Tales From the Lodge – ABC Film Challenge – Set in England – T – Tales From the Lodge – Movie Review
Director: Abigail Blackmore
Writer: Abigail Blackmore (Screenplay)
Cast
- Mackenzie Crook (Pirates of the Caribbean)
- Dustin Demri-Burns (Slow Horses)
- Laura Fraser (A Knight’s Tale)
- Sophie Thompson (Gosford Park)
- Johnny Vegas (Blackball)
Plot: Friends gather at a lodge to commemorate a friend, who drowned in a lake nearby 3 years ago. They tell each other scary stories and suddenly find themselves in one.
Runtime: 1 Hour 33 Minutes
There may be spoilers in the rest of the review
Story: Tales From the Lodge starts when five friends, Joe (Crook), Paul (Demri-Burns), Martha (Fraser), Emma (Thompson) and Russell (Vegas) are joined by Paul’s girlfriend Miki (Wenham) for a trip away. They have come together to pay their last respects to their friend who passed away 3 years ago at the same lake.
The friends start sharing scary stories with each other, in the typical not as-scary as they could be. However, after they tell their own stories, they find themselves trapped in their lodge, with an unknown man lurking outside.
Verdict on Tales From the Lodge
Tales From the Lodge is a horror comedy following a group of friends that meet up to say goodbye to a friend who passed away a few years before. They have been through typical life problems and get to tell their own scary stories. All before learning they are in one of their own.
This is a fun movie that gets to poke fun at the meeting and tell scary stories concept. It gets to put a spin on them, showing us how they must battle to survive an unknown threat. The comedy is strong as we see how the characters play into the typical outcomes in horror. We have a very British cast that all work very well throughout the movie.
Final Thoughts – Tales From the Lodge is a fun horror comedy.
