I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

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Wow! What a bizarre film! Unfortunately the few funny moments there were were quite overshadowed by it's completely weird and random vibe throughout.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

I found this movie very fresh. I haven't seen anything like this in a while. Bunch of people in the woods not aware of what is going to happen. It had a nice ensemble, with characters of all kinds. Each actor is suited in his/her role. But yes, i felt that they could have done better in mixing up the funny part and the horror part more effectively. No big deal, i enjoyed it for most part. Talking about Christopher Smith, i am starting to like his work even more now. I first saw Black Death, then Triangle and then Creep and i found them to be very engaging. So clearly he is doing pretty well scaring us. This one also adds up as his fine work. I hope we see more such films again.

Possibly thinking of "Shaun of The Dead", which is truly one of the kind, I finished this film silent with disappointment. A good mix of horror and comedy, for cry out loud! There are indeed a few funny scenes, especially at the beginning, and that's it. Humour never finds its way into the core story, and barely on the periphery. Some viewers may find some crude murders made fun of to be their idea of being funny. Imagine a man hung up-side-down gets slashed slowly and cruelly until his head is covered by the stream of his own blood, with cheerful music in the background. On the horror side, this film is a lot more successful than the comical one. When one must blend a sense of humour to a horrific situation, the story must be satirical, creative, and sharp as Hell. This film is not anywhere near that mark. Usually the little British films do very well in telling a good, quiet story that means a lot more. Christopher Smith should learn from those films. Before "Shaun of The Dead", there have been the likes of "An American Werewolf In London" and "Tremors" to look up to. Even New Zealand's "Black Sheep", which was released in the same year, has a few valuable lessons to offer. People who like this film seem to be anti-establishment at the outset. Killing a snobbish English person seems the delight of their day. So, keep hitting a class you so dislike, a business you so hate, and a country you so mock, it could be funny in some dry lands.

Severance is a good example of what a film can be with low budget and brilliant directing and acting. From the first 5 minutes to the last you will be immersed in a laugh - out - loud horror comedy. The film is set in a grotty woodland area where a business team are having a team building weekend. After arriving at their temporary residence, strange things start to happen, and they start seeing things in amongst themselves. The funnier parts of the film only get more frequent towards the end, so make sure to keep watching. From paintballing to eating dinner, whatever this bunch of colleagues get up to, you will be rolling around on the floor. Very funny!

This is the first film I am watching from this British genre director who was one of the interviewees in the recently-viewed documentary VIDEO NASTIES: MORAL PANIC, CENSORSHIP AND VIDEOTAPE (2010); it was preceded by CREEP (2004) and followed by TRIANGLE (2009) and BLACK DEATH (2010) and, given my fairly positive experience with the film under review, I would not mind checking out now. I knew next to nothing about this film going in except that it was going to be a comedic horror piece about a team building exercise gone awry but, rather than the expected BATTLE ROYALE (2000)-type scenario, I ended up with yet another ride through DELIVERANCE (1972) territory with the added dollops of pseudo-socio-political commentary thrown in for good measure; even though my experience was nowhere near this catastrophic, it did bring back memories of a positively traumatic team building exercise that me and my colleagues went through a year-and-a-half back! While I still have at least 2 DELIVERANCE imitations to go through from around that same period – SHOOT (1976) and RITUALS (1977) – the "smart-ass-city-dwellers-at-the-mercy-of-backwards-country-folk" plot has been done to death in horror fare from all over the world particularly throughout the last decade.This group of 7 British colleagues – employed by a weapons manufacturing company – seemed too small to warrant this kind of activity, which is generally aimed at larger groups in order that they get to know each other better; also the fact they are flown off to a supposedly luxury hotel in a remote part of Hungary comes off as far-fetched, especially since the CEO is waiting for them there! At any rate, we have the standard collection of stereotypical characters set to bond or clash at the very first opportunity: the hated supervisor, the sarcastic handsome salesman, the nerdy, eager-to-please fat guy, the sensitive woman, the hot blonde girl everybody lusts after, the colored underling and the horny, dopey wastrel. Half the film is spent on establishing the relationships within the group, all the while making use of some agreeably surreal touches to do so: the supervisor dreams of the hot blonde inviting him into her bed but, upon turning to face him, he finds the contemptuous salesman in drag; the pot-headed man sees multiple versions of himself (and meets a talking deer in a deleted scene), etc.While the events are unnecessarily narrated in flashback, needless to say, very few opportunities for blood flowing or gallows humor are missed (the fate of the fat guy and the salesman are particularly notable in this respect) and the fact that the two local call-girls (hired by the wastrel) eventually save the day is a clever touch – as is the inclusion on the soundtrack of The Small Faces' "Itchycoo Park" and the unfortunately-covered Vera Lynn's "We'll Meet Again" (over the opening and closing credits respectively). The downside of all this, however, is that once the villains' identity (a band of mentally unbalanced Hungarian war veterans) is revealed, we see way too much of them making for a far less menacing presence then they had seemed initially!