In a sea of big-budget summer blockbusters, take solace on the beaches of Matt Farley’s two no-budget features: Local Legends and Local Legends: Bloodbath. As the man behind multi-medium empire Motern Media, Farley and creative partner Charlie Roxburgh use family, friends, and favors to patch together cult classics such as the ones WLV’s showing. First in the series, Local Legend is described by WLV as “a fictionalized auto-biopic” with Farley typecast as a comedian trying to put together a show. 2023 follow-up, Local Legends: Bloodbath, bears a more ominous description by the creator himself: “A businessman eliminates distractions for an artist.” Yeah, I think we know what “eliminates” means in a movie called Bloodbath. - James Scott