It sounds like a straight-to-DVD stinker doesn't it? It's pleasantly surprising to report therefore, that Doghouse isn't one of the worst films of the year and is in fact a hilarious, PC brigade-baiting romp.
Doghouse (2009)
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Reviews Counted:21
Fresh:9
Rotten:12
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: An amateurish, unfunny and unscary British horror-comedy that could be accused of misogyny.
Starring: Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke
Starring: Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke
Reviews for Doghouse
If you're the sort of baby-brained, lads mag-buying moron who thinks Shaun of the Dead could have been improved with the addition of gleeful misogyny, terrible jokes and Danny Dyer, then Doghouse is the film for you.
A grotesque misogynistic romp, Doghouse is too laddish and corny to even hold a candle to the witty Shaun Of The Dead. Perhaps Lesbian Vampire Killers wasn’t so bad after all.
If Shaun of the Dead is the gold standard of British zombie comedy, and Lesbian Vampire Killers is a tin-plated knock-off, then Doghouse must be ... Ratners.
The acting's just awful, the misogyny undeniable, but the odd flash of Shaun of the Dead-style inventiveness means you forgive it buckets.
You could say that this is one step up from the ghastly Lesbian Vampire Killers, since it suggests they are getting what they deserve from the other sex. But that step is a short one.
Female zombies are the perfect excuse to show women being beaten up by men. In its trashy way, the film has just enough exuberance to be classified as harmless.
Jake West’s low-budget British movie Doghouse is so jaw-droppingly bonkers that it actually deserves to be seen.
A sexist, unoriginal but entertaining bit of fun. And isn¹t that exactly what you want some Saturday nights?
A nicely gory comedy-horror flick that is a diverting bit of lads' entertainment.
Like going on a stag-do with people you hate, this beta-male bilge is far too Neanderthal to do much more than drag its knuckles on the ground and sniff the rears of other, better films.
Trashy, frequently silly, but no less enjoyable, this British horror comedy is never particularly scary, but it has some nice ideas and delivers several big laughs.
The magic ingredient here is Dan Schaffer’s sly script, which constantly undercuts the film’s inherently sexist premise.
Doghouse looks as if it was knocked out in a day by amateurs, as the afternoon activity on a not-very-good stag do.
The sort of testosterone-fuelled Brit-pic tailor-made for a profanity-filled viewing through the beer-goggles on a Friday after a curry and a belly-full of ale.
“On the piss. On the pull. On the menu”, quoth the poster, but munching on Dyer looks like it might pose a health risk even for the undead. Hideous, all of it.
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