SMALL TOWN FOLK

SMALL TOWN FOLK

Starring: Chris R. Wright, Dan Palmer, Warwick Davis, Hannah Flint

Director: Peter Stanley-Ward

Run Time: 88 mins

Every generation there comes along a film that you know will find cult status – it’s just a sensation, a twinge in your water that can’t be denied – well, SMALL TOWN FOLK is one of those movies.

On what amounted to a very tight budget the team involved created a masterpiece of independent film making, giving the viewer the type of experience not seen since the early days of PETER JACKSON (when he was making films worth watching).

On first glance you may think “Nothing new here…just another people in the woods film…what makes this stand out from the rest of the drivel on the open market?” All I can say in response is sit down and you’ll find out. You won’t be disappointed….Oh no. The writers and director have melded together horror, comedy and a touch of road movie in such a way that the effect is seamless and you will soon forget at which point your toes stop curling and the tears of laughter started.

The look of SMALL TOWN FOLK is another important aspect of why it works so well, the entire feel of the make believe world of Grockleton heightened by the clever use of GCI skylines. This stroke of artistic trickery is such an added bonus and gives the opening scene of the movie a feel of a TIM BURTON flick.

So, we have a great script and a high gloss/low cost look, but what else could be said to entice you to visit Grockleton?

Oh, I know…The cast.

Movies usually only have one iconic character in them, be it the good guy or the blood swilling crazy. SMALL TOWN FOLK out does all of those with – let me count them up – 1…2…3…4…5…6, well you get the point. SMALL TOWN FOLK is littered with them, from major players, such as the LANDLORD, his family of strange brothers and cousins, and all the way through to a cameo from WARWICK DAVIES.

But, for me personally it is the LANDLORD who steals the show, with his bowler hat, walk stick sword and teeth as black as his heart. I’m quite sure he will soon be found on T-Shirts across the UK brandishing his trademark greeting “Hello, Mush.”

All in all SMALL TOWN FOLK is the best horror/comedy to come out of the UK in years, hell the best full stop. These guys have shown that it is still possible to produce a highly watchable movie on an independent budget.

Get to the bank, take out some cash and get yourself stocked up on popcorn and lager, because you’re going to want to watch this one again and again.