Tales from the Lodge

These are the kind of low budget UK horror comedies that seem to be filling up the schedules on UK Freeview channels. Its definitely its own genre. Better quality examples would be Dog House or Severance, this title is nowhere near as good.

Like many I was drawn in by the cast, however the actual movie doesn't really deserve the cast involved. I wondering how they managed to get in sort of TV level faces on such a weak script, until I saw the end credits... This is basically another horror anthology, however each of the cast writes/directs their own story segment. Mystery solved as to how they ended up in the film.

The problem is most if not all the actors do not seem to be great at writing or directing. The rest of the film is directed by someone with very few credits so far.

Aside from the very loud jump scares there is no tension or excitement. The jokes fail to land and its all quite pedestrian. Its not a satisfying watch, more something you may have on in the background while you do other things.

Unfortunately the ending doesn't really work and appears to be a set up for a sequel, which I cant see happening.

You may end up watching this based on the cast but you are unlikely to find it a rewarding experience.

I wasn't expecting much when I stumbled across this title, but have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Quirky offbeat humour with a few laugh out loud moments and an absurdity that enhances, rather than detracts, from this mash up of camp-fire story telling, and comedy suspense. Definitely worth the watch and worthy of a better rating than it has on IMDB.

Enjoyed this quirky British comedy horror. It has far more laughs than any scares although there was one quite brutal scene which stood out as much darker than the rest. All in all a fun watch that kept my interest. Not the best British comedy horror but far from the worst. Well acted from the great cast.

5 friends, 2 couples 1 guy with a new Girlfriend head to a house in the country to spread the ashes of a friend who commited suicide in a nearby lake.

Yeah it sounds like every horror story ever made and it is but it trys to play on these horror tropes by telling stories about horror tropes.

Its not an awful concept but overall it just lacked an edge in its comedy and its horror and dwindled along. Having said that the last half hr did get interesting and was the best part of the film.

Unfortunately for me it was too little to late and even then was incredibly cliche.

The production was good and the acting adequate but overall nothing more than average. Would have been a 5/10 but the interesting ending bumps it up a star

6/10 - save it for a rainy day

The cast are great including Kelly Wenham who I hadn't heard of before, as is the scene setting, but the stories they tell are absolute rubbish. The comedy element works well, it's just those stories..

Watched on Amazon Prime, and had real trouble hearing a lot of the dialogue, had to put headhones on as I had to turn it up to levels where the sound effects rocked the room just to hear the dialogue otherwise.