The Cottage (18)

IF you've been desperate for a good bit of Brit-horror to fill the gaping whole left since the release of the brilliant Shaun of the Dead four years ago, then the release of The Cottage should give you reason to celebrate.
From the director and writer of the acclaimed British film London To Brighton, Paul Andrew Williams returns with a dark and hilariously funny tale where the fates of clueless kidnappers, mob assassins and a psychopathic farmer are sealed in a remote corner of the British countryside.
Brothers David (Andy Serkis) and Peter (Reece Shearsmith), and the dim-witted Andrew (Steven O'Donnell) hole up at a secluded country cottage after kidnapping Tracey (Jennifer Ellison) the daughter of mob boss Arnie.
Arnie and his henchmen soon close in on the hapless three, whose luck has already ended when Tracey outwits them all and takes Peter as her hostage and flees into the forest.
David and Andrew follow in pursuit but soon find that something more terrifying than a mob boss is lurking in the darkness and a grotesquely comic battle for survival begins.
The Cottage follows the same pattern seen before in classic films like Psycho and From Dusk Till Dawn in which the moral is clearly spelled out that criminals in hiding always seem to encounter a murdering crazy person.
But amongst the blood and murder is a wicked and dark sense of humour which will have you laughing out loud.