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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I respect anyone who teams up with their mates and makes something so insane with such a low budget! It reminded me a lot of the movies me and my mates would make when we were younger and after seeing it, it really made me want to start doing that again.
It's humour is blatantly aimed at student horror fans so I can see why some people might find it too random but personally I found it got funnier and funnier as I watched it. Some stuff didn't hit the mark for me but it kept me watching and laughing until the end.
There's some nice homages to classic horror movies and the budget production values give it some charm. There's some wicked gore in there too.
If you're familiar with the horror genre and you're looking for something different you should definately check this title out. Hopefully it might open some doors and allow some new-blood directors with talent to get some exposure too.
Well done Anchor Bay for releasing this little gem!
It's humour is blatantly aimed at student horror fans so I can see why some people might find it too random but personally I found it got funnier and funnier as I watched it. Some stuff didn't hit the mark for me but it kept me watching and laughing until the end.
There's some nice homages to classic horror movies and the budget production values give it some charm. There's some wicked gore in there too.
If you're familiar with the horror genre and you're looking for something different you should definately check this title out. Hopefully it might open some doors and allow some new-blood directors with talent to get some exposure too.
Well done Anchor Bay for releasing this little gem!
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Slasher flick obsessed teenager Merv Doody thinks all his Black Christmases have come at once when a deranged killer turns up in his... er... shower, but this camp, flouncey, vegetarian, Dallas loving, incompetent, potato sack-clad loony is closer to Freddie Mercury than Freddy Krueger.
Merv takes it upon himself to use all his knowledge of slash and gore flicks to induct this wannabe maniac into the Fango family hall of fame. Together with the staple wacky best mate, Onkey (think Corey Feldman in Lost Boys or Stiles in Teen Wolf), Merv transforms The Looney into a deranged chainsaw waving, axe wielding, spatula happy psycho. But when the blood starts to fly Merv begins to realise maybe training an escaped mental patient to be a serial killer wasn't such a good idea after all. As they say on all half arsed film covers - with hilarious results!
Freak Out is a comedy first, horror second, paying loving tribute to the High School teen comedies of the 80s and just about every horror movie you can think of (with laugh out loud references to Salem's Lot, Child's Play, Blair Witch and The Evil Dead), it's a mad hybrid of Weekend at Bernie's, C.H.U.D 2: Bud The Chud, Friday the 13th, Teen Wolf, Nightmare On Elm Street, Scream, Halloween and Good Burger.
Shot on a shoestring budget over a period of time it took the Wayans brothers to pollute the earth with 4 Scary Movies, this cheap and nasty laugh riot has more jokes in 5 minutes than every Wayans film put together. Even Blankman. Yes, even Blankman.
Where Shaun of the Dead was Love Actually directed by George A. Romero, Freak Out is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre directed by John Hughes.
If you love horror, you'll love this. If you want a British comedy that breaks the mould by actually being funny, you'll love this. And if you want to see decapitation, zombies, alcoholism, chainsaws, gore, gratuitous shower scenes, vampire lesbians, action, adventure and a dog with a bow on it's head... well... you need help. But you also need Freak Out!
"That party in my pants? Someone spilt the drinks"
Merv takes it upon himself to use all his knowledge of slash and gore flicks to induct this wannabe maniac into the Fango family hall of fame. Together with the staple wacky best mate, Onkey (think Corey Feldman in Lost Boys or Stiles in Teen Wolf), Merv transforms The Looney into a deranged chainsaw waving, axe wielding, spatula happy psycho. But when the blood starts to fly Merv begins to realise maybe training an escaped mental patient to be a serial killer wasn't such a good idea after all. As they say on all half arsed film covers - with hilarious results!
Freak Out is a comedy first, horror second, paying loving tribute to the High School teen comedies of the 80s and just about every horror movie you can think of (with laugh out loud references to Salem's Lot, Child's Play, Blair Witch and The Evil Dead), it's a mad hybrid of Weekend at Bernie's, C.H.U.D 2: Bud The Chud, Friday the 13th, Teen Wolf, Nightmare On Elm Street, Scream, Halloween and Good Burger.
Shot on a shoestring budget over a period of time it took the Wayans brothers to pollute the earth with 4 Scary Movies, this cheap and nasty laugh riot has more jokes in 5 minutes than every Wayans film put together. Even Blankman. Yes, even Blankman.
Where Shaun of the Dead was Love Actually directed by George A. Romero, Freak Out is The Texas Chainsaw Massacre directed by John Hughes.
If you love horror, you'll love this. If you want a British comedy that breaks the mould by actually being funny, you'll love this. And if you want to see decapitation, zombies, alcoholism, chainsaws, gore, gratuitous shower scenes, vampire lesbians, action, adventure and a dog with a bow on it's head... well... you need help. But you also need Freak Out!
"That party in my pants? Someone spilt the drinks"
0 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Absolute college comedy gold! From the minds typical of students, but outrageously funny stuff. Any student could make this with enough motivation/help/time, and these guys just went ahead and did it!
A must see for anyone that is or has been a student at college or university level, loves horror films and/or spoofs, or both!
Luvvit :D
A must see for anyone that is or has been a student at college or university level, loves horror films and/or spoofs, or both!
Luvvit :D
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AMERICAN PIE MEETS SCARY MOVIE !!!!!!!
CHEAP , TACKY .............. WHATEVER I AM SO ORDERING THIS SAW THE TRAILERS ONLINE I WAS NEARLY WETTING MYSELF. Read more
Published on 22 Feb 2008 by DJ ANSKOVICH
So bad it's... erm... bad...
Okay - don't get me wrong. I'm all for a bit of light hearted tomfoolery. I appreciate movies that both lampoon and celebrate the horror genre, and enjoy a good film geek in-joke. Read more
Published on 10 July 2006 by mr-benn
Freaking great
Order has not yet arrived, but I couldn't wait to sing this films praises. I saw this film, well a version of it over a year ago now before it was picked up by Anchor Bay. Read more
Published on 24 May 2006 by Tieger
Freak'in good
Yup, it's low budget, low sfx, low brow, but armed with that knowledge, it's hugely funny, an original concept, and very bloody! Read more
Published on 12 April 2006 by James Y
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