Severance

2006 "The Company Is Making Cutbacks"
6.4| 1h36m| R| en
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Members of the Palisades Defense Corp. sales group arrive in Europe for a team-building exercise. A fallen tree blocks the route, and they must hike to their destination. However, a psychotic killer lurks in the woods, and he has a horrible fate in mind for each of the co-workers.

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Karry Best movie of this year hands down!
ChanBot i must have seen a different film!!
Allison Davies The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.
Hattie I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.
jlthornb51 I never miss the film Severance when it is shown weekly on the Chiller channel on local cable. Laura Harris gives the performance of a lifetime as an independent and strong heroine who is both smart and beautiful. It is her work in this film that gives it its foundation and most of its interest. She is a unique actor and her talent, screen presence, and exquisite beauty make her absolutely mesmerizing. Her performance in this motion picture is both powerful and unforgettable. In many ways, Severance serves as a showcase for what Ms. Harris is capable of doing in a small film of this kind. I had never seen her before and was unaware of her magnificence. A warning to viewers is once Laura Harris makes an impression upon you, you will never be the same again and will search feverishly for more of her work.
soup-835-524767 Movies I adore and can not wait to watch with my unborn son, back to the future Alien aliens Shawshank of course,,, stand by me the original ghost busters top gun goonies, then this, then The Cottage! and when he is a little older, I spit on your grave, and tucker and dale :)
markhaazen Severance is a gory film with some fairly intense horror but it's also very funny. The actors which include Toby Stephens, Laura Harris, Danny Dyer and Tim Mcinnerny all seem to be enjoying themselves playing memorable roles as work colleagues who find themselves in a desperate situation. This film is a rare comedy/ horror that works as both and can join Shaun of the Dead, Evil Dead 2 and American Werewolf in London for successfully managing to both scare and be funny. Severance is entertaining from beginning to end and very rewatchable.An all-round stimulating thrill ride: gore, thrills, suspense, "whodunnit", laughs and fine acting from all the cast. A rare movie that actually manages to keep its audience interested throughout its duration. You really can't blink or you may miss a laugh or scare! A solid popcorn flick, best watched late at night, lights down.You shall be Entertained!
Rob_Taylor It's a fairly entertaining film, but it falls well short of its stated aim of being the next "Shaun of the Dead". I'm not sure whether that's down to the writer or the director.In short, the film wants to be a comedy horror, in the vein of Shaun of the Dead, but it fails at this task utterly. It fails because , as far as I could tell, it forgets one thing.The horror has to be camp and somewhat unbelievable - cartoonish, if you will.Severance instead presents its horror as gory and realistic, which is fine in a horror film, but not in a horror-comedy. As a result of the grim and realistic violence portrayed, the comedy comes across as a weak second best. An also-ran of movie traits.Not that the comedy is very good. It's weak, making you chuckle a bit here and there, but you find it difficult to laugh properly because of the grim horror that either precedes or follows it.The actors do their best with the script but they are overwhelmed, frankly. Their characters are pretty much all unlikeable for one reason or another and its difficult to feel any kind of connection to any one of them, especially the pair you are supposed to connect with.So, as a comedy-horror it's a failure. But it is entertaining if you forget the comedy aspect and treat it as a simple horror story. Then it becomes more palatable, though still nothing special.If there's nothing better on and you're particularly bored, then give it a go. Just don't believe the hype.