Savage House (15)

This darkly comic period piece sees Richard E. Grant and Claire Foy teaming up to play a pair of bourgeois rotters looking to get ahead in 18th century England.

They are powdered wig wearing Sir Chauncey and corset rocking Lady Savage. Set against the backdrop of a massive pox outbreak, and Jacobite uprising – this is a timely satirical story of blind pursuit of a better life. It is not without a tinge of irony that their family name is the Savages, for this is a savage house indeed. Filled with duels, decadence, and bloodshed, this is a madcap play on class and power.

Also co-starring a veritable who's who of "Oh yeah, it's him/her off of such-and-such historical drama" — there's no shortage of talent behind Savage House. And, what's more, we do love a good trouncing of the historical and enduring insanity of the class divide.

With buckets of excrement, wonderfully decadent finery, and Grant calling someone a "dirty little piggy" as she sucks her finger, Savage House is a riotous, filthy romp that makes The Favourite look tame.