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4.0 out of 5 stars
Everything Is All Fun & Games Till Somebody Loses The Top Of Their Skull, August 27, 2009
This review is from: Funny Man (DVD)
He jokes like Freddy.
He kills like Freddy.
But unlike Freddy he does it with an English accent..... while dressed as a jester.
If you liked flicks like Nightmare on Elm Street, Leprechaun, Child's Play, & Wishmaster
because of their elaborate, creative, comical kills,
and their wisecracking, supernatural villains, than you'll be right at home in Merry Old England with this violently amusing horror comedy.
The deaths are all top notch horror entertainment, every one is unique, and worth the price tag alone
though oftentimes they seem almost looney-toon-ish in nature.
Expect some english humor similar to Monty Python, and expect a lot of it to be directed to the audience itself.
Like the jester is aware you're watching him, and is putting on this show just for you.
Instead of giving away surprises like the description on this page, and the one on the back of the box insist on doing;
Here's a synopsis of the plot without any possible spoilers.
Record exec Max Taylor wins an ancestral mansion in a card game from Christopher Lee!!
So right away that should tell you something is wrong with the house.
Soon after moving his wife & kids in
(and I mean right after, this movie doesn't waste any time)
the bodies start piling up.
An evil jester lives below the house in the village of Sod's Law (Population 1)
An evil jester whose excessively creative arsenal is a homicidal vision of Tom & Jerry proportions.
And he's out for a good time.
Killing anyone & everyone for no good reason at all.
Just the fun of it.
And just like any good jester he knows how to put on a show for his audience.
And as luck would have it even more fun is on the way,
in the form of Max Taylor's brother,
his band (one member of which is Velma from Scooby Doo for whatever reason),
and a Jamaican fortune teller they picked up hitchhiking who sees the danger ahead, and prepares by injecting her hand with god only knows what,
which has an effect on it that only be described as "say what?!".
All in all it's an enjoyable film,
a welcome addition to any horredy library,
especially if you dig british humor, and over the top death scenes.
Worth a purchase, or at the very least a rental.
MORAL OF THE STORY:
He who laughs last..... laughs alone.
ALSO RECOMMENDED:
Nightmare on Elm Street 1 -6, Leprechaun 1-5, Wishmaster 1-3, Triloquist, Child's Play 1-5, Puppet Master 1-8, Waxwork 1&2,
Dr. Giggles, Ice Cream Man, Uncle Sam, Jack Frost, Gingerbread Man, Head of the Family, The Cottage, Hatchet, Botched,
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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
An Amusing, Slightly Disturbing B Flick That's Sadly Overlooked, May 28, 2006
This review is from: Funny Man (DVD)
Basic Plot: A mysterious English man (Christopher Lee) loses his mansion-home in a poker game, passing on not only ownership to the young, naive winner (Benny Young), but something much worse along with it -- a homicidal demon-jester known as the Funny Man (Tim James) who infests the house!
The Funny Man turned out to be pretty much what I expected: A strange, low-budget British horror flick with lots of dark, silly comedy. I can't say it was a masterpiece, or even slightly thought-provoking, but it's definitely a fun way to pass an hour and a half. The humor is pretty over-the-top (which I happen to like), and the story is decently interesting and original. But for the most part, the only reason you should see this is for the scenes with Tim James as the whacky evil jester. It's his witty one-liners and eccentric antics that keep the pace flowing. And that's really all it is -- some guy in a surprisingly impressive suit killing off characters in comedic ways. If you're a fan of B movies, this is certainly not as low as you can go in quality. As a matter of fact, it's above most others of its kind. So go on. Have a nice, sinister laugh with the Funny Man!
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