Review: Funny Man
Benny Young wins a game of cards against Christopher Lee and the stakes included the keys to the latter’s ancestral home. Unfortunately the home is inhabited by an evil harlequin demon (Tim James) who has some bloody tricks in store for Young, his family, and the random hitchhikers who are also invited here for some reason. This 1994 comic horror/fantasy oddity from writer-director Simon Sprackling (who mostly seems to direct documentary shorts about horror films and actors) has a bit of a cult following. I’m not a member of the cult. A bizarre, deathly dull British variant of “Leprechaun” , it’s not funny, it’s not scary, and the performances are absolutely pitiful. Sure, Christopher Lee is classy enough as usual, but his bit role is uninteresting and a waste of his talents and presence. Also, why is one character seemingly cosplaying as Velma from “Scooby Doo” ? The character’s name is Thelma Fudd, if there’s a reason for any of this I wasn’t seeing it. T...