StagKnight
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StagKnight is a black comedy
horror
film
by Simon Cathcart and Robert Mercer. The film combines the surreal humour
of Cathcart's previous satirical cinematic outing, Black Velvet, with the thrills and spills of the serial killer genre to create an experience by turns deeply disturbing and outrageously comedic. It was filmed in Effingham, Surrey, England, UK.
ing team the 'Weekend Warriors' intend to celebrate the marital engagement of one of their members. However, deep within the forest, an ancient warrior preserved from the time of King Arthur
has awoken and begins to hunt them down one by one.
Comedy film
Comedy film is a genre of film in which the main emphasis is on humour. They are designed to elicit laughter from the audience. Comedies are mostly light-hearted dramas and are made to amuse and entertain the audiences...
horror
Horror film
Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...
film
Film
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by Simon Cathcart and Robert Mercer. The film combines the surreal humour
Surreal humour
Surreal humour is a form of humour based on violations of causal reasoning with events and behaviours that are logically incongruent. Constructions of surreal humour involve bizarre juxtapositions, non-sequiturs, irrational situations, and/or expressions of nonsense.The humour arises from a...
of Cathcart's previous satirical cinematic outing, Black Velvet, with the thrills and spills of the serial killer genre to create an experience by turns deeply disturbing and outrageously comedic. It was filmed in Effingham, Surrey, England, UK.
Plot
The film is set in a woodland retreat just outside of London, England, where paintballPaintball
Paintball is a sport in which players compete, in teams or individually, to eliminate opponents by tagging them with capsules containing water soluble dye and gelatin shell outside propelled from a device called a paintball marker . Paintballs have a non-toxic, biodegradable, water soluble...
ing team the 'Weekend Warriors' intend to celebrate the marital engagement of one of their members. However, deep within the forest, an ancient warrior preserved from the time of King Arthur
King Arthur
King Arthur is a legendary British leader of the late 5th and early 6th centuries, who, according to Medieval histories and romances, led the defence of Britain against Saxon invaders in the early 6th century. The details of Arthur's story are mainly composed of folklore and literary invention, and...
has awoken and begins to hunt them down one by one.
Cast
- Harry Athwal as Driver
- Martin Bayfield as William
- Simon Cathcart as Sean
- Paul Coskun as Mike
- Sandra Dickinson as Fay
- James Hillier as Charles
- Jason Lee Hyde as David
- J.C. Mac as Wolf
- Danielle Mason as Ginger
- Joe Montana as Roger
- Jocelyn Osorio as Blossom
- Santos Regules as Santos
- Simeon Willis as Brian