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Severance Reviews

2006

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Working nine to five is a real killer, but when you work for Palisade Defence, team-building holidays can be even worse. Seven colleagues find themselves faced with the chop when their corporate weekend is sabotaged by a deadly enemy. Forget office politics, only the smartest will survive this office outing. Read more

Starring	Danny Dyer, Laura Harris, Tim McInnerny
Director	Christopher Smith
Genres	Audio Descriptive, Comedy, Horror, Thriller

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- Blending fierce horror and sly humour, Christopher Smithâs confident follow-up to the more generic âCreepâ marks... read more on Time Out
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- - Nigel Floyd
  - Time Out
  - 04 Nov 2008 at 00:20
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- - 63
  - 17
  The DeliverOffice
  
  Splicing comedy and horror, 'Severance' is an amusing and sometimes painfully tense riff on 'Deliverance', populated by stereotypes from '... read more »
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Mike Thomas
  - South Wales
  - 30 Aug 2006 at 09:04
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- - 0
  - 0
  seriously funny
  
  A well put together film, in direction,cast and script. Very witty and dry. The atmosperic suspense and gradual build up of incidents throughout the film will ... read more »
  
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- - strawberrys
  - 7 reviews
  - 21 Nov 2011 at 20:53
- - 0
  - 0
  Danny Dyers best movie - don't let that put you off!
  
  Hostel with slapstick! There is lots of fun to be had from this movie IF you are a horror fan! The violence is full-on and the peril genuinely effective. The ... read more »
  
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- 1065377
- - Nikkib3
  - 78 reviews
  - bedfordshire
  - 21 Nov 2011 at 14:00
- - 0
  - 0
  not too scary
  
  movie was ok, i thought it was gonna be better tho. Jumped a couple of times, and i was kept in suspense. did not expect the ending. enjoyable and not too scary... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - 03 Nov 2011 at 11:53
- - 0
  - 0
  severence is brilliant this is why...
  
  this is an amazing film!! what i like is it's not taken at all seriously just funny yet with horror aspects!
  
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- 1057362
- - a customer
  - 31 Oct 2011 at 19:15
- - 0
  - 0
  Laughs, horror, action!
  
  Quality horror comedy which has something for everyone of all ages. Even watched all of the extras which I don't usually bother with but I was utterly taken... read more »
  
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- 1035303
- - JulieRNorthumberland
  - 14 reviews
  - 30 Aug 2011 at 23:06
- - 0
  - 0
  Definitely worth watching
  
  This is a really good film. It has some good gory bits in it combined with some very funny parts. Admittedly it's not exactly oscar material but it's an... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - York
  - 04 Apr 2011 at 21:41
- - 1
  - 0
  severance, a really funny training film
  
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  good horror/comedy with some funny gory humour, some really funny moments especally the rocket launcher scene. worth the watch,but not te best i've seen
  
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- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - OZ
  - 5 reviews
  - Tamworth
  - 19 Feb 2011 at 22:21
- - 1
  - 0
  not bad !
  
  This is not one of the best horror films,but keeps you in suspense as to whats happening next,some gory bits,some funny bits,kept me watching until end to find ... read more »
  
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- - top3sons
  - 29 reviews
  - manchester
  - 11 Feb 2011 at 20:02
- - 0
  - 0
  Pretty lame
  
  This is a very low budget slasher. Danny Dyer turns in the usual mediocre performance as some sort of quasi cockney, albeit for once no one talks about football... read more »
  
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- - a customer
  - Surrey
  - 18 Dec 2010 at 09:59
- - 0
  - 2
  A great disappointment
  
  I hoped for something better and stayed on to the end but it did not improve. As far as i am concerned it was a waste of time!
  
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- - a customer
  - N. Yorkshire
  - 12 Nov 2010 at 21:02
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- - 63
  - 17
  The DeliverOffice
  
  Splicing comedy and horror, 'Severance' is an amusing and sometimes painfully tense riff on 'Deliverance', populated by stereotypes from '... read more »
  
  Report this review
- 280566
- [Highly rated reviewer]
  - Mike Thomas
  - South Wales
  - 30 Aug 2006 at 09:04
- - 29
  - 6
  The comedy parts were not needed
  
  A film about a group of workers from a weapon making factory who go on a team building exericise, only to find there is someone after them. This film doesn'... read more »
  
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- - Mbub
  - Westbury, Wilts
  - 04 Aug 2007 at 14:48
- - 27
  - 6
  If you go down to woods today, you're sure of a big surprise......
  
  I don't say this often but you have to go to the cinema to see this film.
  
  A weapons manufacturing company, Palisades Defence, sends their ... read more »
  
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- - froggequene
  - 14 reviews
  - London
  - 26 Aug 2006 at 11:30
- - 23
  - 3
  Great Horror Comedy
  
  The director of the underated creep is at it again.Severance is great fun,top notch brit cast.Also contains some in-jokes to other horror movies.Just the right ... read more »
  
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- 416182
- - Charlie Platt
  - Liverpool
  - 01 Mar 2007 at 16:03
- - 19
  - 3
  Spot On!
  
  Absolutely spot on.
  
  Here come the brits redefining what a horror/comedy really is.
  
  A funny film packed with uniquely british humour.read more »
  
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- - Midianthia
  - 12 reviews
  - Eccleshall
  - 26 Jul 2007 at 09:37
- - 20
  - 8
  Horrible, nasty and hateful
  
  This is one of the most unpleasant, unbelievable, horrible nasty and hateful films I've ever seen.
  
  It's a film that hates women and ... read more »
  
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- 453217
- - zorilla
  - 134 reviews
  - Kew, Richmond
  - 25 Jun 2007 at 23:58
- - 16
  - 3
  Laugh a Minute Hostel
  
  This film has a uniquely British sense of humour, which works well from the first scene. What is superb though, is the blend of mock horror, humour and then ... read more »
  
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- 418884
- - Beacon97
  - 151 reviews
  - Neath
  - 10 Mar 2007 at 21:02
- - 15
  - 2
  more scary than spoof!
  
  A brilliant horror/comedy. I saw this at the cinema and expected it to be along the lines of Shaun of the Dead [another good film] more ... read more »
  
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- 389803
- - sarah macdonald
  - london
  - 28 Nov 2006 at 20:47
- - 14
  - 3
  You just gotta see this one!
  
  An absolute masterpiece, well produced, well-filmed, very funny to boot, and absolutely gripping stuff. Just about as scary as any movie could be - and to top ... read more »
  
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- 416534
- - DirtyHarry
  - 103 reviews
  - HARROGATE
  - 02 Mar 2007 at 22:16
- - 12
  - 2
  Full On Nonsense - Loved it!
  
  Fantastic A1 Daft Nonsense! Seen it three times now and keep laughing... If you like dog soldiers / evil aliens / shaun of the dead etc then this is def for you... read more »
  
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- 418148
- - agent recon
  - spooky midlands
  - 08 Mar 2007 at 10:24

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- Severance
  
  Working nine to five is a real killer, but when you work for Palisade Defence, team-building holidays can be even worse. Seven colleagues find themselves faced with the chop when their corporate weekend is sabotaged by a deadly enemy. Forget office politics, only the smartest will survive this ...