Doghouse is the latest Action Zomady from Brit director Jake West, which follows a bunch of lads on a boozey weekend, which goes horribly wrong.
It's similar to what was attempted earlier in the year with the dire Lesbian Vampire Killers, except this has a better script and an infintely more talented cast. Legend Danny "F*****g" Dyer is always an engaging, politically incorrect leading man and he's ably backed up by Noel Clarke and Stephen Graham (perhaps taking things a bit too seriously). As a comedy Doghouse isn't that funny, working better as an action movie with a scattering of goofy comic set pieces.
Doghouse does commit one cardinal sin. Although it features Hex actress Christina Cole, one of the downright sexiest Brit actresses to grace these Isles in many a year, director West makes her perform with a cockney accent (robbing her of her mindwarpingly attractive posh, plummy dialect) And then, in the latter half of the movie, she's performing with Zombie prostetics!!! If the film-makers had wanted the male demographic, this movie's aimed at, out to spread positive word of mouth, then this decision was a big no no. No one messes with The Cole.
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This was ok. Just. I didn't hate it. Unlike that other alleged British horror comedy this year - the atrocious Lesbian Vampire Killers. But I wasn't that keen on Dog House either.
Jake (Evil Aliens) West is not a great director. By any stretch of the imagination. However he does an ok-ish job here helped no end by a very solid cast who can actually act! (a new one for him)
The various 'zombie' women are kinda fun - especially the always hot Emily Booth as 'scissor hands'. And Danny Dyer in his trademark geezah role is always entertaining. Some of the action is quite creative and well shot too. But the sum of its few half-decent parts add up to a lesser whole. And in the end this is still just stupid forgettable rubbish...just not as offensively awful as the afore mention Lesbian Vampire killers. And while I'm on that subject will somebody please banish Horne and Corden to the secret island prison for terminally unfunny twats where they can share a cell with Peter Serafinowicz and play drop the soap in the showers for the rest of their natural lives. Wankers!
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