minutes and it's 30 minutes of my life I will never get back. I'd start with the plot, but I don't think there was one. Instead we are treated with a nostalgic trip back to the days of A Level media. Digi cams in hand thinking we are the next Tarantino. It's all well and good when school is paying for the time and equipment. But to think someone put pen to paper, frames to film, to spend valuable time and money on this is beyond any form of comprehension. In the human centipede two, Laurence pleasures himself with sandpaper, and quite frankly that would be more pleasurable than watching this bird turd again. I can hand on heart say I would rather snap my own banjo and the acting would be superior. Real tears, real blood. Not the bullied at school wet your pants give me your dinner money that Laurence portrays here. Avoid! Go to bed with a partner of your choosing, try not to snap your banjo and have fun. Life is too short!
Liam has really grown into a wonderful well established artist / director. A true fan of the horror genre who has taken all the aspects of the antihero and thrown them in a blender. Comedy, gore, controversy and a visual style that sticks to your brain long after viewing. Genius trash vision. In depth subject mater lightheartedly shoved down our throats to make us realise that nothing is that bad in life. guilty taboo glitter coated in a fresh warped pleasure. It is what it is. like the cenobites once said. Demon to some..Angel to others. Pretty much sums up Liam and Banjo. to the subculture of cult horror Regan is an Angel.
Banjo is a tale of an unremarkable guy called Peltzer who is bullied by his office boss and whom with his sexy, asset-laden partner is also cheating. Following an unfortunate and rather painful incident, Peltzer's already downbeat situation takes a final plummeting nose dive, leading to an imaginary friend called Ronnie to appear before him; who begins to take the reins, pushing Peltzer's life into vengeful bloody mayhem. Banjo reminded me a lot of the 2013 psychological horror/drama "Dementamania", although Peltzer comes across as more of a victim and loser than Ed Arkham. Quite unlike Dementamania however, Banjo has a fun feel to it, whereas the former is a fairly clinical affair. Banjo is hardly a tour-de-force of modern horror/exploitation cinema but it is a cool demonstration of what a genre-loving director can achieve. I'm a fan of the Troma-style genre of movies which has helped influence aspects of Banjo and, from the outset, does have its fair share of crazy, crude moments which put it in that league. Yet I felt too many scenes and too many moments of dialogue were, whilst all in context, unnecessarily prolonged and lacking the quick-fire MTV sensibility which I would have expected in this sub genre of movie. The other main issue with the movie is, for me, the character Ronnie. He got on my nerves after a while. Some moments, Ronnie was clown-like, then at others a devil on the shoulder or playground teaser. This might have been intentional but I struggled to securely identify with him and as a result didn't really see him as the overwhelming catalyst he should have been for the latter stages of the movie. These points aside, Banjo does have some remarkable, if eye-watering moments and a solid performance from lead actor James Hamer-Morton, who really helps tie the movie together. There is one scene in particular which is likely to get people talking and I, for one, have never winced so badly during a movie. Not ever - and that's after a lifelong diet of horror!Whilst Banjo does have its flaws, the movie is clearly made on a low budget and I applaud the director and crew for an achievement which is clearly going to be an inspiration to other future film-makers. The special effects are surprisingly good and put a lot of bigger productions to shame and the acting throughout was not half as wooden or Troma-esque as I was expecting. Overall, it flows well and is a competent piece of film making. So did I like it then? Well I definitely feel like watching it again to make up my mind, because it was not the kind of watch that leaves you yearning for the finish, which I suppose means that I did. At least next time I'll know the cue for when to close my eyes and cover my ears.
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