Stitches

Like Freddie and Jason.....just with bigger shoes.

An interesting take on the traditional slasher movie where we see a clown rise from the grave and take brutally funny revenge on his killers.

The film is a great example of budget film making with very little bangs and flashes that relies more on a simple plot with over the top violent deaths that tickle your funny bone. Its a solid movie with decent performances all round, it does fall victim to a few cliches (one character eats a whole pot cookie and therefore is ignored as being paranoid when he mentions the clown) but there are some genuine laugh out loud moments caused by the hyper violence and great prosthetic work.

It is by no means a perfect comedy horror, Ross Noble as Stitches is by far the funniest character in the movie and does not get as much screen time as you would like to see to ramp up the chaos and hilarity.  A solid effort with decent laughs, a nice twist to slasher genre and another effort to keep clowns creepy now that IT is getting on a little, I believe he's retired now to a small cottage in Dorset.

So if you have 90mins to spare, you want some laughs and gore go and find Stitches, it did not get much of a chance in the cinema with a limited release but is one that should take off on Dvd.

out on Dvd 4th of March