Andy Nyman, who plays Gordon, was my favorite male character. Gordon is an annoyingly optimistic character, much to the chagrin of the other Palisades employees. He tries to make every negative a positive. I wanted to strangle him about three minutes into the movie. I think he was fantastically written. I believe that the writers were trying to make him painfully cheery and they accomplished their goal with flying colors.

There is a moderate amount of creativity in the kill scenes. They took all of the instruments of death they could think of, threw out the quiet ones, tossed the ones that wouldn't create a mess, and scrapped the Plain-Janes, and were left with a collection of mercenary style implements of doom! Sure, there are knives and guns, but the kill scenes that use the classics aren't done in the same-old ways. There is a scene where hundreds of people are killed and I snickered, rolled my eyes and finally gave into the laughter pushing its way up!

I wish there had been a little bit more attention to the actual deaths of the characters. As I mentioned above, I can't remember a single scene where you actually see someone die. I feel a little funny saying this, but it's a horror movie, show us the money. I can't believe that someone is actually dead unless we see them dead. In the horror movie rules it goes, 1. Never say "I'll be right back." 2. Never investigate a weird or strange noise, especially alone, and 3. Don't assume they are dead unless you see them dead, and maybe even not then. How can I believe that the killers actually killed the victim if you aren't following the rules?

As always, I love it when there are bad ass bitches in horror movies that refuse to wait for some man to save them and Severance has its share of whoop-ass women! Not all the women survive but their attempts at survival are memorable and commendable.

This movie would benefit from a re-visitation by someone a little more skilled at finding the proper mix of humor and horror. This may be the only time you hear this from me but I can't wait until an American film maker finds the time to remake this movie. Even still, Severance is worth seeing, flaws and all.