In one sense it’s a comment on films and film making, at times a pastiche, at others a tribute. The characters and their portrayal are superbly understated, with some truly great moments of acting. The pathos is well executed; I’ve never before empathised with a tyre, proving how much our concept of ‘person’ is wider than ‘human being’. The cinematography is wonderful, with some truly strange and wonderful shots.

Far from underwhelmed, I was at turns delighted, intrigued and horrified. This is a whimsical piece of cinema that deserves much more than an attempt to squeeze it into a stereotype of a genre – which is itself so much broader than the body or method of execution count it contains.

Film critique and appreciation should be so much more than this, as The League of Gentlemen so eloquently show in mocking the stereotypical horror ‘fan’:

TWO YOUTHS, HENRY PORTRAIT AND ALLY WELLES, STAND LOOKING AT THE VIDEOS.

ALLY:
We’ve seen most of these.

HENRY:
Have we?

ALLY:
Yeah.

HENRY BEGINS POINTING AT THE VIDEO SLEEVES.

Seen, seen, seen, seen, seen, seen, seen…Oh I’ve not seen that!

HE TAKES THE CASE FOR THE FILM ‘SEVEN’ DOWN AND LOOKS AT IT.

HENRY:
I have. It’s really good.

ALLY:
Is it? How many killings?

ALLY LOOKS AT THE BOX THEN AT HENRY.
HENRY:
Seven.

ALLY:
Oh, is that all?

HENRY:
No, but it’s the way he does it. He kills one by gluttony, one by greedy, sexy…ugly, sleepy, dopey and bashful. It weren’t that good.

ALLY:
I don’t like that Bradley Pitt, anyway. Too much acting.

http://www.leagueofgentlemen.co.uk/newepisodelists1ep2.shtml

As a warning it is heavily spoiler oriented so don’t listen if you haven’t seen the film but I thought I would share with your readers: http://www.vcinemashow.com/?p=2158

Keep up the great work!

It’s “perkele”, not “perkle”.

Godspeed you Ms Sélavy!