So it took this movie for me to go to the trouble of figuring out how to post comments. That's about the biggest achievement I can credit it with.
"Severance" has been marketed as a Horror/Comedy and the comparisons to the excellent "Saun of the Dead" had me eager to watch it. Not only did it not meet my (admittedly high) expectations, this movie also contains some of the sickest scenarios imaginable.
The humor of a woman tied to a tree, doused in gasoline and burnt with a flamethrower is simply beyond me. Having a guy's foot ripped off by a bear trap is something that doesn't get funnier if the trap keeps slipping and the guys' leg is mashed to pulp (well, actually it's severed (!) right off), leaving us with the (admittedly mildly original) scene of the protagonist taking off shoe and sock to place the severed foot into the bus' fridge. I honestly failed to see the irony of it all.
Alluding to concentration camps (the make-up of the final scenery with railroad tracks leading into an abandoned factory is reminiscent of large CCs) and having the psychos (whose actions have no purpose other than to scare and revolt the viewer - don't expect any explanation for why this carnage is unleashed upon the screen) be rampant eastern-European soldiers on a torture- and killing spree renders the movie a sickening touch that really has no part in "entertainment" movies.I should have noticed that "Severance" was directed by the same pervert who brought us "Creep". I sincerely believe that there are certain transgressions that shouldn't be made in cinema - especially with such a transparent intent of solely entertaining.
What might be considered funny by a bunch of pubescent weeds is that the protagonist keeps his joints in receptacles originally intended for cigarettes and cigars. That's about the funniest this movie got. The actors themselves were charismatic, but seeing them in a sick movie like this one really put me off them for a long time.
"Severance" has been marketed as a Horror/Comedy and the comparisons to the excellent "Saun of the Dead" had me eager to watch it. Not only did it not meet my (admittedly high) expectations, this movie also contains some of the sickest scenarios imaginable.
The humor of a woman tied to a tree, doused in gasoline and burnt with a flamethrower is simply beyond me. Having a guy's foot ripped off by a bear trap is something that doesn't get funnier if the trap keeps slipping and the guys' leg is mashed to pulp (well, actually it's severed (!) right off), leaving us with the (admittedly mildly original) scene of the protagonist taking off shoe and sock to place the severed foot into the bus' fridge. I honestly failed to see the irony of it all.
Alluding to concentration camps (the make-up of the final scenery with railroad tracks leading into an abandoned factory is reminiscent of large CCs) and having the psychos (whose actions have no purpose other than to scare and revolt the viewer - don't expect any explanation for why this carnage is unleashed upon the screen) be rampant eastern-European soldiers on a torture- and killing spree renders the movie a sickening touch that really has no part in "entertainment" movies.I should have noticed that "Severance" was directed by the same pervert who brought us "Creep". I sincerely believe that there are certain transgressions that shouldn't be made in cinema - especially with such a transparent intent of solely entertaining.
What might be considered funny by a bunch of pubescent weeds is that the protagonist keeps his joints in receptacles originally intended for cigarettes and cigars. That's about the funniest this movie got. The actors themselves were charismatic, but seeing them in a sick movie like this one really put me off them for a long time.