Doghouse
Doghouse
| 11 June 2009 (USA)
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A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.

Reviews
RyothChatty ridiculous rating
Nonureva Really Surprised!
KnotStronger This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.
Brennan Camacho Mostly, the movie is committed to the value of a good time.
morrison-dylan-fan Despite finding him good value on chat/panel shows,I have never had a "propah" Danny Dyer experience,due to almost all of his films looking.."dire." With October coming up,I decided to do a thread on IMDb's Horror board for Comedy Horror recs.Catching me by surprise,a fellow IMDber told me that they had seen a Dyer Horror Comedy that was actually good! Finding the movie at a local DVD shop for £1,I got set to go to Danny Dyer's doghouse.The plot:Wanting to escape their women troubles,mates Vince,Neil,Mikey,Graham,Patrick and Banksy decide to run off on a "lads weekend" to a village packed with pubs,and where women outnumber the men 4:1. Hiring a mini van,the guys travel to the town. Running to the pubs,the guys are shocked to find no staff behind the pub,and no girls in sight. Looking round the empty village,the guys find all the men laying on the floors dead. As they start to fear that their night out plans are over,a women appears,who turns out to be a murdering,man eating zombie.View on the film:Going for a night out with the lads to zombie town,the screenplay by Dan Schaffer makes the dialogue a perfect fit for the blokes,with their blue coloured humour capturing the banter of the guys,even as they are trying to outrun killer zombies. Travelling to the village in a jolly mood,Schaffer turns the jokes down to give the title an unexpected dark Horror side,spilling from some of the main characters meeting their dogs dinner,as Schaffer gradually builds the bond between the friends,with the zom-women getting their hands on the immaturity of the boys.Taking on any man or zombie that challenges him ,Stephen Graham gives the movie a working class grit as Vince,as Graham smoothly hits Comedy pot-shots with Noel Clarke's wonderfully nervous Mikey,whilst making sure Vince hits the zombies with a ruthless punch for survival. Unknowingly going on the pull for a zombie girl,Danny Dyer gives a far better than ever expected performance (nice one guv!) as Neil,thanks to Dyer getting Neil to show concern for his pals,and also waking up Neil with wide-eyed fear,as the lads start to fear that they are going to meet their end in the doghouse.
Leofwine_draca DOGHOUSE is a British stab at the comedy horror genre, featuring a group of guys who go off on holiday to a remote woodland locale and find themselves at the mercy of some zombie-type creatures. It's a film that's more than happy to reveal its inspirations, which here seem to be the likes of horror classics such as THE EVIL DEAD as well as more recent fare like SEVERANCE, which also starred Danny Dyer.As such, the story is entirely predictable and almost everything that happens has been done before, and probably better. Despite that, it's quite a watchable film, filled to the brim with lots of humour - a lot of it sexist, it has to be said - and gore effects which keep it bubbling along. It's surprisingly entertaining given the pedigree of director Jake West, who has made some real tosh over the years (I'm thinking of EVIL ALIENS in particular).The cast is littered with familiar faces and more than a few decent actors (Stephen Graham, Noel Clarke) and Dyer plays one of those laid-back, likable lead characters that he always seems to adopt. The special effects and various action scenes are all well-handled, although it has to be said that the actresses playing the various Zombirds are all terribly, embarrassingly over the top (particularly Emily Booth). Still, this is unashamedly adult in tone, which is a plus, and it's a masterpiece in comparison to the execrable LESBIAN VAMPIRE KILLERS!
Britkid Think Shaun of the Dead with extra gore combined with a monster battle of the sexes and you have Doghouse. Some might say its too much on its battle of the sexes approach but in truth its a grab a beer, sit back and enjoy type of a movie. It never set out to be Romero. It has the gore to please the gore hounds amongst us plus more than delivers on the laughs to keep us entertained. This combined with well known Brit actors delivers a bit of quality real world humour to the film. Basically a cut above that normally expected from such a film. Trust me on this one sit back laugh and enjoy this often sadly over looked zombie laugh fest from a well respected up and coming director. Did I mention it also stars Danny Dyer who always delivers on laughs. Watch out for a new insight on how to deal with a zombie with a walking frame, priceless.
george-427 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.