90 minutes is about right for a comedy-horror adaptation of Stephen King. A cursed toy latches itself on to traumatised twin brothers Hal and Bill (Theo James/Christian Convery) and causes the random and gruesome deaths of many unlucky folks who encounter them. This might not be vividly disturbing as LONGLEGS, but continues to serve up Osgood Perkins’ unique mixture of dark comedy and extreme imagery. Perkins sets his stall out with a wild prelude scene involving Adam Scott in a pawnshop with a harpoon gun and a flamethrower, and basically doesn’t take his foot off the pedal for the rest of the movie with a series of sudden, hilarious deaths. This cast definitely knew the assignment, and as long as you tap into the gallows humour tone, even the movie’s more scattershot final stretch will still be fun. SSP