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Vince is depressed following his divorce, and so to cheer him up, six of his friends decide to take him on a trip to a remote village for a boys weekend. However when they arrive, they find the whole village overrun by psychotic, homicidal women affected by an airborne virus them that turns them into man-hating cannibals. After the guys’ minibus driver goes crazy, they are left stranded in the countryside with only a group of man-eaters for company.

Doghouse is an addition to the comedy/horror genre and will probably be most compared to Shaun of the Dead since it deals with comedy, zombies and from the UK. It doesn’t quite live up to Shaun of the Dead if you were wondering, but the movie in itself wasn’t too bad. The comedy aspect provided some laughs and didn’t go overboard too much. Some of the characters were more likable than others, but that was probably by design. The horror aspect of the movie was hit and miss since some of the zombies looked pretty gross, but others were kind of dumb however that might be because they were intertwining it with some comedy. There was some decent gore, but you can tell they held back a little with the potentials.

As you read the review you probably can tell the average tone from it and that just about sums up the movie. It wasn’t too bad, but wasn’t too great either and throughout the film it was always hit and miss with things. I was a little disappointed with the ending because it started off with cool potential, but when the credits started to roll it left a little to be desired. I’d recommend the movie to fans of comedy/horror or zombie movies in general since it does have some things you will enjoy, but don’t expect to be blown away.

Doghouse Trailer

My Score: 6/10

The brutal former heavyweight boxing champion Cleon “Slammin’” Salmon (Duncan), now owner of a Miami restaurant, institutes a competition to see which waiter can earn the most money in one night: the winner stands to gain $10,000, while the loser will endure a beating at the hands of the champ.

The Slammin Salmon is brought to you by The Broken Lizard gang (Super Troopers and Beerfest) and although it is not as good as either of the 2 previously mentioned films it does stand on its own as being pretty funny. Like their other movies you can expect The Slammin Salmon to be a wild and raunchy comedy, so fans of those types of movies should be pleased. Some parts of the movie feel similar to the older comedy Waiting, but for the most part they put their own spin on the restaurant world. There were also a few scenes that were terribly cliched, but they still managed to put a slight spin on it to keep it from getting dull.

Michael Clarke Duncan steals the show as “The Champ” and I’ve never realized he could be that funny. On the flip side the female actresses weren’t too funny and only seemed to setup jokes for other characters. The Broken Lizard group was funny as usual, but Jay Chandrasekhar had the funniest parts of the group. As with these types of movies the plot wasn’t too important, but they did a good job with mixing in the jokes amongst the main plot and many character sub plots. Overall The Slammin Salmon is a very good raunchy comedy and should please most fans.

The Slammin Salmon Trailer

My Rating: 8/10