Stitches (2012)

A clown comes back from the dead to haunt those who took his life during a fatal party mishap.

Director:

Conor McMahon

Writers:

Conor McMahon, David O'Brien

Stars:

Ross Noble, Tommy Knight, Eoghan McQuinn

2 wins.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Ross Noble	...	Stitches
Tommy Knight	...	Tom
Shane Murray-Corcoran	...	Vinny (as Shane Murray Corcoran)
Gemma-Leah Devereux	...	Kate (as Gemma Leah Devereux)
Thommas Kane Byrnes	...	Bulger (as Thommas Kane Byrne)
Eoghan McQuinn	...	Richie (as Eoghan Mcquinn)
Roisin Barron	...	Sarah (as Róisín Barron)
Hugh Mulhern	...	Paul
Tommy Cullen	...	Dan
Lorna Dempsey	...	Mary
Jemma Curran	...	Jenny
Ryan Burke	...	Young Tom
Valerie Spelman	...	Tom's Mum
Kelianne Coughlan	...	Young Sarah (as Kellianne Coughlan)
Kevin Smith	...	Young Paul

Storyline

The clumsy and unfunny clown Richard "Stitches" Grindle goes to the birthday party of little Tom and the boy and his friends play a prank with Stitches, tying his shoelaces. Stitches slips, falls and dies. Six years later, Tom gives a birthday party for his friends at home and the clown revives to haunt the teenagers and revenge his death.

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Plot Keywords:

kneed in the groin | kneed in the crotch | death of animal | high heels | cat killer | 

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Taglines:

You'll Die Laughing

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for strong bloody violence and gore, sexual content, language, drug and alcohol use - all involving teens

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

Ireland

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 2012 (Ireland)

Also Known As:

Bohóc a pokolból

Filming Locations:

Dublin, Ireland

Company Credits

Production Co:

MPI Media Group, Tailored Films, Fantastic Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

86 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Stitches' vehicle has the left headlight X'd out, just like the scar he comes to receive.

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Goofs

Throughout the film, Tom's telescope is never fitted with a focal/magnification lens. Even though it shown being "focused", all that anyone would ever see is a small point of light, the scene smaller than would be seen by the human eye.

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Quotes

Young Bulger: [Breaks Stitches' puppet]
Young Bulger: Goodbye Funny Bones.

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Connections

References A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

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Soundtracks

Shot
Performed by Boss Volenti
Composed by Rob Daly and Dan O'Connor
Owner of track Boss Volenti
Used by kind permission of Boss Volenti

User Reviews

A noble effort at comedy/horror

I watched 'Stitches' mainly because, as well as loving horror, I'm also a big Ross Noble fan and was interested to see how his stand-up would transfer to acting. To be fair, he doesn't have much to do in the way of acting.

His 'unconventional' (sorry, Ross) looks make it easy for the make-up department to transform him into an evil, undead clown, hell-bent on seeking bloodthirsty revenge on the party of children who caused his death in the first place.

In short, Ross Noble steals every scene he's in. Sadly, he's not in it enough. He doesn't really come into it (proper) until midway through and, by then, you've been forced to watch your usual 'teen drama.' As this is a British film, I was hoping for something a little more original than 'uber-geek falls in love with beautiful girl who just so happens to be going out with an arrogant jock.' Sadly, that's all we get. All the (non undead clown) characters are total stereotypes. You'll know exactly who'll die the moment you see them.

And die they do. That's where the film excels. I'm guessing it had quite a small budget, but it really makes the most of the gore. Some of the death scenes are truly disgusting (and hilarious in their over-the-topness).

Stitches is worth watching if you like horror and Ross Noble. He provides all the comedy and gore which will satisfy you. However, sadly the film can never truly be a classic, as the first half is pretty bland and the second half is only ever really alive when the (dead) Ross Nobel is on-screen.

It's a good film that's (sadly) wrapped up in the oldest movie cliché going.