Stitches (2012)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 17
Fresh: 8 | Rotten: 9
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STITCHES, starring funny man ROSS NOBLE, is the black-comedy horror that has become one of the most anticipated films of the season. Directed by CONOR MCHAHON (Dead Meat), the film enjoyed a hugely successful screening at this year's Frightfest and won TOTAL FILM's 'Best Death' Award. Jaded Richard Grindle is the sleaziest clown working the children's party circuit in Ireland. Arriving late to one birthday, his timing is off, the bratty kids a nightmare and a prank goes horribly wrong - he falls
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Ross Noble
Richard Grindle/Stitche... -
Tommy Knight
Tom -
Gemma-Leah Devereux
Kate -
Shane Murray Corcoran
Vinny -
Thommas Kane Byrnes
Bulger -
Eoghan McQuinn
Richie -
Roisin Barron
Sarah -
Hugh Mulhern
Paul -
Tom Cullen
Dan -
Lorna Dempsey
Mary -
Jemma Curran
Jenny -
Ryan Burke
Young Tom -
Valerie Spelman
Tom's Mum -
Kelianne Coughlan
Young Sarah -
Kevin Smith
Young Paul -
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All Critics (17) | Top Critics (1) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (9)
It's like a twisted balloon animal filled with blood and guts, waiting to burst.
Top CriticStitches has all the makings of a perfect cult classic, effortlessly blending comedically dark clown work by Ross Noble with grade "A" horror shenanigans - plus you can't ignore that distinctively schlocky 80s feel.
Neither funny nor scary, just amateurish in a bad student film way.
Imitation blood flows like a tsunami and the aim of disgusting the audience while raising a few heartless laughs proves moderately successful.
A must for those who appreciate imaginative gore-mongering, with scene after scene of brain-scooping, lung-exploding, eye-javelin-ing brilliance.
Stitches is bursting at the seams with good ideas, but director Conor McMahon stumbles when it comes to the execution.
This low-budget throwback to Eighties slasher movies is stronger on gory deaths than lethal one-liners but if you have the stomach for it, it's an efficient little shocker.
There are moments of inspired black comedy in this Irish slasher spoof, but the movie is undermined by its obviously miniscule budget.
Anyone with a fear of clowns would suffer an irreversible breakdown if they watched this kids' entertainer as he goes on a murderous spree of vengeance.
It somehow wasn't funny or scary enough - though I do have to admit it is always more than revolting enough.
There's nothing inherently funny or provocative about a bunch of obnoxious kids being relentlessly horrible to a psychologically troubled peer.
Often playing as bright and colourful as the clown's outfit itself, Stitches is better as an idea than it is in execution.
The horror-comedy genre is notoriously hard to pull off, but this Irish effort makes a decent, trashy fist of it.
Stitches gets the gore-to-laughs ratio exactly right and is often both inventive and side-splittingly funny, but it's also slightly let down by dodgy dialogue, poor performances and lacklustre direction.
Deeply icky on many different levels, with Ross Noble's feature debut illuminated by stomach-churning effects.
A Halloween crowd-pleaser that's missing a few tricks and treats.
it is for the over-the-top inventiveness of its latex gore effects that Stitches is most memorable. Unfortunately, though, despite the best efforts of its young cast, the film is more crude and mean-spirited than ever actually scary or funny.
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