''Paintball Massacre'' is a 2020 British

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film directed by Darren Berry and written by Chris Regan.

Plot

A school reunion

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ing goes wrong as the participants start being murdered one by one.

Cast

Katy Brand Katherine Frances Brand (born 1979), known as Katy Brand, is an English actress, comedian and writer, known for her ITV2 series ''Katy Brand's Big Ass Show'' and for Comedy Lab ''Slap'' on Channel 4. Early life and education Brand was born in ...

Lee Latchford-Evans Lee Latchford-Evans (born 28 January 1975) is an English singer, dancer, stage actor and one of the five singers of the British pop group Steps. Early life From Ellesmere Port, Evans was born as Lee Latchford Evans, with his middle name Latc ...

*Natasha Killip *Aoife Smyth *

Nicholas Vince Nicholas Vince (born May 1958) is an actor, writer, and film maker who was born in West Germany and lives in South London. He trained at Mountview Theatre Academy, and shortly after graduating he met Clive Barker, modeling for him and later being ...

Robert Portal Robert Portal is an English actor. Portal is known for his role as Paul Critchley on the BBC television series ''The Amazing Mrs Pritchard'' (2006) and as the King in the film '' The Huntsman: Winter's War'' (2016). He is also known for his rol ...

*Ian Virgo *Cheryl Burniston *Lockhart Ogilvie *Nathan Clough

Production

The filmmakers have cited British comedy-horror features

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and

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as inspiration. It was filmed in 2018 in

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, at The Sparkford Inn near

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as well as in a quarry in

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. The budget for the film was £75,000 which crept up to £100,000 when shooting began.

Release

The film was released in US and Canada in December 2020 and released digitally and on DVD in the UK on April 5, 2021.

Reception

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review said the film struggles to live up to illustrious Brit comedy-horror predecessors.

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reviewed it as “Fun-Filled Microbudget Mayhem”.

References

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