title: Paintball Massacre
text: # Paintball Massacre
  
  Paintball Massacre is a 2020 British comedy horror film directed by Darren Berry and written by Chris Regan.
  
  ## Plot
  
  A school reunion paintballing goes wrong as the participants start being murdered one by one.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Katy Brand
  * Lee Latchford-Evans
  * Natasha Killip
  * Aoife Smyth
  * Nicholas Vince
  * Robert Portal
  * Ian Virgo
  * Cheryl Burniston
  * Lockhart Ogilvie
  * Nathan Clough
  
  ## Production
  
  The filmmakers have cited British comedy-horror features Hot Fuzz and Dog Soldiers as inspiration. It was filmed in 2018 in Somerset, at The Sparkford Inn near Yeovil as well as in a quarry in Radstock. 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
  
  The Guardian review said the film struggles to live up to illustrious Brit comedy-horror predecessors. Dread Central reviewed it as “Fun-Filled Microbudget Mayhem”.
  
  