Aided by flawless performances from Marsh, Goldfarb, Millen and the entire cast, Calahan’s film grounds its wackiness in reality, delivering exactly the kind of satisfying, “vicious” fun its title promises.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Sep 18, 2023

Vicious Fun comes tremendously close to being a pretty great horror-comedy.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Nov 15, 2021

While the gruesome set pieces tend to be signposted and predictable they're dispatched with stylish glee, as if celebrating scares we've seen before, rather than inventing new ones.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 12, 2021

This sidestep into comedy horror is a bold one - because it's not easy to balance laughs and scares as competently as this - but it all works.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 11, 2021

Vicious Fun is clearly a film made by fans for fans, and it's meant to entertain (the word "fun" is right there in the title, after all) rather than make some big statement or break much new ground. And in that, it definitely succeeds.

| Aug 11, 2021

Calahan really knocks this one out of the park, assembling a fantastic ensemble cast who are more than capable of keeping up with the film's frenetic pace and relentless comedy.

| Aug 11, 2021

Vicious Fun is exactly that and may even spawn a sequel.

| Aug 11, 2021

Director Cody Calahan, who also came up with the story - the screenplay is by James Villeneuve - is pretty masterly when it comes to kills.

| Original Score: B | Jul 30, 2021

I enjoyed the look of this a lot, but it should have been better.

| Jul 23, 2021

Vicious Fun is a greatly fun killer film with a twist that works perfectly. The performances work (like seriously, Robert Maillet in that part is just perfect) and the cast is on point throughout.

| Original Score: 4.5.5 | Jul 16, 2021

It can make fun of the genre but also be a bona fide film within that genre... It's raucous, it's crazy, it's over the top, but also it's very funny.

| Original Score: 4/4 | Jul 10, 2021

Colourfully playing with the horror genre, this film is skilfully made in a slick style that echoes period classics.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 8, 2021

While Vicious Fun has its moments of riotous gore and a few well-earned scares, the comedy falls flat with an alarming consistency.

| Original Score: 2/4 | Jul 7, 2021

This is writer/director Calahan's most accessible project to date and he knocks it out of the park. The comedy is well balanced with fantastic prosthetic effects. Plus: Canadian character actors!

| Jul 6, 2021

Works best when it's not trying to comment on genre tropes, but it still works as an entertaining diversion.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jul 5, 2021

Bloody, heartfelt, and hilarious, Vicious Fun is one of the best horror comedies in years.

| Original Score: 4.5/5 | Jul 3, 2021

At the end of the day, this feels like a love letter to this time period of horror, and for those who grew up with the movies that inspired Vicious Fun, it may just remind them of all the potential this genre has for a bloody good time.

| Jul 3, 2021

Aims to give its viewers what its title says.

| Original Score: B | Jul 2, 2021

A vibrant and witty addition to Shudder's extensive catalogue of horror, and it teases the potential for sequels which could easily be even better.

| Original Score: 3 / 5 | Jul 2, 2021

While the makers of Vicious Fun want you to award them points for being light, but also serious enough, their villains (and therefore their biggest ideas) simply aren't gross and/or woke enough to be memorable.

| Original Score: 1/4 | Jun 30, 2021