The Cottage (DVD) Reviews

note: also appears in part on Flixster and The Student Room The future of horror seems to lie firmly in comedy these days - the likes of Shaun of the Dead and Severance really opened the door to filmmakers who wanted to meld gore with laughs, and the last few years has seen a spate of these sorts of films, most of them surprisingly ...  Read the complete review

Paul Williams directs this comedy horror movie THE COTTAGE. The film centres around Andy Serkis and Reece Shearsmith's characters David and Peter who are brothers that have kidnapped an underground crime lord's daughter Tracey played by Jenifer Ellison. They take her to a country hideaway, but when releasing her from the car boot get ...  Read the complete review

In the Cottage David (Andy Serkis) and his brother Peter (Reece Shearsmith) kidnap the daughter of a powerful gangster, Tracey (Jennifer Ellison). They take her to a remote cottage and then phone her father asking for a ransom to be delivered by her step brother Andrew (Steven O'Donnell). Andrew doesn't check what is in the bag before he ...  Read the complete review

I recently decided to watch The Cottage on the basis that it had got fairly good ratings on About.com's best comedy horror films. I wasn't aware that dooyoo reviewers had panned it so much and whilst it's not the best film ever - struggle to see how it deserves a 1 or 2 if rubbish like Harry Potter is getting 5! This probably isn't as ...  Read the complete review

This was a genuine surprise of a movie for me. I mean, i was expecting some low budget trash with very few laugh, but since i am a horror fiend, and it was only 2 quid with post and packaging on amazon, i thought why the hell not? What i got was an unexpectably enjoyable British comedy horror movie, which could well be the best out there if it ...  Read the complete review

Well, this is fun, providing you leave your brain at the door. Bumbling criminal wannabee siblings Andy Serkis and Reece Sheersmith kidnap a UK Godfather's darling daughter Jennifer Ellison, with the get-rich-quick aim of ransoming her. Our heroes quickly discover that the sexy scousette has more balls than the two of them put together...and then ...  Read the complete review

The Cottage is another in a recent run of British attempts to make a quality comedy horror, a genre that is decidedly difficult to pull off. 99 times out of 100 the comedy just isn't funny enough and the scary parts are anything but that, often being funnier, unintentionally, than the parts that are meant to make you laugh. ...  Read the complete review

I watched the cottage with friends just before Christmas and we saw it on Pay per view on Virgin Media. I admit that we were sold by the quotes on the front cover and were looking forward to seeing one of the 'best British horror comedy films ever made'.....that is not what we got though! There were some very funny and very gory moments ...  Read the complete review

When David and Peter kidnap Tracey, the step-daughter of a powerful villain, they think that their fortunes are made. Unfortunately, nothing quite goes to plan. Tracey's step-brother, Andrew, who is part of the plot, is supposed to deliver the ransom money, but doesn't check the bag and it turns out to be tissue paper. And Tracey is not going to ...  Read the complete review

The Cottage was one of the more pointless films released last year and I've just managed to catch it on DVD. I'm glad I didn't part with my cash at the cinema to see it, as it's a terrible, terrible mess. Lodged somewhere between an English Texas Chainsaw Massacre and Shaun of the Dead, The Cottage just doesn't know what its wants to ...  Read the complete review

From director Paul Andrew Williams (London to Brighton), 'The Cottage' is a comedy horror film which originally achieved a UK cinematic release in March 2008. This dark British film stars Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, and Jennifer Ellison. Brothers David and Peter come up with a master plan in order to bag a large sum of cash between ...  Read the complete review

Feeling under the weather, tired yet cant sleep and remembered the penny movies on virgin so thought I would give this a try - it is on for a penny up to and including this Thursday (16th October) I loved Andy Serkis in Lord Of The Rings so thought this film would be worth a watch. The film itself lasts around 1 hour and 25 minutes ...  Read the complete review

It was fairly clear from the start of this movie which direction the makers of this film were going to take, especially once we were introduced to Jennifer Ellison. She's a pretty blond with a nice rack but talk about over concentrating on 1 thing. Cleavage, cleavage & more cleavage. I guess Jen must have agreed to do everything they were ...  Read the complete review