Doghouse (2009)

Director:

Jake West

Writer:

Dan Schaffer (writer)

Release Date:

12 June 2009 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

The battle of the sexes just got bloody..........

Plot:

A group of men head to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce; when they get there, though, they discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.

Plot Keywords:

Virus | Remote Village | Held At Gunpoint | Cross | Severed Finger

Cast

Danny Dyer	...	Neil
Stephen Graham	...	Vince
Noel Clarke	...	Mikey
Terry Stone	...	Sergeant Gavin Wright
Christina Cole	...	Candy
Lee Ingleby	...	Matt
Keith-Lee Castle	...	Patrick
Emil Marwa	...	Graham
Neil Maskell	...	Banksy
Adele Silva	...	Bex
Toby Richards	...	Mechanic
Emily Booth	...	The Snipper
Alison Carroll	...	The Teen
Billy Murray	...	Colonel
Tree Carr	...	Julie

Runtime:

89 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

UK:15 | Ireland:15A

Filming Locations:

West Sussex, England, UK

Company:

Carnaby International

Trivia:

The name of the company that drives them to the village is West Tours named after the film's director Jake West.

Quotes:

Neil: Alright, calm down... You sound like a dolphin.

Movie Connections:

References The Evil Dead (1981)

Soundtrack:

She Is The New Thing

British comedy-horror - the perfect film for a night out or night in with a few beers

I was at the first screening of Doghouse in the West End last night, attended by the director Jake West and stars Danny Dyer and Noel Clarke.

Anyone going along to this and expecting anything other than what they know they are going to get are going to be disappointed. This is a laddish Brit-com-horror. In fact its not actually horrific at all as everything is done for laughs. There is no real sense of dread as the whole idea of the film is to maximise the gruesome bits but you know that ten seconds after seeing a bit of goo, someone's going to make a classic one-liner. There are so many gags that not all of them hit the spot, but some are very funny but not all very PC (it is laddish!).

Comparing the original trailer to the film I just saw, I can't help but think that the original film's darker nature has been pretty much exorcised to beef up the humour. The new trailer would also seem to justify the audience the film-makers are targeting.

That said, I came out of the film remembering how I used to go to the cinema as a teenager because going to the cinema was a fun thing to do with mates. Nowadays I so rarely go to the cinema that I don't want to just go and see anything, it has to be something special.

With Doghouse, it really is sit down disengage your brain for 90 minutes, forget about the worries of the world and have a laugh, and then another and another. Don't worry about the plot too much (I don't think the writers did!) and just chill out for an hour and a half.

If you just want a film that is a bit of fun and you just want to be entertained for your entrance fee then this is a film to see. It is no classic and doesn't aim to be, in fact it probably has more in common with the classic "Carry on" series of films than anything else I can think to compare it to. Everyone probably had a ball making it.

After its cinema release it will be a great Friday night film with a few mates, a few beers and the obligatory curry.

Great soundtrack too.