Tales from the Lodge

Enjoyed this quirky British comedy horror. It has far more laughs than any scares although there was one quite brutal scene which stood out as much darker than the rest. All in all a fun watch that kept my interest. Not the best British comedy horror but far from the worst. Well acted from the great cast.

I wasn't expecting much when I stumbled across this title, but have to say I thoroughly enjoyed it. Quirky offbeat humour with a few laugh out loud moments and an absurdity that enhances, rather than detracts, from this mash up of camp-fire story telling, and comedy suspense. Definitely worth the watch and worthy of a better rating than it has on IMDB.

I watched the UK TV premiere of this but found it disappointing, both as a comedy and as a horror anthology. The only two actors that I had heard of is Mackenzie Crook and comedian Johnny Vegas. I find Crook's acting rather lacklustre, I wasn't impressed by his Worzel Gummidge either. Johnny Vegas, with his foul language and fart gags, is funny when doing TV sketches but his comedy doesn't work so well on the big screen. The short stories are rather lame, the best of a bad bunch has zombies and Vegas looking like Keifer Sujtherland from Lost Boys. The only thing that really made me laugh is when some ashes of a friend are thrown towards a lake but a sudden gust of wind blows them back and all over a group of mourners. Beware of fake reviews!

The cast are great including Kelly Wenham who I hadn't heard of before, as is the scene setting, but the stories they tell are absolute rubbish. The comedy element works well, it's just those stories..

Watched on Amazon Prime, and had real trouble hearing a lot of the dialogue, had to put headhones on as I had to turn it up to levels where the sound effects rocked the room just to hear the dialogue otherwise.

A group of old friends gather at a remote lodge by a lake to scatter the ashes of their friend who drowned himself there 3 years earlier. They pass the time telling each other horror stories.

Oddly enough the 'big chill' element of old friends coming together is more enjoyable than the admittedly intended lighthearted horror tales, which are pretty weak. When away from this the cast aren't half bad and make good company pending the inevitable real horror which will follow - which, when it comes, is a bit of a stretch but not bad. I've seen a lot worse.