Get Away

A generally well shot and well acted movie with humor that worked with some nice music and a great setting to boot. Plenty of reasons to love this one which makes it easily under-rated at its current 5.4 stars as of writing this.

Family takes a trip to an isolated Swedish island with an ugly history of cannibalism and things go south for everyone, sort of. Saying much more about the actual story is going to give thing away but most of the humor does come from star Nick Frost and co-star Aisling Bea.

Most of the horror content comes from the theme and the large sums of blood. So it is a very bloody movie with some bodily dismemberment. Only thing I would have liked looking back would have been some clues about what was to come but they opted for the surprise approach so the whole ending is ultimately wrapped up behind some very dark curtains. I think that's the only part of the movies execution that didn't really work in its favor.

The musical score is good and meant to add to the humor. Keeping the movie short probably helped if the plot isn't going to have to much depth to it. Enjoyable well made dark comedy horror.

Okay, so I didn't really have high hopes for this film at first simply by reading the synopsis. The main reason I even picked out the film is because I love Nick Frost. I'm so glad I took a chance on this film as it is just so damn fun and entertaining from beginning to end. To say too much would be giving away the twist that makes the film such a great film. Frost also wrote the film and his sense of humor is all over the film. It's not the type of film you're expecting but the entire cast is so committed that it makes the experience of watching it so much more fun. Of all the Frost films released in '24, this was my favorite!

When this movie ended my overall reaction was "Why did anyone choose to make this movie?" Everything in it is bonkers. Then I watched the three "extras" on the DVD and the writer explained his inspiration, from vacations he took over the years.

The writer is Nick Frost who also is in the lead role as Richard. Aisling ('ashling') Bea plays his wife, Susan. They have along with them a son and a daughter appearing about 20 or maybe a bit older.

There is an annual festival on a small, remote island and they time their trip to witness it. However they find the insular locals very unwelcoming.

To say much more would be to give away important spoilers but suffice to say it is a comedy/horror movie, as things develop we witness lots of blood and gore and dismemberments.

I watched it at home on DVD from my public library. The extras are essential. Would I watch it again, or recommend it to anyone I know? Definitely not unless you are a big Nick Frost fan.

An English family of 2.4 children arrive on a small Swedish island, to witness and observe the celebration of Karantän, unfortunately a killer is also on the island.

There's something very old school about this movie, it felt as though it could have been made back in 2006, when this style was very popular, so from that point of view it was familiar, but fresh.

It doesn't deserve some of the negative reviews, I can't help but wonder if some of those are based on the first half of the movie, which is very, very slow, but countered by a riotous second half.

The twist was unexpected, and it was fun to see the tables turned.

The performances are good, and there are some hilarious one liners, with Frost daring to make jokes about subjects that have become humour free.

The first half is just too slow for me to class this as a good film, but the conclusion was a hoot. Once again you'll wonder what The Swedes must make of the way Brits like to portray them, only slightly less weird than in Midsommar.

6/10.

Pretty entertaining international folk horror that develops into a slasher comedy. Features two of my favourite comedy actors - both Nick Frost and Aisling Bea put in good performances as characters that get more interesting when the killing starts. Feels somewhat rushed at times with having mixed genres and cultures (packing a lot in). It may have been better as a short series where we got to know more about the locals, the dark history of the island and the visiting family. Left some unanswered questions about the history, the traditions and decapitations referred to! Bit scary as a slasher, bit unnerving as a folk horror and sometimes darkly funny.