Murder Party (2007)

User Rating:

5.8/10   

Director:

Jeremy Saulnier

Writer:

Jeremy Saulnier (writer)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

"Everybody Dies!"

Plot:

A random invitation to a Halloween party leads a man into the hands of a rogue collective intent on murdering him for the sake of their art, sparking a bloodbath of mishap, mayhem and hilarity. |

Plot Keywords:

Halloween Party | Art | Halloween | Invitation | Cat

Awards:

2 wins

Cast

Alex Barnett	...	Alexander
Malin Bergman	...	Painted Lady #1
Macon Blair	...	Macon
Amanda Bryan	...	Painted Lady #2
Michael Clomegah	...	Party Doorman
Andre da Costa	...	Art Critic #1
Alton Du Laney	...	Art Critic #2
Heidi Edwards	...	Painted Lady #3
Paul Goldblatt	...	Paul
Beryl Guceri	...	Unfortunate Photo Assistant
William Lacey	...	Bill
Damon Lindsay	...	Subway Rapper
Kerry MacDonald	...	Painted Lady #4
B. Reeves	...	Dead Baby at Party
Stacy Rock	...	Lexi
Skei Saulnier	...	Sky
Chris Sharp	...	Chris
Beau Sia	...	Cicero
Melanie L. Sullivan	...	Art Critic #3
Bill Tangradi	...	Zycho
David Zellerford	...	Lover Not Fighter

Runtime:

79 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Certification:

Australia:MA (2007) | UK:15

Filming Locations:

Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

The Lab of Madness

Movie Connections:

References Predator (1987)

Soundtrack:

Burn From the Inside

Goofy, gory, kind of fun in a weird way

This is the story of a "Joe Average" type, a kind of nerdy guy, Chris, who finds an invitation on Halloween to a "Murder Party" and is stupid enough to make a costume (and some pumpkin bread to take along) and go. And, it really IS a party of that sort, and this poor schmuck is the guest of honor. A roomful of nut-case psycho artists have decided to kill someone in the name of art, only things take a turn for the worse when the biggest loony of them all, Alexander, shows up. Of course, most of these artist types are no strangers to substance abuse so despite being tied up at least a couple times, Chris still manages to get loose. Eventually, tension builds so much among these artist types that turning against each other and while Chris does manage to get away he seems to have a couple of the angriest survivors pursuing him through that particular area of town and even through a few not-quite-as-life-threatening Halloween parties. One of the pursuers is a young man who drunkenly tried to light a cigarette while wearing a rubber mask & now has part of the mask burned to his face, which I suppose would make MOST people irritable. Unfortunately for the OTHER party goers none of Chris's pursuers seem terribly picky about who they hack to bits. This has some pretty good deadpan humor to it, and some just plain goofiness, but when the horror stuff kicks in it's also pretty well done, considering that this is a pretty low budget film, it seems. I had heard lots about this & was expecting to be disappointed but I wasn't, this is a real oddball little horror/comedy. 8 out of 10.