Good start, but then it gets ruined

It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

I first saw Excision, and was kind of intrigued by it, so I checked out Bates Jr newest movie, which is this one, Suburban Gothic.Now, this is a pretty strange movie. It seems like it can't quite decide what it is. It has quite a lot of weird comedy, or at least I think it is supposed to be funny, it didn't really hit home for me. The comedic timing seems way off a lot of the time, with a lot of wasted potential. Maybe I just didn't get it. But this is not just a comedy, it is a horror comedy. Horror comedies are my favorite genre, nothing beats horror comedy if done right. Anyway, some of the scary scenes in this movie are actually quite creepy. But I think they drown in the weirdness of the rest of the movie. We get a tiny bit of Jeffrey Combs, that's always nice, also a small cameo from John Waters. The father is kind of cool, and the main guy is weird, but OK.To sum up: kooky movie, weird humor which I didn't really find very funny (let it be said: I'm a tough crowd, laughter wise), some creepy scenes, very simple story. OK.

I have always thought this film had involved the best actors in the world. They have done the sarcasm so brilliantly that you would just laugh out loud to yourself or even be curious if you think what they meant! Raymond had that caring personality for his family including his sexy goth friend Becca and his stupid uptight father. I really liked his scarf collection, they really suit the actor and character. He should appear for a men fashion magazine, just saying. Kat Dennings as Becca looked really pretty in Gothic style. They look really suits her, she should keep that style more often! I also liked how they gave her a bad girl attitude. She probably hid her feelings for Raymond and honestly they are so cute together! I'm glad there was romance involved in the ending.Ray Wise was brilliant playing the dad. He's a character who you would love to hate but deep down, he wants his son to do well like any other father would. He kinda reminds me of my own father. It was too bad the mother and himself divorced but you have to admit, he was pretty much a control freak. This movie will break your jaws from laughter, go watch it!

Add this movie to your collection, it has a great story,full of good laughs and dark turns, leaves you feeling a better person, music rocks pulls you into the world, creepy cool and strange I'm watching it with my family. Story in short is a dude that sees paranormal activity from a youth returns to his hometown to find that most of dump has stayed the same since he left, only he makes a girlfriend quickly as hes noticed to be more cultured then the locals who would want nothing more to pick a fight, the bartender a girl who stands up for him quickly learns he has supernatural insight, and so begins a haunting that gets worse by a thieving Mexican who steals from a corpse of a long dead girl and her father,, history is more than what it seems, the dude asks the help of a museum secretary who is a part time necromancer and asks the ghost what they need, Dad and Mom are essential to society, and you start wishing they can make peace witch they do,the ghosts are menacing reminds me of the ones in Albuquerque, ha ha go check it out, I'm going to get the soundtrack, but may skip the girl pants!

I had the privilege to view this film at the Bruce Campbell's Horror Fest at the Chicago Wizard Con last night and was thoroughly impressed. I was expecting a low budget, poorly acted schlock fest like most independent horror comedies but Suburban Gothic was delightfully charming and fun.It's low budget doesn't affect the great atmosphere of a creepy yet quirky guy trying to survive his own personal suburban hell. Between the sharp, witty dialogue , the creepy, charming characters, and atmospheric tone it feels like I imagine what James Gunn and Tim Burton would have created if they had to do a collaboration for film school together.The writing was spot on and never before had I seen such great directing and acting in an independent horror comedy since Sam Raimi's early work. Richard Bates Jr. Is a brilliant up and coming writer/director and I anxiously await his future projects. One thing that was refreshing was the fact it didn't rely on gore or nudity to catch interest and If not for the adult dialogue it would be rather family friendly for a horror film. The best way to sum up this film is that it's just plain fun!