Review of Killer Party (1986) by Bill M — 20 Jul 2017

Killer Party is a truly abnormal slasher movie, really really fucking bizarre, it begins with a movie within a music video and then for about an hour or so plays like more of a very broad, frat house, college sex comedy than a horror film, even the various killings along the way (not many of them either) are off screen and bloodless. After a long while it does start to become a bit of a slog, the pacing is weird and off, the gags are stupid, and the charters cartoonish and very annoying, plus when the massacre does finally come into play, via a totally unexplained dude in one of those old atmospheric diving suits, the kills are clearly edited to pieces leaving the would be money shots very unsatisfying. Then the last twenty minutes happen,.

I dont want to give things away, but this often sluggish, sometimes interesting and frequently a bit baffling film goes fucking nuts in a big, wonderful way come the climax, the ending is unhinged, terrifying, and emotionally affecting. I was totally caught offgaurd by the left swerve this film takes. Worth watching to see a particularly unusual and unpredictable 80's slasher, and especially for that demented, scary surprise of an ending.