Patchwork

PATCHWORK

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Really enjoyed this fresh, funny horror. Don't usually like comedy horrors but this was a bit different. Entertaining from start to finish. 10 out of 10 for me!

Really surprising gem that I wasn't expecting! It isn't the best comedy-horror out there, but it was still pretty hilarious. It does take a little bit before it gets good, but it does get there so be patient with the beginning! It does come in parts a little like an anthology, but it all ties together. Basically three women get sewn together using different parts of them to make a "Frankenstein-type" woman. You see segments of the final product and the hunt for the people who did this to them, but you also have segments where you see each individual woman's lives beforehand leading up to. It bounces around a bit, which is a little different. But not anything you can't keep up with. What's great about it is all three woman are so opposite of each other, so seeing all three as one is pretty hilarious! Definitely not over the top great, but it was a pleasant surprise with decent acting, bits of horror and lots of funny moments. Also - Owlcat is the pet everyone needs!

For the first 15-20 minutes, I thought this was the stupidest movie I've ever seen. But then it took a turn for the kooky, in a good way. Well acted and surprisingly funny. I expected there to be many negative reviews on this site from people who watched only the beginning but gave up, so I'm glad to see all the love. That said, I think many viewers will not experience this the way I did, and won't appreciate its particular humor. But give it a try! There are small moments of refinement that show the makers paid attention to detail, from actress' facial expressions to an addition of music at unexpected moments (like a certain scene set in a frat house).

Three young women find themselves sewn together and embark on a bloody quest of answers and revenge. Interesting concept, obviously inspired by movies such as Frankenhooker and Re-animator, but whereas those body horror movies were pretty awesome Patchwork sadly was a real chore to watch. Being the horror addict that I am I will watch as many genre movies as I can but I found very little satisfaction from this one. I found all three women to be unlikable, more annoying than funny. This is meant to be comical but all it got from me was groans. English actor James Phelps may have appeared in several Harry Potter movies but here his acting ability is far from magical, the corpses show more charisma than he does! There is some gore but it consists of cheap CGI and obvious rubber body parts. I realise that this movie is not targeted at middle aged males such as myself, but a crap movie is a crap movie and this was one of my worst views of 2019!

You can tell the movie was written by men based on the way the female characters acted; it was super distracting and made the characters hard to believe. The acting of the main character was also confusing, sometimes the body has total control and other times she's animalistic and it is inconsistent.

You will love this. It has the irreverent and gleeful bloodshed and the same joyous ignorance of science fact that makes all the classic horror comedies, like the Basket Case series, work, as well as the grind-house style "Whiskey Tango Foxtrot" sensibilities. Not a laugh out loud style of horror comedy, but well loaded with chuckles and appreciative groans. Fun, and full of grue. NOT a date movie, unless your date is a fan of gallons of blood and black market medical experiments, in which case, watch away!

If, like me, you adore 'Frankenhooker', this film will irritate the hell out of you. I don't know if it was created with the okay of Frank Henenlotter - I doubt it. It has the 'date night with a severed head' scene, the crunchy, clicky staggering of Frankenhooker, even a failed attempt to replicate Patty Mullen's iconic facial expressions and the 'mad doctor' looks like he could be the son of James Lorinz. There's even the 'love interest dies at the end and the girl monster brings him back as a boy monster' ending (granted, without the *). It takes what is a classic, brilliant, funny film that's full of heart, and rams it in a blender with everything that sucks about the Millennial generation. I'm not even going to start on the continuity issues (arm falls off during sex, but magically reappears back on the monster. Arm falls off after a fall, magically reattaches itself, inability to move at all to sprinting in a matter of minutes - the list goes on) If you've seen 'Frankenhooker' and adore it, steer clear. If you haven't seen it? Watch it instead. The source of the body parts is far funnier and more imaginative, for a start. There's also no tedious, obligatory 'makeover' scene.

PATCHWORK is another silly indie horror film which copies other, better movies. The story is about a trio of young women who are kidnapped by the usual mad scientist and subjected to the most horrific experiments. From the first scene, which openly copies RE-ANIMATOR, you know this is going to be a derivative effort and so it proves. The main source of inspiration here seems to be THE HUMAN CENTIPEDE alongside Frankenstein, of course, but it's all very dark and gloomy, obsessed with torture * sequences and blighted by limited set design and overacting.