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Boy the Swedish tourism board can't be too happy about this film. They were probably just recovering from 'Midsommar' and then bam, along comes 'Get Away'. This movie was quite something.

I've never seen a film go from 0 to 100 so quickly before. The first two thirds of the film I was basically just bored. There was the odd laugh and a creepy thing or two going on, but mostly it was just fodder. Then a twist came out of absolute left field and suddenly the film went off the walls bonkers for the entire final third. And that portion of the film I mostly loved.

The film is lacking a lot of polish. I also thought with Nick Frost writing it that it might've been a little funnier overall too. It's impossible to hate a film like this, however I simply can't give it more than a 5.5/10.

Pretty entertaining international folk horror that develops into a slasher comedy. Features two of my favourite comedy actors - both Nick Frost and Aisling Bea put in good performances as characters that get more interesting when the killing starts. Feels somewhat rushed at times with having mixed genres and cultures (packing a lot in). It may have been better as a short series where we got to know more about the locals, the dark history of the island and the visiting family. Left some unanswered questions about the history, the traditions and decapitations referred to! Bit scary as a slasher, bit unnerving as a folk horror and sometimes darkly funny.

Greetings again from the darkness. Every movie review provides the opportunity to walk the line between telling enough, but not too much. Some movies pose more of a challenge than others, and this is one. Director Steffan Haars (the 'New Kids' movies) and writer-actor Nick Frost team up to deliver a devilish and campy folk horror-slasher-comedy that brings a bit of innovation to genre that could use a boost.

Nick Frost stars as Richard Smith, a Dad-Joke-loving goof desperate for a relaxing holiday with his family. He's joined by his wife Susan (the multi-talented Aisling Bea), and their teenagers Sam (Sebastian Croft, "Heartstopper") and Jessie (Maisie Ayers in her first feature film). Their odd choice for the 'get away' is Svalta, a remote Swedish island that sports a dark history with its tragic 19th century plague that nearly wiped out the population. The family has scheduled the trip around the Festival of Karantan (Quarantine) marking the unfortunate events of yesteryear.

Upon their arrival, the locals give them an icy and somewhat threatening reception. Referring to the festival as a "play" doesn't help their cause, and it's only when their creepy Airbnb landlord (Eero Milanoff) shows up to claim them does the tension soften a bit. The house they've rented seems perfect, but soon things feel a bit off. Sam's vegetarian diet and Jessie's spirited approach add an extra dimension, while Richard and Susan play off each other expertly (as we'd expect from Frost and Bea).

This was my second Nick Frost horror movie in less than a month, as this is on the heels of his much less funny turn in BLACK CAB. Of course, he's known for his comedic turn in the Cornetto trilogy, and his screenplay here is quite impressive. The film really plays up the whole "outsiders" feeling unwanted ... just before the magnificent twist that turns the film into an off-the-rails blood bath. Barry Blue singing "I Eat Cannibals" provides a fitting musical ending to this wild ride from Shudder Films.

Opening in theaters on December 6, 2024.

So many bad reviews! So unwarranted! It's no Oscar winner, but it's also not that bad. Yes, I thought I saw the twist quite early, but I wasn't certain so it kept me guessing. It's good these days to get a film of sensible length, that maintains my interest for most of the movie. The comedy, whilst limited, was in keeping with the pace and characters. What do people want from a Sky Original? I'm not sure it will do much for Scandinavian tourism, but I'd be tempted to visit the island for novelty value. From unwelcoming locals to an incredibly useless police officer, the supporting cast did the job of supporting. The main cast were effective whilst remaining subtle in their roles. I enjoyed it for what it was - a 'B' Movie that knew it was a 'B' Movie!

Painful to watch. You give Nick Frost the benefit of the doubt and you hang in there, and it just gets more difficult to watch.

It is a caricature of so many other bad films and about the only truly stylistic sense of the movie is that you feel there might be something there but when the big reveal happens, you hope it just might improve but within minutes you pray for it to end.

The horror is so predictable and contrived. I had to fast forward in hopes that the climax may offer redemption but alas, more of the same plus just down right cartoonish action that you'll be left with a slight sense of anger.

Just plain yuck.

