The Cottage (2008)

Director:

Paul Andrew Williams

Writer:

Paul Andrew Williams (written by)

Release Date:

14 March 2008 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime | Horror | Thriller

Tagline:

Sleeps six bloody comfortably.

Plot:

In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central...

Plot Keywords:

Farmer | Countryside | Deformed | Kidnapping | Gangster

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Andy Serkis	...	David
Reece Shearsmith	...	Peter
Jennifer Ellison	...	Tracey
Steven O'Donnell	...	Andrew
James Bierman	...	Bouncer
Cat Meacher	...	Club Receptionist
Danny Nussbaum	...	Man in Suit
Logan Wong	...	Muk Li San
Jonathan Chan-Pensley	...	Chun Yo Fu
Simon Schatzberger	...	Steven
Doug Bradley	...	Villager with Dog
Dave Legeno	...	The Farmer (as David Legeno)
Katy Murphy	...	Farmer's Wife
Georgia Groome	...	Farmer's Daughter 1
Eden Watson	...	Farmer's Daughter 2

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

UK

Language:

French | English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Certification:

Ireland:16 (theatrical rating) | UK:18 | Australia:R (2008) | Australia:R | Argentina:16 | Netherlands:16 | Finland:K-18 | France:-12 | Ireland:18 (DVD rating) | USA:Unrated | New Zealand:R16 | Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Isle of Man

Company:

Isle of Man Film

Trivia:

According to director Williams, Tracey was originally written as a 40-year-old character but, to get the finance, he was told to cast someone young.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Peter is talking to his wife on the phone asking for his mother's account number, Tracey screams from the room and Peter drops the phone in the pond even before he got the account number. But just before David went out to call Tracey's dad, it seemed that Peter had gotten the account number written on a piece of paper.

Movie Connections:

References Predator (1987)

thoughts such as "for better or worse" comes to mind

i guess i should call it a sarcastic horror-comedy show with "vintage" elements. it actually starts as a kidnapping thriller and ends up as a "traditional" horror. only the last 30 minutes could be considered as "horror".

a few things must be said. the pace of the movie is slow and sometimes very slow. but if you keep that in mind and you are in mood for some "dark" comedy you might as well enjoy it as i did.compared to "Shaun of the Dead" is not as funny but a bit more scarier. something to watch out of boredom and it might entertain you in that case( like when you busy with something else and need a background distraction that WILL get at least a few "gigs" out of you). overall i was not disappointed.this feature is missing a defined plot and i am not sure what that "point" would have been here( or could have), other then some really funny sarcastic jokes and some gore.

the main actor to watch here is Andy Serkis as one of the 2 brothers and the mastermind before the kidnapping.he does some great acting when everything goes wrong and it is quiet funny to watch him deal with his naturally idiotic brother( which at one point even personalizes Hitler, literally, but the character does not seem to be aware of that). there are also a few other characters but they not contribute much to the plot except for the "bad" one. the soundtrack is actually excellent in creating those horror "vintage" moods.