14. Severance

Severance defines the line between two very different types of film. One film being the horror-comedy, where there's laughs on all of the blood, and the second film being a horror movie that happens to be funny, where the blood is fucking red nasty blood and you're still scared when you see it. Movies like Shaun of the Dead fall into category A, and movies like Severance fall into category B.

The movie is very, very funny. Each of the six or seven characters brings something TOTALLY different to the table; from the conservative "I wear glasses and am uptight" girl, to the fun loving young guy who eats a healthy handful of magic mushrooms before any of the real fun even begins. The movie is littered with one liners and dialogue trades that will have you rolling, but that's not to say that it takes away at all from the horror.

Palisade Defense is a weapons manufacturer who sends one of their top teams into Hungary for a team building retreat at their "Newly Acquired Luxury Lodge." Needless to say the lodge is anything but luxury and it's a prime hunting spot for Hungarian army men who went wacko and decided that hunting humans was just too much fun to give up after their terms of service.

Depending on how you feel about crazy murderers in the woods around your house, you may or may not be scared to death by this, but no matter who you are you'll certainly get into your car faster or get the mail a little quicker after you see Severance. The more time you spend outside, the more likely you are to be dead.

There's something to be said for movies with a low budget and relatively low star power that still manage to include a few great special effects moments. Severance has one of the most real and up front shotgun blasts to the dome I've even seen in film. Of course you always think of Full Metal Jacket when you think of brains being splattered via headshot, but Severance manages to pull it off perfectly without cutting away or trying to hide what it is. Also, watching someones leg get mercilessly ripped from its owner by a massive bear trap has never been more hilarious and horrifying.

Severance is the perfect mix of laughs, suspense, and straight up horror. If you haven't seen it yet, do what you can. Blockbuster might have it, but for now it is watch instantly on Netflix so sign up for a two week free trial and watch this movie.