Doghouse (2009)

A group of men, heading to a remote village to help one of their friends get over his divorce, soon discover that all the women have been infected with a virus that makes them man-hating cannibals.

Director:

Jake West

Writer:

Dan Schaffer

Stars:

Danny Dyer, Noel Clarke, Emil Marwa

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Danny Dyer	...	Neil
Noel Clarke	...	Mikey
Emil Marwa	...	Graham
Lee Ingleby	...	Matt
Keith-Lee Castle	...	Patrick
Christina Cole	...	Candy
Terry Stone	...	Sergeant Gavin Wright
Neil Maskell	...	Banksy
Emily Booth	...	The Snipper
Stephen Graham	...	Vince
Victoria Hopkins	...	The Bride
Deborah Hyde	...	The Barmaid
Nicola Jane Reading	...	The Witch / Zombird Army - Nightgown
Joelle Simpson	...	The Dentist / Zimmer Granny / Hooded Woman
Deborah Perry	...	Lolly

Storyline

Vince is handling his divorce badly. He's depressed. Gone to pieces. But his mates aren't giving up on him. Struggling with their own women troubles, they drag him off for an ultimate lads drinking weekend in the country. Arriving in the village of Moodley where the women outnumber the men 3:1, the boys find themselves holidaying in a village overrun by psychotic, homicidal Zombirds with a thirst for male flesh.

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Plot Keywords:

ambiguous ending | limping character | finger chopped off | toy gun | stop sign | 

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Taglines:

On the piss, on the pull, on the menu!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Sci-Fi

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Details

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 June 2009 (UK)

Also Known As:

Koerakuut

Filming Locations:

West Sussex, England, UK

Box Office

Budget:

$4,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

£56,484 (United Kingdom), 14 June 2009, Limited Release

Company Credits

Production Co:

Carnaby International, Carnaby Film Productions, Hanover Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

While working on the music for this film, musician Andy Reynolds created a series of sound designs from recording squeaky bicycle brakes. Along with some scratchy Er Hu playing, all this was recorded in his recording studio in the Canary Islands. It rarely rains there, and so when a bicycle got wet in the rain, that's when the sound was discovered.

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Goofs

When Matt gives Vince his "backup" water-gun, its tank is full. Vince holds it up to see that it is almost empty. In the next shot it is full again.

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Quotes

Mikey: Now you decide to shoot something, you fucking monkey's arse ring!
Sergeant Gavin Wright: I had one bullet left. I was saving it for when I really needed it.
Mikey: You're still a twat!

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Connections

References Match of the Day (1964)

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Soundtracks

She Is The New Thing
Performed by The Horrors

User Reviews

Shaun of the Dead for Nuts readers.

After travelling to a remote village for a weekend of drunken debauchery and male bonding, a group of friends come under attack from the women of the village, who have turned into bloodthirsty cannibals as the result of a top-secret biological warfare experiment carried out by the army.

Those looking for a stylish slice of quirky Brit comedy/horror in the vein of Shaun of the Dead, be warned: Jake West's Doghouse is aimed squarely at the lad-mag reading, post-footy, post-pub, post-curry crowd, and as such, the level of sophistication is not exactly high. Don't expect clever word-play, irony, post-modernism, surrealism, or satire; do expect tit jokes, loads of swearing, mindless violence, and puerile gags about shagging zombies, all of which could have been tons of fun, if only the film's characters hadn't been such an unlikable bunch of 'blokes' (fully deserving of everything they get), and director Jake West hadn't forgotten to develop his plot beyond a repetitive string of silly chase scenes and gory battles.

Although Doghouse is far from the worst British film in recent years to attempt combining laughs with scares (that honour goes to the abysmal Lesbian Vampire Killers, closely followed by The Cottage), I really was expecting a lot more from the director of zany splatterfest Evil Aliens, which I thoroughly enjoyed. The basic premise—a blood-drenched battle of the sexes—is an interesting variation on the standard zombie plot, the design and execution of the female creatures is impressive (each has its own distinctive look and personality), and the gore is well executed; but with the comedy being so moronic, the narrative rapidly going nowhere, and not one sympathetic person to root for, Doghouse is definitely something of a disappointment.