GenX reporting in. Caught the first screening of this new international comedy horror film at the AMC. Stars one of the guys from Shaun of The Dead, not the red headed short guy, the heavier fella. It is very funny and has some very good gore scenes that are on par with Tom Savini and the great makeup artists. There are Enough twists and action to keep you guessing. As soon as I started to get bored with it, the director took it to another level, and kept my interest throughout ( unlike Y2k which I walked out on). This is Very dark humour for adults. It is Well acted and surprisingly well written. Definitely worth streaming. From Shudder. 7/10.

I've generally been a fan of Nick Frost for years. So I decided to check this out. It's kind of like a comedic version of Midsommar. This concept could easily have worked for me. But for some reason, it did not. At all.

This feels like streaming-quality through and through. It had a limited theatrical release but it's basically a streaming movie. And like the vast majority of streaming movies, it doesn't know how to hook the viewer. You have to throw in something interesting, some kind of intrigue. Something to make you wonder. But there is none.

After 38 minutes of watching this movie with barely a chuckle, I decided to give up. It's the bad kind of weird and not funny.

(1 viewing, 1/10/2025)

Heading off on vacation, a family arrives on a Swedish island that is in the middle of celebrating the anniversary of a tragic incident in their past which is done against the will of the locals, but when a serial killer strikes the island forces them to set the traditions aside to stop it.

Overall, this was a fairly solid and likable enough feature. One of the better elements of this one comes from the solid setup that allows for a rather enjoyable time getting this one going. The backstory about the island being subjected to a deadly virus and subsequently adopting a series of traditions and beliefs since that presides over their community makes for a fun time here that gives us a chance to get to know them. As this is done alongside the bits involving the family going around the island upsetting everyone while focusing more on their holiday trip and trying to keep their kids in line offers a fine touch to the first half. While it's thankfully not portrayed liked willful ignorance of their customs but played off as trying to keep their vacation in order which means they inadvertently offend or disrupt their attention, this creates a fine fish-out-of-water scenario that allows us a chance to see the island's superstitions while also getting the picturesque settings as they go about their trip. Once it starts going for the slasher setup of the killer running loose on the island, it has some fun setpieces that play off the visual iconography of the islanders. The scenes showing the colorful ceremonial wooden masks, which are comically oversized and distorted with unnatural expressions, offer up an imposing start with their eerie qualities. As it's a mystery why the family is staying there when they're clearly unwanted due to the connection between the purpose of the festival and the imposing outsiders coming for the island, everything adds a menacing air that gets paid off with the reveal about real nature of the killers which brings about a spectacular series of encounters running wild on the island with plenty of blood and gore for the occasion. This is made all the more enjoyable with the outright glee and demented comedic offerings that are featured here and all make for a generally solid time here. This one does have some drawbacks holding it back. Among its main factors is the lacking pace that renders much of the first hour here devoid of genre material. There are only eerie references about what the island is preparing for and the truth about their customs that denote the only hints that this is a genre feature with the rest of the film focusing on the vacationing family stumbling around the island upsetting the locals and their customs. That doesn't leave much of a chance to get any kind of hint about what's going on so everything that takes place has more of a comedy tone than anything to get more of this type of material present. The other drawback to this one is a series of bizarre twists featured in the finale to keep the family alive as how it plays out captures some outrageous luck that borders on unbelievable to keep them alive so it can be slightly tiring. Those are enough to bring it down slightly.

Rated R: Graphic Violence and Graphic Language.

Perhaps the most enjoyably wacky performance here comes from Maisie Ayres, while the rest of the cast (Nick Frost, Aisling Bea, and Sebastian Croft in lead roles) is adequate. The twist (+ shift in tone) that happens around the 55th minute (or so) feels sufficiently smooth, and that's why I'm rating this 3 stars-it's a 2.5 otherwise. The last half hour is a bloody showcase, offering some inventive, gratifying kills. Well, given that he's the writer, Nick Frost has some funny lines in the first two acts.. and besides Ayres, that's what keeps the whole tired premise (up until that point) going. I think this will help Ayres land more roles, which I'm really looking forward to.

Directed by Steffen Haars (*New Kids Turbo*) and starring Nick Frost (*Shaun of the Dead*), Aisling Bea (*Swede Caroline*), Sebastian Croft (*Wonderwell*), Eero Milonoff (*Border*), and Anitta Suikkari (*Let the River Flow*), Get Away is a dark comedy horror that aims high but misses the mark. The story follows a family whose remote island vacation turns into a nightmare when they discover the place is home to a serial killer. Unfortunately, the film's execution leaves much to be desired.

