The Cottage (2008)

In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks ... See full summary »

Director:

Paul Andrew Williams

Writer:

Paul Andrew Williams

Stars:

Andy Serkis, Reece Shearsmith, Jennifer Ellison

4 nominations.

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Andy Serkis	...	David
Reece Shearsmith	...	Peter
Jennifer Ellison	...	Tracey
Steven O'Donnell	...	Andrew
James Bierman	...	Bouncer
Cat Meacher	...	Club Receptionist
Danny Nussbaum	...	Man in Suit
Logan Wong	...	Muk Li San
Jonathan Chan-Pensley	...	Chun Yo Fu
Simon Schatzberger	...	Steven
Doug Bradley	...	Villager with Dog
Dave Legeno	...	The Farmer (as David Legeno)
Katy Murphy	...	Farmer's Wife
Georgia Groome	...	Farmer's Daughter 1
Eden Watson	...	Farmer's Daughter 2

Storyline

In a remote part of the countryside, a bungled kidnapping turns into a living nightmare for four central characters when they cross paths with a psychopathic farmer and all hell breaks loose.

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Plot Keywords:

bound and gagged | backwood slasher | person in a trunk | dark | comedic | 

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Taglines:

Sleeps six bloody comfortably.

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Genres:

Comedy | Crime | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

Unrated

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to director Williams, Tracey was originally written as a 40-year-old character but, to get the finance, he was told to cast someone young.

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Goofs

When David returns from the Public telephone In the village the Alarm Is blaring out and lights flashing on one of the cars. David runs Into the house with the alarm still sounding but a few seconds later the alarm mysteriously switches Itself off.

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Quotes

David: [as his brother takes his time crawling over to him] Hurry up for fuck's sake
David: [holding the farmer at bay by threatening to destroy his photos] Mad... mad... mad bastard... you stay there or she
[a photo of the farmer's wife]
David: gets it

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Crazy Credits

Stay till the very end of the credits for an additional scene. After the scene fades to black "Fin" appears onscreen, followed with a question mark a few seconds later to read "Fin?"

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Connections

Featured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Best Andy Serkis Performances (2017)

User Reviews

Mindless, twisted mayhem!

The best way to sum up this film is 'interesting...!' The violence, blood and gore is fantastic. If you want to see people decapitated and hacked to bits and want to laugh at the same time, this recent British horror comedy is definitely for you. The main characters are fun, likable and witty, Andy Serkis is fantastic, the dialogue is hilarious and the film is just entertaining from start to finish.

However, the storyline is quite simply all over the place. It's an incoherent mess to be exact! The film just twists and turns in different directions raising a number of questions, which it then leaves unanswered. Characters and subplots are introduced and then forgotten about. However, I'm guessing most people would not want to see this for the plot so if you just want some mindless, gory fun, go and see this.

Details

Official Sites:

Official soundtrack site

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

14 March 2008 (UK)

Also Known As:

Bienvenue au cottage

Filming Locations:

Isle of Man

Box Office

Budget:

GBP2,500,000 (estimated)

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,626,080

Company Credits

Production Co:

Isle of Man Film, UK Film Council, Screen Yorkshire

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1