| Doghouse [Blu-ray] | ![Doghouse [Blu-ray]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/61ut0j%2BCmUL._SL160_.jpg) | Studio: Ais
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 53,071
Format: Import
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: Unrated
Media: Blu-ray
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6
EAN: 5050629247534
ASIN: B002EL4MJ8
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Release Date: October 12, 2009
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Product Description
Cult filmmaker Jake West (EVIL ALIENS, RAZOR BLADE SMILE) and comic book writer/illustrator Dan Schaffer ('Dog Witch', 'The Scribbler') unite for this distinctively British horror comedy. When a group of young men--including Danny Dyer (THE BUSINESS, SEVERANCE), Noel Clarke (TV's DOCTOR WHO, ADULTHOOD) and Stephen Graham (THIS IS ENGLAND, PUBLIC ENEMIES)--descends upon a remote rural village, the lads look forward to a weekend of high jinks and male bonding. But their fun-filled break soon segues into a living nightmare when they discover that the village's female populous has succumbed to a mysterious virus that has turned them into ravenous creatures with a penchant for male flesh...
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 Smart, funny and very enjoyable! August 15, 2010
Puzzle box (Kuwait)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This was quite an enjoyable film, much funnier and faster-paced than I expected, and with a sharper brand of humour - at least far more than I'd imagined when my friend described it to me as "a Danny Dyer film about zombie cannibal women". The film was directed by Jake West who also made the horror comedy gore film "Evil Aliens" and in my opinion this was a much better film, it was quite stylish and comic-book-like and undeniably as daft as hell but with a somewhat more mature sense of humour about it's daftness. Dyer, Clarke and Graham are fine (and amusing) as the drunken lads who get their comeuppance as flesh eating female zombies hit the streets. The film was about a group of London buddies who are fed up with their partners, they set off on a man-only trip to the country to the remote village of Moodey, where the women vastly outnumber the men, and their plan involves getting really drunk and picking up many women. Thanks to a secret project, all the local women have been turned into ravenous, cannibalistic monsters in old-school EVIL DEAD-type demon make-up with the potential to mutate into more elaborate monsters. You can really sense the scriptwriters taking the mickey out of these guys as they struggle for survival against the deadly women. The gore and make-up effects are also great, although the film is never 'scary' there are some pulse-raising moments in amongst all the slapstick. It just rattles along from one gory gag to the next, without really stopping long enough for anyone to dwell on how ridiculous it all is, and I even laughed out loud quite a few times. My favorite scene is when one of the lads Patrick hits the female zombies with some of his golf balls which was quite hilarious and also reminiscent of Shaun of the Dead and Evil Dead 2, and another hilarious scene with remote controlled women, some horror fans will also spot some of the tribute scenes to the horror genre. I doubt it'll end up a classic, but it was a fun way to spend 90 minutes, and definitely holds together. Doghouse was a wildly over-the-top and light-hearted piece of entertainment with copious amounts of fake blood and intestines as well as vulgar and funny as hell jokes and clichéd "battle-of-the- sexes" humor. If you liked other British comedy/horror films like Severence or Shaun of The Dead then you'll definitely enjoy this brilliant film.
Buy Amazon.UK version July 4, 2010
D. Cooke (canada, courtice)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Just reviewing the blu-ray disk, not the movie itself.
In case you are put off with the over inflated North American price for this movie.
Buy it direct from Amazon.co.UK, it is a fraction of the price, and the blu-ray being sold is an all region version.
Good quality version.
Death to Region codes.
 A Plague of Zombies March 30, 2010
Foggy Tewsday
Another British zombie comedy. I suppose those four words will either make you groan or cheer depending on your opinion of Shaun of the Dead. Every zombie comedy seems to be compared to that movie, and there are plenty of zombie comedies around lately. As for me, I like `Shaun' well enough. I also like 'Doghouse' well enough. However, Britishness aside, `Doghouse' is probably more comparable to Zombieland in terms of slapstick and visual comedy. Its tone, though, is cruder and in this respect is perhaps more akin to The Return of the Living Dead.
Vince (Stephen Graham) is in the early stages of divorce proceedings, and, in a bid to lift his spirits, his friends have arranged a men-only weekend away in a remote village. Rumor has it that the population of this village is skewed so that the women outnumber the menfolk by four to one. It therefore stands to reason that all those loose women will be aching for some male companionship. Vince's friends - Mikey (Noel Clarke), Neil (Danny Dyer), Matt (Lee Ingleby), Patrick (Keith-Lee Castle) and Graham (Emil Marwa) - have incurred the wrath of their significant others who are all somewhat peeved at having their weekends suddenly ruined by this excursion. Our heroes are in the doghouse.
Things get worse when the lads arrive at their destination. Sure there is a surplus of women. Trouble is they are all zombies and they've eaten all the men.
The film's "battle of the sexes" motif marks its distinction from most of the recent slew of zomcoms. The cast are excellent as they revel in some very funny moments and spout some silly blokey dialogue. Most of the female cast are presented as shrews or zombies. The two ladies who are not saddled with these characteristics are a barmaid who invites Neil's chauvinistic utterances when she reminds him that smoking is not allowed in the pub, and the minibus driver, Ruth (Christina Cole). To be accurate about it, Ruth only half escapes these traits. Soon after their arrival in the village, she succumbs to the same fate that has befallen the other women there.
There is a fair amount of gore but as I implied earlier, it's presented in quite a cartoonish way. The male perspective is deployed in such an over-the-top manner that it cannot be taken as anything other than the joke that is at the film's core. Leaving aside the chauvinistic attitudes that are inherent in some (but not all) of the film's central characters, the zombified women are almost all garishly attired for no discernable reason.
The film's major weaknesses are that the explanation for the events that have taken place in the village prior to the lads' arrival is not explored in anything like enough detail, and the film's ending is a bit of a let down. Good knockabout entertainment, though.
I'd certainly recommend `Doghouse' for fans of horror comedies in general and fans of zombie comedies in particular. The emphasis is more on comedy than horror. For those who like their comedy a bit darker and their comedy horror a bit more horrific, you may want to check out the excellent Mum and Dad and The Cottage.
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