Stranger Than Fiction #18: A total whirlwind of weird

Is it worth your time?

If you're the kind of person who spends three hours deep-diving into Wikipedia rabbit holes at 2 AM, yes, watch it. It’s a total mess of a documentary short. If you need a coherent story or actual production value, you’re going to hate this.

It feels less like a movie and more like someone just pointed a camera at a bunch of cool, unrelated junk they found in a library. One minute we're looking at the Winchester house, which is genuinely creepy, and the next we’re watching someone try to cook something with a mirror.

Jimmy Wallington's narration is... well, it’s loud. It’s that classic, fast-talking style where every single fact is delivered like it’s the biggest discovery in human history. It makes the whole thing feel like a manic game show.

The weird stuff

• The Winchester house footage is short, but the layout actually looks confusing enough to make you dizzy.
• The lady blacksmith segment feels totally out of place, but I honestly couldn't look away.
• The solar power bit? It looks like someone taped a bunch of tin foil to a chair. Very high tech.

It’s funny to think about how these shorts used to play before big movies. Imagine sitting down to watch Little Caesar and getting this instead. It’s a total mood shift.

The whole thing ends so abruptly it’s almost funny. No conclusion, no summary, just bam—done. It’s like the film reel just snapped or the editor got bored and went to lunch. 🥪

I guess if you compare it to something like The Passion Play, this feels way more casual. It doesn’t try to be profound. It just wants to show you a weird house and then run away.

Don't look for deep meaning here. It’s just 10 minutes of 'hey, look at this strange thing.' And honestly? Sometimes that’s enough. 🎞️