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Mister Organ is one of the most unsettling documentaries I’ve ever seen
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The story of Michael Organ is the rare documentary that doubles as a psychological horror film.
The story of Michael Organ is the rare documentary that doubles as a psychological horror film.
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Mister Organ doesn’t reach the level of societal horror of The Act of Killing or the creepypasta-meets-true-crime gruesomeness of Beware the Slenderman, but there’s something deeply unsettling about Michael Organ and his intimate campaign of terror against everyone who enters his life.
Mister Organ is a documentary by David Farrier, an Auckland, New Zealand journalist. The movie starts with Farrier reporting on Bashford Antiques, a shop in Ponsonby that has begun aggressively clamping cars in its lot and demanding exorbitant fees to release them — up to $760. Farrier’s article for The Spinoff eventually led the government to introduce legislation that would outlaw extreme clamping fees.
Under normal circumstances, that would be the end of the story. But at the center of this story is a man named Michael Organ who turns out to be a bizarre, seemingly dangerous conman.