Bee and her lover Sophie, attend the hurricane party of the latter's friend, David's Georgian grey manor house. As the night progresses, the group of obnoxious, self-centered Generation Z Brats decide to play a murder game called, Bodies Bodies Bodies within the dark corridors of the house. The fun however is cut short when one of their number is found dead, apparently having been murdered, and, cut off from the outside world the evening descends into one of paranoia, backstabbing, and petty recriminations as the so-called friends turn against one another. With the priorities on figuratively unmasking who the murderer is taking a backseat to their over-inflated egos.
A black satirical horror comedy from A24 studios and directed by Dutch movie Director, and actress, Helen Raijn, who had previously helmed the 2019 Dutch psychological drama, Instinct, Bodies Bodies Bodies marks her English language debut. Essentially a social satire, Raijn avails herself of the horror genre as a means to get across what is intended to be a stinging indictment of Gen. Z culture. Revolving around a group of some of the most hateful, self-absorbed entitled 20-somethings you'd wish not to come across, its cast does a bang-up job of getting under the audience's skin pretty much from the off. The stand out in his hatefulness is Pete Davidson's David, who personifies the spoiled, narcissistic "Rich Kid". With its plot owing some little inspiration from Agatha Christies "Ten Little Indians", one might be forgiven for being mistaken that it is a fairly traditional slasher movie, which it indeed has. No doubt leading to some of the negative reception the movie has received from audiences, and is partially the fault of severe mismarketing.
The movie is a fairly effective social commentary, with its obnoxious protagonists caught in a web of increasing paranoia, as they grow more and more suspicious of one another. Anyone who has used the internet and that's practically everyone, and been on social media will recognize something in each of the spoiled, self-entitled rich brats. A collective of egocentric idiots, who are deserving of little or no sympathy, and neither should there be. The movie swiftly becomes the equivalent of putting a a pack of vicious dogs in a room and having them tear each other to pieces. Raijn makes pretty good use of the confined setting with her cast firing on all cylinders once things begin to turn ugly. The problem is that the petty bickering does get dragged out too much once it kicks off when the more intense horror elements should be concentrated on. Meaning that it does gradually begin to start to run out of steam as it draws to its conclusion.
And while the characters are intended to be unlikeable, they may prove too insufferable to bear for the movie's ninety-minute run time. It does, however, conclude with a deliciously ironic twist that is topped off by a sharp final line before cutting to the end credits. Bodies Bodies Bodies for all its shortcomings still has moments of wit, and some biting satire, although nothing doesn't come together as well as might have been hoped. It marks a passable directorial debut for Raijn in her first Hollywood movie.
A black satirical horror comedy from A24 studios and directed by Dutch movie Director, and actress, Helen Raijn, who had previously helmed the 2019 Dutch psychological drama, Instinct, Bodies Bodies Bodies marks her English language debut. Essentially a social satire, Raijn avails herself of the horror genre as a means to get across what is intended to be a stinging indictment of Gen. Z culture. Revolving around a group of some of the most hateful, self-absorbed entitled 20-somethings you'd wish not to come across, its cast does a bang-up job of getting under the audience's skin pretty much from the off. The stand out in his hatefulness is Pete Davidson's David, who personifies the spoiled, narcissistic "Rich Kid". With its plot owing some little inspiration from Agatha Christies "Ten Little Indians", one might be forgiven for being mistaken that it is a fairly traditional slasher movie, which it indeed has. No doubt leading to some of the negative reception the movie has received from audiences, and is partially the fault of severe mismarketing.
The movie is a fairly effective social commentary, with its obnoxious protagonists caught in a web of increasing paranoia, as they grow more and more suspicious of one another. Anyone who has used the internet and that's practically everyone, and been on social media will recognize something in each of the spoiled, self-entitled rich brats. A collective of egocentric idiots, who are deserving of little or no sympathy, and neither should there be. The movie swiftly becomes the equivalent of putting a a pack of vicious dogs in a room and having them tear each other to pieces. Raijn makes pretty good use of the confined setting with her cast firing on all cylinders once things begin to turn ugly. The problem is that the petty bickering does get dragged out too much once it kicks off when the more intense horror elements should be concentrated on. Meaning that it does gradually begin to start to run out of steam as it draws to its conclusion.
And while the characters are intended to be unlikeable, they may prove too insufferable to bear for the movie's ninety-minute run time. It does, however, conclude with a deliciously ironic twist that is topped off by a sharp final line before cutting to the end credits. Bodies Bodies Bodies for all its shortcomings still has moments of wit, and some biting satire, although nothing doesn't come together as well as might have been hoped. It marks a passable directorial debut for Raijn in her first Hollywood movie.