Doghouse (2009)

I was fortunate to see this movie at a preview. This is a laugh out load movie, similar to Shaun of the Dead. Highly recommended, this movie will provide you with a great many good one-liners and really stands out in this genre. You have to take the movie for what it is, fun and entertainment. This really is the battle between the sexes, but done with tough-in –cheek and is no way near as tacky as Lesbian Vampire Killers. Jake West delivers a proper lads movie but with a twist to the lads view of life. The gory part are proper gory, all done with a laugh. Danny Dyer and the boys are in great form. This movies strength is that it has attracted some of Britain's great young actors. To brighten up your summer go for the dark of the movie theatre and see this movie, you will not stop laughing.

Fmovies: if your going to review a movie please watch all of it and not 2/3rds (or 1/2 if your lucky) because you would have seen this for what it is, pure gory trash horror. its not the smartest of films, hell its not the smartest if it was a slug, but its not meant to be. the thin story line is only there to hold the gore, slapstick comedy and quirky remarks together. its an OK film to sit with a few mates and a few beers and laugh at the stupidity of the characters and the situations they get them self in.the name comes from the fact that all the characters are in the doghouse for going away for the weekend when there wives or girlfriends don't want them to go.something goes wrong (what! no! really!)and the so called s*%t hits the fan.its funny,gory and daft, so sit back, switch of your smarts and enjoy a so bad its good British horror flick.

This movie was actually pretty good, its kind of jumpy, has good FX and has a lot of funny moments.

Here's a little summary about the story:

Some friends want to take a buddy of theirs out for a trip to help him get over a divorce and to show him that not all women are all alike. Once they arrive at an isolated town, they find that all the women are man-eating cannibals and fight for their lives. Its kind of ironic because in our world today, I think that's what most women are. Crazy, greedy, man-eating life forms that you just can't get enough of.

Its in 2nd place next to Shaun of the Dead, well worth a watch!

Doghouse fmovies. when i watched the trailer, i thought: well, about time for another great zombie comedy! the beginning was good as well, ti had an almost guy ritchie-like introduction of the cast, and i was convinced it would be a great film. but then the actual zombie-plot begins and ... nothing! where was the humor? oh look, that she-zombie used to b a hairstylist, oh and this one a bride and oh, an old lady! guys, seriously, did you think that alone would funny enough? please! (i don't mean to sound like a movie snob, but, i'm sure everyone who enjoyed shaun of the dead and severance, will agree with me. we have higher standards!) an average buffy-episode provided better horror jokes than the whole doghouse movie.

enough of that. now i can't wait to see zombieland. i need a good movie..

I was at the first screening of Doghouse in the West End last night, attended by the director Jake West and stars Danny Dyer and Noel Clarke.

Anyone going along to this and expecting anything other than what they know they are going to get are going to be disappointed. This is a laddish Brit-com-horror. In fact its not actually horrific at all as everything is done for laughs. There is no real sense of dread as the whole idea of the film is to maximise the gruesome bits but you know that ten seconds after seeing a bit of goo, someone's going to make a classic one-liner. There are so many gags that not all of them hit the spot, but some are very funny but not all very PC (it is laddish!).

Comparing the original trailer to the film I just saw, I can't help but think that the original film's darker nature has been pretty much exorcised to beef up the humour. The new trailer would also seem to justify the audience the film-makers are targeting.

That said, I came out of the film remembering how I used to go to the cinema as a teenager because going to the cinema was a fun thing to do with mates. Nowadays I so rarely go to the cinema that I don't want to just go and see anything, it has to be something special.

With Doghouse, it really is sit down disengage your brain for 90 minutes, forget about the worries of the world and have a laugh, and then another and another. Don't worry about the plot too much (I don't think the writers did!) and just chill out for an hour and a half.

If you just want a film that is a bit of fun and you just want to be entertained for your entrance fee then this is a film to see. It is no classic and doesn't aim to be, in fact it probably has more in common with the classic "Carry on" series of films than anything else I can think to compare it to. Everyone probably had a ball making it.

After its cinema release it will be a great Friday night film with a few mates, a few beers and the obligatory curry.

Great soundtrack too.

It's a bit strong and the blokes aren't great but they're real. I don't get why so many people didn't like this. I'm a woman and I thought it was really funny. I loved all the daft things like the toyshop, and the water pistols. Danny Dyer when he's trying to get out of a situation, and keeps retching is hilarious. Danny is naturally funny and a much better actor than people give him credit for. For example Closure is brilliant, Trench, Football Factory and the Mean Machine are pretty damned good. Because he's honest about who he is some people are offended by him and some of the other actors in the this film but I love them all, and this was a bit of stupid fun. The only complaint I have is they didn't make the best use of some of the superb actors in it, but that's it. If you like a bit of daft zombie/man V woman/dog soldiers Shaun of the Dead type film you're in for a treat.