From The Verge · Terrence O'Brien · · 1m 10s
Mister Organ is deeply unsettling
A documentary about a parking-lot conman becomes a psychological horror film when he threatens the filmmaker.
In brief
A documentary about a parking-lot conman becomes a psychological horror film when he threatens the filmmaker. Mister Organ, a documentary by David Farrier about a conman named Michael Organ, transforms from a story about aggressive parking fees into a psychological horror film when Organ threatens Farrier directly…
A story about parking fees
David Farrier, an Auckland, New Zealand journalist, reports on Bashford Antiques in Ponsonby, which clamps cars and demands exorbitant fees to release them, up to seven hundred sixty dollars.
The conman at the center
Michael Organ, hired to police the lot, turns out to be more than a parking bully.He had been charged with attempting to steal a yacht and falsely claimed to be a prince and a lawyer.
The documentary shifts tone
As Farrier investigates, Organ reveals he has obtained a key to Farrier's home and warns him to be careful. The film transforms from a conman portrait into something alarming and tense.
“he's gotten his hands on a key to Farrier's home and only warns him to be careful”
Farrier flees the country
Organ's campaign of harassment and gaslighting escalates until Farrier feels compelled to leave the country to protect himself. Mister Organ becomes a rare documentary that doubles as psychological horror.
“It's the rare documentary that doubles as a psychological horror film.”
What matters most
Mister Organ, a documentary by David Farrier about a conman named Michael Organ, transforms from a story about aggressive parking fees into a psychological horror film when Organ threatens Farrier directly.
