Marketic It's no definitive masterpiece but it's damn close.

Lancoor A very feeble attempt at affirmatie action

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Kien Navarro Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

SimonJack This isn't Abbott and Costello meeting Frankenstein. But it is a very good British comedy with similarities to the 1948 comedy horror flick of the famous funny duo. The film is loosely based on "The Ghoul," a horror novel by Frank King. It had inspired a 1933 horror flick by the same name that starred Boris Karloff. In "No Place Like Homicide!" (released as "What a Carve Up!" in the U.K.), Sidney James and Kenneth Connor play well together as Syd Butler and Ernie Broughton. Syd is the tough guy, straight man, but also not overly intelligent. Ernie is a wisp of a guy next to Syd. He's the most comical in his fright, but he's also got some smarts. These two join a family night in the recently departed uncle's Gothic mansion that could be the model for most haunted houses. The rest of the cast includes some notables of British stage and film of the mid- to late-20th century. Among the cast are Donald Pleasence as Everett Sloane, Dennis Price as Guy Broughton, and a Tony award winner, Michael Gough, as Fisk - the Butler. They and the entire cast perform well. It's a night of madness and mayhem as homicide reigns. This is a fine comedy and mystery, with nary any horror. The best thing about this film is the script that's peppered with some very funny lines. For more of the funny dialog, see the Quotes section on this IMDb Web page of the film. Here are some of my favorite lines. Ernie Broughton, "I'm a beneficiary." Syd Butler, "You filthy swine. How long can they give you for that?"Ernie Broughton, "Syd, is this an omen?" Syd, "No, it's a Rolls Royce." Everett Sloane, "I'm not convinced your friend is the fool he makes himself out to be." Ernie, "Oh, yes I am." Linda Dickson, "It's ridiculous. He wouldn't hurt a fly." Everett Sloane, "The young man's attitude toward insect life does not concern us, Miss Dickson." Linda Dickson, "Inspector, there's a dangerous murderer somewhere in the house." Inspector Arkwright, "Dangerous?"Inspector Arkwright, "Who's been murdered?" Ernie, "Dr. Edward, Janet, Malcolm." Inspector (writing it down), "Dr. Edward Janet Malcolm. Where's the body?" Syd, "Body? Bodies. There's three of 'em." Inspector, "Three?" Syd, "Edward Broughton, Janet Broughton and Malcolm Broughton."

JoeytheBrit This is one of those films that, if you are of a certain age, holds fond memories for you. I clearly remember watching it as a kid and thinking it was one of the funniest films I'd ever seen but now, seen through adult eyes, I realise it is really just a mediocre farce indistinguishable from many of the British comedies coming out in the early 60s.Sid James and Kenneth Connor play the two bumbling friends who visit a remote country mansion to claim Connors' inheritance following the death of an uncle. Once there they meet various members of Connors' dotty family, who begin to be picked off one by one during the course of a dark and stormy night.Sid James is always enjoyable to watch, and his crumpled face is as familiar to Brits as the Queen's. He's always good in whatever role he plays – and he appeared in some truly dire films – simply because he plays the same role over and over. Connor did pretty much the same, but his timid coward act was more irritating than enjoyable, as it is here. Donald Pleasance also appears in a creepy role, and it is he and James who provide the film's better moments. The film itself is pretty uneven, starting off brightly enough but then becoming mired down, reaching its lowest point during a protracted and desperately unfunny sequence which sees our heroes trying to sleep together in a four-poster bed.If your over 40, watch this one only if you're prepared to have your childhood memories crushed.

adamjroberts2000 Anyone who has seen this poor movie may be interested to know that a fantastic novel came out of it. Written by Jonathon Coe, "What A Carve Up" is a strong satire on 1980's Thatcherite Britain, following the exploits, fair and foul of the Winshaw family. Using the movie to link together several plot strands, most importantly the schlock horror climax, the novel follows each familial member in their definitively antisocial exploits in the fields of arms dealing, the politics of the NHS, tabloid journalism, the art world, and intensive farming, ensuring each gets their comeuppance in imaginative style. The novel would have made a far better, though unlikely, movie, and is absolutely worth reading for anyone with an interest in the original movie, politics at their most raw, or great English Literature.

bob the moo Novel proof reader Ernie is reading horror novels late one night when he has interrupted by a mysterious man claiming to be the lawyer representing Ernie's late uncle who has recently passed on. Ernie and his friend Sid travel up to his uncle's creepy mansion in Yorkshire to attend the reading of the will with the rest of the unhinged family. However a murder occurs within the group and anyone could be the suspect. Ernie and Sid try to avoid joining the body count while working out who is behind the killings.The leads here made me think this would be a Carry On style film a la `Carry on screaming'. However it is more of a gentle spoof than a festival of innuendo and excess. The plot is the story `The Ghoul' rewritten for laughs, and it contains every horror cliché that exists! From the thunderstorm, the power cut right down to the inclusion of Donald Pleasance in the cast! Of course it's never going to be a great film, rather it's clichéd and played for gentle laughs without completely making fun of the material. Instead the story is the same but the characters are made fun of and exaggerated for humour.The two leads are also given reign to make fun and operate outside of the clichés in the story. In fact Sid draws attention to them well and it helped me laugh along with him basically giving a nudge and a wink. James is always strong in the type of role where he gets to play himself and Kenneth Connor does well as the timid jumpy side of the duo.Overall it isn't hilarious rather gently amusing. The plot is all cliché – but then that's the point. Sid James and Kenneth Connor deliver convincingly and do well where other performers may have struggled to be relaxed and enjoyable.