Last night's film was CANNIBALS AND CARPET FITTERS.
I was in the mood for a bit of silly fun as it was a bonus Friday night (off work today), and whilst I am currently working my way through THE EXPANSE (which is fab), I fancied a change of pace.
Looking through the recently added films on Amazon Prime, I saw this in the list and figured it sounds pretty silly, and only 82 minutes long, so I gave it a go, and......
It's great!
Exactly what you'd expect from a knowing genre piece, sets up the scenario nice and early when a couple out camping wander too close to an old stately house in the middle of nowhere and find themselves on the menu.
The cannibals are a family headed up by Mrs Hanning, and consists of her and her five sons, there is no sign of Mr Hanning and it is not really explained why they own a massive stately home in the country, although it is made clear they've lived there for generations, and they're always trying to come up with wheezes to secure fresh people to eat. (Mrs Hanning has to do all the spadework in this regard as none of her sons can speak, and they communicate only in grunts, growls, roars and so on.)
Enter our CARPET FITTERS, sent to the property with the promise of a lucrative carpet fitting contract, and eagerly despatched there by the the owner of the company who is desperate for a big paying job, but it doesn't take long for the cannibalistic family to make their intentions clear, and thus begins a fight for survival and escape.
This is a fun, gory, well paced romp that knows exactly what it is, what it wants to do, and how it wants to do it. The directing, writing, acting, editing and special effects are all fine, it clearly wasn't made with mega bucks but doesn't look cheap and nasty either, and whilst it won't be troubling the Oscars, you really get a sense that everyone involved was having a lot of fun with it.
The gore is well done (almost all practical effects as far as I could tell) and will make you squirm, but in a nice genre piece sort of way, and it's got a few genuine LOL moments in it as well, with some great lines.
It's a Cert 18 which seems reasonable considering the gore but it's such a silly affair that I don't think it'd be the end of the world if it were a Cert 15.
Perfect Friday night gross out fun, I'm being a bit generous here but I'd say it's at least 250% better than John Wick 3, as such the mark will have to be:
812.5/1000
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