‘Pariah’ Review: An Important and Untold Story of Identity
'Pariah' tells a powerful, mesmerizing, and unflinchingly honest story of identity.
My Bloody Banjo
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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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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Genre:Horror
Written By:Liam Regan
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Runtime:82 minutes
Studio:Refuse Films
Cast
Liam Regan
Director
James Hamer-Morton
Peltzer Arbuckle
Damian Morter
Ronnie
Dani Thompson
Deetz Montgomery
Vito Trigo
Mr. Sawyer
Clay von Carlowitz
Stiles Rembrandt
Serena Chloe Gardner
Melissa Lee Ray
Laurence R. Harvey
Clyde Toulon
Dan Palmer
Terrance Parker
David Curtis
Mikey Stone
Lloyd Kaufman
Dr. Samuel Weil
Eloise Daye
Theo Foley
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