Bienvenue au cottage

I guess I was expecting it to be a bit more entertaining, a bit more in the Tucker and Dale vs. Evil style, but still, there are scenes here that beautifully subvert the slasher genre, one of the most clichéd horror genres. Moreover, it's incredibly gritty, and there's gore here that any horror film would be proud of. It was fun, but it could have been even better. (09/02/2016)

Horror comedies often turn out to be great (Evil Dead II, Tremors, Botched), and less often they turn out to be utter duds that fill the very bottom of the horror pond (Killer Pad among the more recent ones). Neither of those possibilities apply to The Cottage, to me it was better average. It won’t leave a mark in the annals of horror, but it’s still good as something to watch once. The story is pretty simple, it would never be enough for serious horror, so the combination with comedy was probably the only good approach. Some parts are quite bloody, it’s funny at times, there’s a decent atmosphere here and there, so I’m satisfied. I’m giving it three stars, I thought the similarly conceived Hatchet was better. (02/04/2008)