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

This movie features Hypnocil, the fictional drug from the Nightmare on Elm Street series.

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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

Cruisin'
Performed by The Hot Sprockets
Composed by The Hot Sprockets
Owner of track The Hot Sprockets
Used by kind permission of The Hot Sprockets

User Reviews

Frigg'n HILARIOUS and very entertaining... Blu-ray: Excellent A:9 V:9

I just finished watching this and I must admit that I had MANY truly laugh out loud moments. ONLY the UK people can pull off something like this with the DEAD-pan sense of humour it takes to make this work. Sure, some of the comments the clown makes are pretty corny, but there are far more that are REALLY funny!

There are some nice classic Horror touches too. YES, it is a bit gore heavy; but, the effects are well done and very imaginative. I really appreciated the inclusion of the 'Cat' (YES, I love animals, but I love people too, so if you're gonna make a dang Horror film where a bunch of 'teens' are killed, well...) Anyway, back to the nice Horror touches... Gore withstanding (it's almost NEVER my favourite part anyway) the early scenes with the very creative Clown ceremony and mythology were quite entertaining. The guy playing the clown himself was bloody HILARIOUS! His deadpan comments, especially early on before the 'accident' were great!

So, if you DO like entertaining and well done Comedy / Horror, then this is your film. As mentioned by another reviewer, if you are really sensitive about gore effects, then you might want to proceed carefully (For me personally, this kind of 'cartoon' or 'fantasy' gore is all right, although it IS kind of pushing it. What I absolutely do NOT like at all are these 'Torture Porn' films where evil people are just doing horrible, cruel, and mean-spirited things to other people in ULTRA- realistic ways without any fanciful or supernatural context - Those are complete non-starters with me...)

I'd say that if you really liked 'REANIMATOR', you probably would really like this film. Lots of fun if this is your kind of thing...