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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Killer Party review





KILLER PARTY

It’s totally 80’s and totally rad; Killer Party is a totally tubular slasher movie with a carefree attitude.  Totally.  So crack open that Tab cola, dump out all the cheese curls in one of those big silver party bowls, and dust off your most bodacious sweater; it’s time to set the town on fire with Killer Party; the ultimate slasher party movie.  Let's deep dive into the deep end of the 80's...


The beginning of the movie is quite a jam man.  There are zombies, a graveyard ritual, a drive-in theater, cock rock, glam, and movie within movie within a movie antics that are never really explained and have zero to do with the real deal movie.  So right away you know the emphasis in this flick is more on delivering a happy fun time than pondering the mysteries of life and cinema, and that’s just cream cheese to me baby.  We are introduced to three inseparable friends fresh from high school and excited to just be starting college (although, they’re like all in their thirties).  They even have their own theme song that they bounce in step to.  It goes something like this:

These are the best times of our life
Of our life
These are the best times of our life
Of our life
These are the best times of our life
Of our life



I’m totally going to vomit.  So yeah you can tell they are pretty giddy about college life, although they really shouldn’t be with a killer apparition on the loose named Alan (terrifying), stabbing people with a steel trident and generally being a big party pooper.  Later he ups his game and dresses as a deep sea diver while sending costumed party goers into the void.  You see poor Alan was a fraternity pledge that dabbled in black magic, because who doesn’t now a days, and was tragically killed in a prank with a guillotine (don’t those always go wrong?).  Now his malevolent spirit roams an abandoned fraternity house seeking revenge on the living. 



There are plenty of stalk and slash elements to the movie but they seem to take a back seat to the storyline about the trio of girls trying to get accepted into the all female “goat” sorority, which is kind of weird because aren’t goats male?  With the exception of a few quick cut away deaths the movie doesn’t go into full blown horror mode until much later in its third act, where Alan swiftly and silently massacres an entire April Fool’s Day party.  It kind of seems like the main girls step out of the room for a coke break and return to find all their friends hacked up to bloody ribbons and strung up with the party décor.  Pacing anyone?   Alan’s evil spirit gets all balls deep in one of the girls, possessing her and breaking up their lesbian love triangle, setting up the final showdown between final girl Vivian and the ghost of fraternities past.



Killer Party has a lot of spunk and spirit; its carefree attitude carries over nicely from the screen and the warm cast and crew never seem to overstay their welcome.  The stalk and slash aspects of the movie may be a little fluffy but fit well with the general atmosphere of the film.   This forgotten cheese kernel has a cult following and for good reason; it’s simply a fun film that raises no expectations from the viewer other than to remain content and entertained.  I can dig it man.    


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