Within 15 minutes, we'd already guessed the twist, making the rest of the movie a tedious slog. The lack of originality in the plot is compounded by excessive blood and gore, which quickly becomes numbing rather than shocking or impactful. Instead of enhancing the horror, the over-the-top violence feels gratuitous and takes away from any tension or dark humor the film was trying to build.

The comedic elements are equally disappointing, with jokes that rarely land and tonal shifts that feel jarring rather than clever. Even the talented cast-including Nick Frost and Aisling Bea-can't salvage the shallow characters or the clunky dialogue.

While *Get Away* tries to emulate the genre-blending brilliance of Shaun of the Dead, it falls flat in nearly every way. Overly gory, predictable, and unfunny, this movie fails to balance its dark comedy and horror aspirations. Save your time and skip this bloody mess of a film.

Comedy-Horror is the great misunderstood genre, but breaking it down to the two bear essentials: comedy has to be funny, horror has to be scary. This is neither. Thank God it was short.

The only positive in this film is Aisling Bea, who is inherently funny and watchable. Other than her, Nick Frost turns his usual lacklustre performance for any of his films that don't include Simon Pegg and the two thirty-year-old "kids" have all the acting chops and charisma of curdled milk.

Any twists are telegraphed a mile off and the dialogue portrays less than a cursory one-pass at attempting humour.

The first half of the film was bland and the second half was meandering and pointless. No doubt it'll disappear without a trace, which is all it deserves.

Nick Frost likes a light horror. After just starring in the ghostly "Black Cab" he stars in and wrote extremely silly slasher send-up "Get Away". He & wife Aisling Bea (with teen kids Maisie Ayres & Sebastian Croft) go on holiday to a small, remote Swedish island that's about to go into its annual macabre festival... and does NOT want them there. Though the story has hints of "Midsommer" the style couldn't be more different, and the quality's way off too. Steffen Haars' direction is basic and the performances are mediocre (though Ayres is decent on her big-screen debut, as are Eero Milonoff & Anitta Suikkari as nutty local Swedes). It's moderately entertaining, but sure ain't great.

I lasted 54 minutes before I started skipping forward 20 seconds at a time, and even then i didnt find it interesting enough to watch the end. Nothing funny was ever said in this movie, nothing scary was ever shown, its just a sada attempt at whatever the heck they wanted to try with this flick. Anyhoo, lets do this once again for character limit: I lasted 54 minutes before I started skipping forward 20 seconds at a time, and even then i didnt find it interesting enough to watch the end. Nothing funny was ever said in this movie, nothing scary was ever shown, its just a sada attempt at whatever the heck they wanted to try with this flick.

If you have half a brain then you knew what was coming from very early on, but do not expect a serious film. That said, I thought this was a lot of fun, and that's not just because I really love Nick Frost. There's a dry cheesiness to this, but it adds to the laugh.

I think this movie had some good special effects and gore, little light on the story, but that's not why you're watching it. You're watching this for a chuckle.

I enjoyed the humor in this so much that I am actually now very excited for "Krazy House" which is the new movie coming out by the same director with Nick Frost. There are a lot of bad reviews on here, but I think those were people who expected something more serious.

And no, it does not fit the criteria of "So bad that it is actually good", this is just plain, simple, bad.

The acting from Nick is awesome, the rest are meh, but it is the whole plot, it was written by a kindergartener for real

The movie would've been so much better if they had given it 5 minutes of thought, they could've played the hand better instead of making it a carnage after spilling the beans almost at the beginning.

Instead of simple psychotic carnage, it could've very well been revenge from Momma for the murder of her dad(If that was even true, I got lost there) instead of them being... part of a social network of mass murderers?

I mean, as I understood it, either Momma, Papa, and Sister are family but the kid wasn't, or neither is family and they just get together to kill.

They could've also taken better advantage of the "Dane" angle

Anyway, Simon Pegg's movies use the same formula, yet they were always good fun, they were the kind this could've been, "So bad that it is good", but ever since they started splitting ways the work of both has gone downhill, and this being written by Frost is sad, because shows that he cannot do the fine work they did together(even if they didn't write their movies)

Overall, this is the biggest disappointment of the year so far.

At first I thought "I expected more from Frost". After 30 minutes I almost just stopped watching and let it run in the background; but, I stuck it out and was not disappointed. Nothing clever or new here, aside from perhaps the Scandinavian setting, I thought to myself. I'm not a prude by any means; but, I'm not sure the masturbation and oral sex added anything to the plot development.....and then suddenly I was riveted to the screen by the surprising twist. What a great combination of gore, horror and comedy. Frost really HAS done something clever here. Definitely not what one expects and it was refreshing to be surprised by a film these days. Not for everyone, but nicely done Mr. Frost!

