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The release that comes from a comedy moment can be made all the more potent by previously building up tension and suspense in a good horror movie. I like a good chuckle from a horror movie, so I had very high hopes for this movie, perhaps too high! Also watching it alone and on TV wasn’t the best way to enjoy this movie, but it wasn’t bad. Some lines are extremely funny, but the horror/comedy mix just didn’t work for me.

When it was all about tension, this film is very near to perfection. Camera angles change so you never know if someone is really approaching or not. Famous last words are banded about and you do expect each character to die at any moment.

The horror however isn’t horrific, there is implied cannibalism at one point, but this isn’t taken any further than finding a tooth in a pie . When limbs are lost, it is always followed with a comedy moment, which actually lessened the impact of each scene for me. What weakened this film further was the killers being too human, too visible, too numerous and far too easily despatched to be really scary.

The comedy comes almost entirely from the excellent characters lines and two visual gags. You won’t wet yourself laughing with this movie, but you will find yourself repeating some very funny lines with your mates, or even using phrases in future conversations, such as “you've got more chance of getting shit from a rocking horse”.

I’d really recommend this movie to any group of teenagers who want to rent a DVD and have a night in, get spooked and have a laugh at each other’s reactions. There is even the obligatory ‘women topless’ scene for teenage viewers to get all excited about and the classic last word of ‘Foursome?’


6/10