d. Benjamin Barfoot; w. Danny Morgan; p. Maggie Monteith,
Matthew James Wilkinson; cast: Danny Morgan, Georgia Groome, Michael Socha,
Kelly Wenham, Dexter Fletcher, Robert Glenister, Rosie Cavaliero, James Swanton
Very, very funny – but also enjoyably gory – Barfoot’s debut
benefits from crisp direction and a quartet of solid performances. On his 30th
birthday, virginal ginger nice guy Jim goes out clubbing with vampishly glam
Lulu and her pretty sister Kitty. Making up the foursome is Jim’s disreputable friend/mentor
Alex (the always reliable Socha on absolutely top form). We know from an
effective splash panel prologue that the sisters are psycho witch bitches,
which Jim and Alex discover in a terrific third act back at the girl’s massive
country house. The Lulu/Alex fight is a masterpiece of comic, bloody action,
and Swanton (Frankenstein’s Creature) turns up under heavy
make-up as the reason behind all this. Middle act visits to Jim’s happy-clappy
Christian family and Alex’s trailer park dad (Fletcher, killing it as usual)
provide characterisation and context, while also driving the plot. Shot in
London in 2016, this premiered in Edinburgh in June 2017 and should not be
missed. Available now on digital, DVD and Blu-ray.
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