I wasn't expecting this movie to be as funny as it is. I usually am not a big fan of horror comedies, but I found this one extremely clever.

A family takes a vacation on a Swedish island, where the peculiar and somewhat aggressive locals are not welcoming at all. And I will leave it at that!

This movie takes some wild twists and turns and goes in a different direction than I was expecting. Once things ramp up in the last act, it goes off the rails. There are body parts flying in every direction as our dimwitted family tries to survive.

Don't miss out on this one if you love folk horror either! It's as if Midsommar married Monty Python and their kid was Shaun of the Dead. It's a great way to kill 86 minutes.

I have recently come across a comedy-horror film entitled *The Get Away*, which is both written and directed by Nick Frost, who also plays a leading role in the production. Prior to viewing, I intentionally refrained from acquiring extensive information about the film, as I prefer to engage with cinematic works without preconceiving story details. This approach proved to be beneficial.

The film showcases a diverse ensemble cast, featuring performers from various national backgrounds, including Irish, British, and Finnish actors. From the outset, I found myself consistently amused throughout the duration of the film. It contains several instances that may lead viewers to contemplate whether laughter is appropriate, given the contextual undertones of certain scenes.

*The Get Away* is rated 18, which is relatively uncommon in contemporary cinema; however, it does not portray explicit nudity or excessive drug use, with references to drug-related themes being only fleeting. The film includes minimal sexual content, consisting of one implied scene, yet it is marked by considerable gore, incorporating significant violence and traditional British profanity. Nevertheless, I contend that these elements do not necessitate an 18 rating, as I have encountered content deemed more graphic in films rated 15.

Had it not been for my extensive exposure to the horror and thriller genres, resulting from my health circumstances, I might have perceived *The Get Away* as a more original contribution to the genre. My recent screenings of *Lowlifes* (2024), which contains substantially less comedic content, alongside *Fresh Meat* (2012), a New Zealand comedy-horror film that remains unwatched on my part, appear to have influenced my assessment of originality. I would advise individuals seeking to avoid spoilers about *The Get Away* to exercise caution when viewing these two films.

In summary, I found *The Get Away* to be a thoroughly enjoyable experience, marked by consistent laughter throughout. Although the narrative may not present an exceptionally unique premise, it did not detract from my overall enjoyment. It is undoubtedly an entertaining film to view collaboratively with friends. Moreover, I appreciated the participation of British actor Sebastian Croft, recognized for his role in *How to Date Billy Walsh* (2024). While that film is tailored towards a teenage audience, I too found it to be enjoyable, particularly given its cast connection to Nick Frost, suggesting a deliberate choice for collaboration in *The Get Away*.

In conclusion, *The Get Away* embodies the comedic-horror ethos characteristic of Nick Frost's oeuvre, delivering a pleasurable viewing experience that ensures both laughter and entertainment.

I was confused and saddened by this. My word Nick Frost is lost without Simon Pegg when it comes to creating an enjoyable and funny horror. The setup is OK but I could see the 'twist' coming a mile away. I found the murders extremely gratuitous and distasteful. The genre guide informed me it was a comedy, there were no laughs for me. I was going to vote it a one but the house owner was creepy so I'll give it an extra point for his performance. It is mercifully short but if the running time had been any longer I wouldn't have made to the end. There are plenty horror comedies to invest your time in but my advice would be to give this one a wide berth.

While the twist near the end adds a fleeting spark of interest, it's not enough to salvage a movie that brings absolutely nothing new to the table.

The gore is surprisingly weak for a horror-thriller, offering no memorable or impactful moments. The cinematography feels uninspired, with bland, lifeless shots that fail to evoke tension or atmosphere. Dialogues are painfully lame, leaving you cringing rather than connecting with the characters, and the acting ranges from wooden to outright bad. None of the performances manage to elevate the dull script or inject any real energy into the story.

The pacing is another major flaw-slow to the point of frustration. Instead of building suspense, it drags, making the film feel much longer than its runtime. Ultimately, Get Away is not a movie you'll remember. It lacks creativity, depth, and any real entertainment value, leaving you wishing you'd "gotten away" from watching it in the first place.

Rating: 3/10.