I saw this listed on the horror channel, and to be honest, it didn't look that good, but having checked IMDb and noting it was another recent Irish horror comedy, and having just seen the fantastic Grabbers, I settled down for a brain on hold evening. How I was surprised.From start to finish Ross Noble owns this film, supported by a cracking team of young actors. Ross is well known to UK audiences as both a stand up and sitcom actor, as well as the almost required being on comedy panel shows, and never fails to give a great fun performance.The comedy is a mix of one liners, puns, and situations, just what you'd expect in this type of film. The horror is so over the top, think Evil Dead blood levels, but also inventive.Great script, fun performances, clever references, in fact the only bad thing was how sad I felt when it was over, slightly cheered up by the out-takes in the closing credits.If you enjoy films like The Evil Dead, the Hatchet trilogy, or off-beat UK and Irish horror, do yourself the biggest favour and catch this gem.Please do a Stitches 2: Return of the clown... or whatever... pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeease. Everybody Happy? I will be.

This is a fairly enjoyable throwback to those eighties/nineties supernatural Freddy Krueger one-liner killers. It's Irish, gory, and has Ross Noble in it. It kind of mostly works for me.A bunch of kid rip the pish out of Stitches the clown to the extant that he falls over at a party and impales himself on a knife. Six years later, these same kids have turned into all manner of annoying teenager (at least actually played by teenagers in this film).And it's the main kid's party! So obviously Stitches comes back from the dead to waste everyone, because, according to some sinister Clown guy at the start of the film, a clown must finish a party to find peace.Therefore, Stitches turns up again to kill all those folks from the original party, pulling their guts out, making balloon animals of their intestines, making their heads explode.While not everything works in this film, like it taking its time getting to the kills, and the dodgy one liners that Noble is forced to say, it's good enough for at least one viewing. It's gory enough and the kids involved are real enough (they almost reminded me of the Inbetweeners). Worth a look at least.

I watched this film expecting it to be rubbish, especially after seeing the reviews, rating and hearing about 'low budget' on IMDb, but I'm glad to say it exceeded expectations! Comedy horrors rarely work, and throw in 'indie' to that mix and it seems like a recipe for disaster. I was expecting to turn this off after the first 15 minutes bored, but the laughs came within the first minute and carried on through.It's not over the top laughter, and its not over the top horror. It's kind of a casual mix of both, with some Irish charm and fantastic subtle humor (reminiscent of the Naked Gun or Baseketball).Although predictable in places, the film was an absolute joy to watch! It's obviously not a big budget film, but I think that'd almost detract from it if anymore money was spent. The actors are excellently suited for their parts, Ross Noble gives an amazing performance as the killer clown, and there's some very beautiful women in it! The story makes sense, the effects arn't as cheap as you'd expect (they won't fool anyone, but they're more than tolerable - more than I expected) and you get the feeling that everyone on the film actually had a lot of fun during the production.Overall to summerise I'm very pleasantly surprised by this film. Its full of such lovable charm, funny off the beat moments, and the odd few shocks! It's a film you can chill out and relax watching - it's not going to leave you feeling depressed at the end, but instead maybe hopeful for a sequel! Fantastic, everyone who worked on this seriously great job. It's one I thought I'd hate, but have loved. A new favorite added to the list for sure! :) Everybody Happy?

I really wasn't expecting anything from "Stitches", but to my surprise, it actually turned out to be an immensely entertaining slasher joint out of Ireland.While putting on a half-assed show for a bunch of misbehaving brats at a birthday party, Stitches the Clown has an unfortunate mishap that results in his bloody accidental demise. Cut to six years later, those same kids are in high school and the birthday boy from the ill-fated party is still haunted by the death of Stitches, especially after having stumbled across a strange clown ritual going on in the cemetery following Stitches' funeral. While the teenage friends are throwing a big drunken house bash, Stitches rises from his grave for revenge...As far as slasher-comedies go, I rarely see any true effort put into them - especially these days. "Stitches" is actually a pretty refreshing entry in the genre - being clearly of modest budget, yet still managing to come across as a professional looking flick with an unusually likable cast of characters, a reasonably memorable villain and a few instances where the humor actually worked. There's also a few decent and relatively gory deaths, cleverly themed after traditional clown tricks (one guy gets his head inflated like a balloon and popped). The one thing I feel like it could've done without, however, was the clown cult/painted egg thing that I felt didn't quite work and takes ya out of it a little toward the end. Otherwise, this one is definitely a fun way to blow an hour-and-a-half.More Gorepump horror reviews at http://swinesewage.blogspot.com/