Vicious Fun
WRITTEN BY : James Villeneuve & Cody Calahan
DIRECTED BY : Cody Calahan
About the Film
Joel, a caustic 1980s film critic for a national horror magazine, finds himself unwittingly trapped in a self-help group for serial killers. With no other choice, Joel attempts to blend in or risk becoming the next victim.
Cast:
Evan Marsh - Joel
Amber Goldfarb - Carrie
David Koechner - Zachary
Ari Millen - Bob
Julian Richlings - Fritz
Where to View
Film Details
Completed : October 2020
Theatrical Release : October 2020
Budget : $3M USD
Running Time : 141m
Country of Origin : Canada
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Genre : Comedy, Horror
Festivals/Awards : Blood in the Snow Canadian Film Festival winner for Best Picture and Best Director 2021
Director’s Statement
I wrote the treatment five years ago now. And then I meet James through some filmmaking friends and we were just talking about writing something together and I pitched him the idea for Vicious Fun and he just ran with it. He based it off of the treatment I wrote but broke it open and went some new places with it. We wanted to homage certain serial killers and slashers from horror movies and we also wanted to take some references from real-life serial killers. So, it was about finding a battle between those, between each character and against each other. Especially for Bob we did a lot of research on Ted Bundy and I sent Ari (Millen) who plays Bob a bunch of written interviews. For each serial killer, we tried to compile some real-life references with some references from horror movies and sort of mashed it all together.
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Reviews
“If ever a film lived up to its title, this is it. Vicious Fun is extremely violent but also packed with dark humour that fans of films such as Turbo Kid and VFW will lap up."
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