Monday Movie Review - THE COTTAGE

If you like black comedy like "Shaun of the Dead", but without zombies, this is the movie for you.

What starts out as two guys kidnapping the daughter of their rich boss just for the ransom money goes hilariously wrong, but the entire movie is played very straight and very tongue-in-cheek.  It seems the cottage they take the girl to (who more than once wipes the floor with their asses before she's subdued) is right next door to the abode of a serial killer.  Once the killer finds out they're there, he goes after them.  It becomes the killer after the kidnappers after the vicitm.  Then the victim and kidnappers vs the killer.  Then...  Well, you get the drift.

The acting is fantastic, since I wasn't familiar with any of the actors.  The gore effects are superb.  It's a UK film, so there might be times you'll have to rewind just to double-check what was said. 

But on the whole, this flick makes for super entertainment.  Which is why I whole-heartedly recommend that you: 

Monday Movie Review - DEAD SNOW

At first, the tropes appear to be numerous in this movie.  Group of friends go off for a ski vacation -  check.  Friends become stranded in a snowstorm - check.  Friends start getting slaughtered by...

Wait a minute.  Just when you think it's time for the insane serial killer to start knocking off the too-dumb-to-live ski bunnies, this movie throws a legion of dead Nazi zombies at you.

Yes, you heard right.  The killers are dead Nazi zombies.

And to add hilarity to horror, the methods our heroes use to off the undead Third Reich are just as surprising.

This isn't exactly a date movie, but it's a terrific weekend no-brainer to share with fellow horror buffs.  Which is why my recommendation is a hearty