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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