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A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.

Timid proofreader Ernie (Kenneth Connor) travels with his best pal Syd (Sid James) to Blackshaw Towers on the Yorkshire Moors for the reading of his Uncle Gabriel's will; also present at the reading are Ernie's eccentric relatives (played by Dennis Price, Michael Gwynn, Valerie Taylor, George Woodbridge, and Esma Cannon), plus Gabriel's sexy nurse Linda (Shirley Eaton), creepy butler Fisk (Michael Gough) and sinister solicitor Everett Sloane (Donald Pleasance).As a thunderstorm rages outside, trapping the beneficiaries in the creepy house for the night, someone begins to bump off the visitors in variety of gruesome ways. Will Ernie and Syd make it through the night?As a big fan of both the Carry On series and the 'Old Dark House' horror sub-genre, I was very keen to see What A Carve Up!, which is apparently based on the classic 1933 chiller The Ghoul and features Carry On regulars James and Connor, as well as occasional Carry On players Eaton and Cannon. Sadly, although the film exploits every creepy cliché in the book in an effort to reap the laughs, the film as a whole doesn't deliver, the gags being as creaky as the huge wooden door of Blackshaw Towers. Connor's familiar nervous wimp routine and Sid James's trademark cackle are no substitute for decent jokes, and the whole affair soon becomes rather tiresome.Still, I guess it's no worse than the official Carry On attempt at mixing comedy with horror, Carry On Screaming, which also failed to impress despite the combined talents of Jim Dale, Joan Sims, Kenneth Williams, Fenella Fielding, Harry. H. Corbett, Charles Hawtry, Peter Butterworth, Jon Pertwee, Bernard Bresslaw and Angela Douglas (but no sign of Sid James or Kenneth Connor—a case of 'once bitten, twice shy', perhaps?).

This is one of those films that, if you are of a certain age, holds fond memories for you. I clearly remember watching it as a kid and thinking it was one of the funniest films I'd ever seen but now, seen through adult eyes, I realise it is really just a mediocre farce indistinguishable from many of the British comedies coming out in the early 60s.Sid James and Kenneth Connor play the two bumbling friends who visit a remote country mansion to claim Connors' inheritance following the death of an uncle. Once there they meet various members of Connors' dotty family, who begin to be picked off one by one during the course of a dark and stormy night.Sid James is always enjoyable to watch, and his crumpled face is as familiar to Brits as the Queen's. He's always good in whatever role he plays – and he appeared in some truly dire films – simply because he plays the same role over and over. Connor did pretty much the same, but his timid coward act was more irritating than enjoyable, as it is here. Donald Pleasance also appears in a creepy role, and it is he and James who provide the film's better moments. The film itself is pretty uneven, starting off brightly enough but then becoming mired down, reaching its lowest point during a protracted and desperately unfunny sequence which sees our heroes trying to sleep together in a four-poster bed.If your over 40, watch this one only if you're prepared to have your childhood memories crushed.

This movie is definitively one of the best movie I've ever seen. So much funny, but such finest humor you couldn't meet elsewhere. Everything is quite perfect in the movie : actors, plot and especially the haunting castle atmosphere. I will recommend, and it belongs to my 10 favorite movies. The location is tremendous. Kenneth O'Connor perfect. I would like to see a remake to be done. It's a pity french channels never play this one, It is as funny as Louis De Funes. It's very hard to find it in french movie shops. The atmosphere reminds me 1930s movies but it is a very good comedy. I don't know if Kenneth O'Connor's others movies are so delightful than "What a carve up"

What a great movie, laugh, jump with terror (ish) a classic story with a obvious ending but still funny. Sid James and Kenneth Connor are a great comedy pair.See how young Shirley Eaton is WOW. Nice film in the middle of the carry on's.