Severance (2006)

During a team-building retreat in the mountains a group of sales representatives are hunted down by crazed killers.

Director:

Christopher Smith

Writers:

James Moran (screenplay), Christopher Smith (screenplay),

Stars:

Toby Stephens, Tim McInnerny, Laura Harris

3 wins & 2 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Toby Stephens	...	Harris
Claudie Blakley	...	Jill
Andy Nyman	...	Gordon
Babou Ceesay	...	Billy
Tim McInnerny	...	Richard
Laura Harris	...	Maggie
Danny Dyer	...	Steve
David Gilliam	...	George
Juli Drajkó	...	Olga
Judit Viktor	...	Nadia
Sándor Boros	...	Coach Driver
Levente Törköly	...	Lodge Killer
János Oláh	...	Flamethrower Killer
Attila Ferencz	...	Head-squish Killer
Bela Kasi	...	Headbutt Killer

Storyline

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.

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Plot Keywords:

team building | eastern europe | stabbed in the back | pot smoking | shot to death | 

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Taglines:

The Company Is Making Cutbacks

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence, language, drug content and some sexuality/nudity

Details

Official Sites:

Official site [us]

Country:

UK Germany

Language:

English Hungarian Russian

Release Date:

25 August 2006 (UK)

Also Known As:

Mutilados

Filming Locations:

Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

£5,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$8,316 (USA) (18 May 2007)

Gross:

$136,432 (USA) (22 June 2007)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Qwerty Films, Dan Films, HanWay Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min 90 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital EX

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Released in Spain as a double feature with Black Sheep

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Goofs

Harris pours himself water twice. He grabs the glass when Maggie says "Everyone calm down", then again when she says "Jill come with me".

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Quotes

Richard: I can't spell success without "u". And you, and you, and you...
Harris: There's only one "u" in success.

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Connections

Referenced in The Genesis of 'Severance' (2007)

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Soundtracks

"Itchycoo Park"
Performed by The Small Faces
Written by Steve Marriott & Ronnie Lane
Published by EMI Music Publishing Ltd
(p) 1967 Sanctuary Copyrights Ltd
Licensed Courtesy of Sanctuary Records Group Ltd
(p) 1967 Immediate
Licensed from Licensemusic.com ApS
An Original Immediate Recording

User Reviews

Funny, scary, clever and even moving

I was a big fan of Chris Smith's previous film Creep and had heard this was even better so I had high expectations going in. They were completely surpassed by this superlative slice of hilarious horror action.

The way the film combines humour and horror is skilled and the script is smarter than average for the genre. The film works better as a comedy and there are some absolutely precious comedy moments that I won't detail here as I don't want to spoil any of them. Suffice to say that the audience were busily quoting them and some of the better of the fantastic lines of dialogue after the screening. I feel people will be quoting some of these lines for years!

On a more serious note, there are some seriously scary scenes in the picture and even a couple of deaths of some of the more sympathetic characters that are actually quite moving.

The cast is also perfect, none of them put a foot wrong. Laura Harris completely kicks ass as the heroine.

I sorta want to see a sequel but heaven knows where they'd go with it.

Overall, I loved the film - it's made by a writer and director who are genuine horror fans and it shows. They're also both very talented.