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Severance (2006)
http://www.severancethemovie.co.uk/
Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman
"'The Office' meets Deliverance" is the pitch - a sure sign that Severance is not your average fright film, but an off-the-wall mash-up of humour and horror. Midnight Madness alumnus Christopher Smith, director of 2004's Creep, bounces back with an even bloodier chunk of celluloid, winking at the audience with his tongue poking through his cheek.
After slugging away in the trenches of the trade, the sales division of international arms company Palisade Defence is "rewarded" with a corporate retreat at a chalet in forests of Hungary. Morale sinks when the accommodation turns out to be far beneath the five-star luxury they were promised, but enthusiastic team leader Richard (Tim McInnerny) and brown-nosing yes-man Gordon (Andy Nyman) forge ahead with office-bonding exercises for their motley crew.
As night falls, spooky stories about the origin of the cobwebbed resort come out, ranging from tales of an asylum taken over by inmates to a gruesome massacre by a group of shell-shocked mercenaries. IT specialist Steve (a hysterical performance by Danny Dyer) scoffs at the stories, but that might be due to the mix of magic mushrooms and ganja that causes him to think the trees in the forest are insulting him. The next day, during a game of paintball, the team is horrified to discover the agenda has changed: they have become the prey of unseen assailants lurking in the booby-trapped woods. Their corporate motto and mantra quickly becomes "Kill or Be Killed." (TIFF)
Someone recommended this to me. I'll post my opinion in a couple of days (friday if all goes to plan). So far, it looks and sounds like fun. The person who recommended it said they left with wet pants.
http://www.severancethemovie.co.uk/
Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny, Toby Stephens, Claudie Blakley, Andy Nyman
"'The Office' meets Deliverance" is the pitch - a sure sign that Severance is not your average fright film, but an off-the-wall mash-up of humour and horror. Midnight Madness alumnus Christopher Smith, director of 2004's Creep, bounces back with an even bloodier chunk of celluloid, winking at the audience with his tongue poking through his cheek.
After slugging away in the trenches of the trade, the sales division of international arms company Palisade Defence is "rewarded" with a corporate retreat at a chalet in forests of Hungary. Morale sinks when the accommodation turns out to be far beneath the five-star luxury they were promised, but enthusiastic team leader Richard (Tim McInnerny) and brown-nosing yes-man Gordon (Andy Nyman) forge ahead with office-bonding exercises for their motley crew.
As night falls, spooky stories about the origin of the cobwebbed resort come out, ranging from tales of an asylum taken over by inmates to a gruesome massacre by a group of shell-shocked mercenaries. IT specialist Steve (a hysterical performance by Danny Dyer) scoffs at the stories, but that might be due to the mix of magic mushrooms and ganja that causes him to think the trees in the forest are insulting him. The next day, during a game of paintball, the team is horrified to discover the agenda has changed: they have become the prey of unseen assailants lurking in the booby-trapped woods. Their corporate motto and mantra quickly becomes "Kill or Be Killed." (TIFF)
Someone recommended this to me. I'll post my opinion in a couple of days (friday if all goes to plan). So far, it looks and sounds like fun. The person who recommended it said they left with wet pants.
