If you
have read many of my reviews you know that I’m always looking for something new
and different to watch. This leads me to watching many bad movies, but one must
keep the faith that the next cool one is right around the corner. Is Killer
Party the reward for watching the bad movies? We shall see.
The plot here
has some aspiring actors and their spouses getting together at an agent’s house
for a baby shower. We get to see the inane conversations and gossip as a couple
of ex’s bump into each other. There is also chatting about screenplays and that
one of the characters has given up and is ready to go home after realizing he
isn’t going to be a star. Normally this would be sort of boring exposition that
the audience has to slog thru to get to the good stuff. But the filmmakers do
something very clever and have things happening that the characters don’t
notice but we do. You hear sirens off in the distance and one of the spouses is
a doctor that gets called into work for an emergency. While they are leading
their normal self-absorbed lives, they don’t see things falling apart around
them.
They
notice something is wrong when the cable goes out, then the cell phones stop
working. Guests who had left the party return after being turned back at a
police barricade. That is when everyone realizes that it has hit the fan. Bodies
start to drop, and seemingly normal people become homicidal and attack each
other. This includes a creepy clown that was hired to entertain the kids while
the parents had the baby shower. Nothing worse than a clown that giggles and
wants to murder you! Time passes, and it becomes necessary to raid the
neighbor’s house for supplies, which itself leads to them being noticed by the
infected. Who lives and dies? Honestly it doesn’t look good for anyone.
Killer
Party is a decent movie. It is low budget, but the cast is solid and the story
keeps things small. Most of the movie takes place in one house and backyard.
I’m always complaining that low budget movies try to tell stories beyond their
resources which ends up with a bad movie. That isn’t the case with Killer
Party. With so few locations that means we get a lot of dialogue, but again the
cast is pretty good so as a group they pull it off nicely. The action we do get
is spaced evenly and helps to keep things interesting from start to finish.
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| Always check your surroundings for homicidal clowns! |
The movie
builds genuine scares and tension. When the first infected person is
encountered they are in a daze but are able to communicate. That is until they
suddenly snap in a fit of rage and violence. This also lets the audience know
that anyone at any time could start acting weird and become homicidal.
Sometimes you can see it coming and at other times they go from normal to
bashing someone’s head in without warning! This keeps the audience on our toes,
not sure what will happen next. Another thing I wanted to mention is the
violence. The attacks are brutal as both the infected and those defending
themselves literally have to beat the other to death. There aren’t guns here so
we get golf clubs and baseball bats as the weapons of choice.
Killer
Party was a lot nastier than I expected. Lots of violence, tension from not
knowing who was going to go “bad” next, and a bleak ending make for an
excellent horror film. I also like the fact that they never explain what the
outbreak is and why only some are affected by it. This isn’t a fun movie, but
it is damn effective. If you are in the mood for that sort of flick I recommend
checking this one out.
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