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Mister Organ<\/em> doesn\u2019t reach the level of societal horror of The Act of Killing<\/em> or the creepypasta-meets-true-crime gruesomeness of Beware the Slenderman<\/em>, but there\u2019s something deeply unsettling about Michael Organ and his intimate campaign of terror against everyone who enters his life.<\/p>\n Mister Organ<\/em> 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 \u2014 up to $760. Farrier\u2019s article for The Spinoff<\/em> eventually led the government to introduce legislation that would outlaw extreme clamping fees.<\/p>\n 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.<\/p>\n Organ was hired to police Bashford\u2019s lot, and during his investigation, Farrier discovers he\u2019s more than just a parking-lot bully. Years earlier, Organ had been charged with attempting to steal a yacht in an elaborate scheme. What\u2019s more, he claimed to be a prince and a lawyer \u2014 he is neither.<\/p>\n As Farrier talks to people who have known Organ and interacts with him directly, what emerges is a portrait of a deeply troubled man who has left a trail of traumatized people in his wake. The movie shifts from a wild portrait of a conman to something more alarming and tense when Organ reveals he\u2019s gotten his hands on a key to Farrier\u2019s home and only warns him to be careful.<\/p>\n From there it spirals even further; eventually, Farrier felt it necessary to leave the country to protect himself from Organ\u2019s campaign of harassment and gaslighting. It\u2019s the rare documentary that doubles as a psychological horror film.<\/p>\n