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Severance

Severance (2006)

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Average Rating: 6/10
Reviews Counted: 87
Fresh: 55 | Rotten: 32

A twisted and bloody spoof on office life, Severance nicely balances comedy and nasty horror.

64

Average Rating: 6.1/10
Critic Reviews: 28
Fresh: 18 | Rotten: 10

A twisted and bloody spoof on office life, Severance nicely balances comedy and nasty horror.

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Average Rating: 3.3/5
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Movie Info

When the president of a high-profile international-arms supplier takes his six best employees to an Eastern European mountain retreat as a means of rewarding them for all of their hard work, their team-building getaway turns into a life-or-death game of kill or be killed in Creep director Christopher Smith's suspenseful comedy thriller. Palisade Defense isn't just the leading supplier of weaponry for the war on terror, it's a company that truly cares about its employees. When the Palisade

R, 1 hr. 36 min.

Horror, Mystery & Suspense, Comedy

James Moran, Christopher Smith

Sep 18, 2007

$66.7k

Magnolia Pictures

Cast

All Critics (89) | Top Critics (28) | Fresh (58) | Rotten (33) | DVD (8)

The cast shows spark and gusto, especially Laura Harris as a vulnerable yet intrepid survivor type and Danny Dyer as a bent druggie who straightens out long enough to fight back.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Houston Chronicle | Comment
Houston Chronicle
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For the odd at heart, it will be worth the wait.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit News | Comment
Detroit News
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It is wonderfully wry, and contains some great gags.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Detroit Free Press | Comment
Detroit Free Press
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So there's still a smart office-horror movie left to be made. In the meantime, Severance is just another paycheck.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Denver Post | Comment (1)
Denver Post
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Like Shaun of the Dead, the movie enthusiastically embraces all the grotesque clichés we love and have come to expect from the form -- turning several on their ear.

June 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Toronto Star | Comment
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You got your humour, you got your horror, simply ratchet up both and, voilŕ, Severance -- or, as the billing not inaccurately puts it, The Office Meets Deliverance.

June 1, 2007 Full Review Source: Globe and Mail | Comment
Globe and Mail
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Bloody horror-comedy takes aim at office politics.

July 24, 2008 Full Review Source: Common Sense Media | Comment
Common Sense Media

Severance is a story of terrible things that couldn't have happened to funnier people.

March 6, 2008 Full Review Source: Washington City Paper | Comment
Washington City Paper

Sitting through its increasingly sluggish pace feels like, well, work.

October 3, 2007 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

Director/co-writer Christopher Smith puts an inventive spin on a familiar hunt-and-kill horror genre and fills the edges with sardonic humor and fantasy visions.

October 1, 2007 Full Review Source: MSN.com | Comment
MSN.com

A comical cautionary tale which ought to trigger a little paranoia in the souls of any advocates of the Military-Industrial Complex.

September 14, 2007 Full Review Source: NewsBlaze | Comment
NewsBlaze

For the most part, the scary parts are the scary parts, the funny parts are the funny parts, and never the twain meet.

September 12, 2007 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
Antagony & Ecstasy

The result is a cathartic hoot, relishing its own carefully doled out carnage.

August 11, 2007 Full Review Source: Seattle Post-Intelligencer | Comment
Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Will surely make you laugh, but the guffaws are few and far between. That's hardly a caveat when you consider the statement made here, though...

July 13, 2007 Full Review Source: Cinema Crazed | Comment
Cinema Crazed

Like a special episode of 'The Office,' scripted by Clive Barker.

June 19, 2007 Comment
Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)

Like the Britain of Tony Blair, it's neither bloody awful nor bloody great. Which isn't to say, rest assured, that there isn't plenty of blood.

June 8, 2007 Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | Comment
Austin Chronicle

[Smith] paces the gore too unevenly, leaving the cast standing around and griping for vast chunks of time. And the jokes ... are either too broad or too underplayed.

June 8, 2007 Comment
Salt Lake Tribune
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Audience Reviews for Severance

Enjoyable horror film with a good cast, Severance is an interesting horror comedy that though bizarre is very well done. As a low-budget horror comedy outing, Severance is an impressive film that is original and lots of fun from start to finish. The film is not flawless of course, and the film at times struggles in

March 3, 2012
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Jeff "The Dude" Lebowski

Super Reviewer

"Another bloody office outing."A team-building weekend in the mountains of Eastern Europe goes horribly wrong for the sales division of the multi-national weapons company Palisade Defence when they become the victims of a group of crazed killers who will stop at nothing to see them dead. REVIEWA group of

April 4, 2009
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Lorenzo von Matterhorn

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