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Genre films don’t come much more perfectly formed – or titled – than this black comedy that tips giddily into horror.

Based on a witty, watertight script by David Chirchirillo and Trent Haaga, and making great use of its cast, E.L. Katz’s debut follows down-on-his-luck family man Craig (Pat Healy) and his old school frenemy Vince (Ethan Embry) who find themselves targeted by a devil-may-care rich couple (David Koechner and Sara Paxton) during a night of drunken dares.

Events quickly escalate into extreme territories and the result is a tour-de-force of twisted brilliance.

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Matt Glasby is a freelance film and TV journalist. You can find his work on Total Film - in print and online - as well as at publications like the Radio Times, Channel 4, DVD REview, Flicks, GQ, Hotdog, Little White Lies, and SFX, among others. He is also the author of several novels, including The Book of Horror: The Anatomy of Fear in Film and Britpop Cinema: From Trainspotting To This Is England.