Seraherrera The movie is wonderful and true, an act of love in all its contradictions and complexity

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Ella-May O'Brien Each character in this movie — down to the smallest one — is an individual rather than a type, prone to spontaneous changes of mood and sometimes amusing outbursts of pettiness or ill humor.

HorrorOverEverything Jeremy Saulnier is one of my favorite directors right now, his two most recent films (Green Room & Blue Ruin) are two of the best movies I have seen in the last five years or so. I originally saw Murder Party years ago when it first came out but I was too young to fully appreciate it and didn't really have too many memories of it, once I realized that Murder Party was in fact Saulnier's directorial debut I knew I had to go back and check it out again.The film centers around a lonely young man (Chris Hawley) who lives alone and has no real plans for Halloween other than sitting at home with his cat watching horror movies. On his way home from the video store he stumbles upon an invitation to a "Murder Party", Chris assumes that this is just an invitation to a normal Halloween party and decides to put on a homemade Halloween costume & attend the party. Upon arriving Chris quickly realizes that the party is anything but normal, instead it is actually a project set up by an art collective made up of some very pretentious artists. Their plan is to murder Chris simply for the sake of art, and everything just spirals from there. I love the plot of this movie and the overall comedic tone of it as well, the film never takes it's self too seriously and they do an excellent job of mocking the art scene. I was very pleased with the way the characters were all written, I loved how calm and casual they all were through all the insane events that transpired throughout the film.The acting was all top notch for a low budget flick, especially Macon Blaire's performance (who has been featured in all of Saulnier's films so far). It's very rare that horror comedies are able to be genuinely funny but "Murder Party" really succeeds in that sense, it never felt like the comedy was forced or anything which made the jokes really land for me. One of the things I really like about Jeremy Saulnier's films is how brutal and violent they are, and "Murder Party" definitely doe not disappoint there. There is a massive amount of gore and brutal murders (hence the name), even during these scenes though the film still manages to be hilarious and make you grin. "Murder Party" really delivers on multiple fronts, it's violent, hilarious, bizarre, and at times super witty. If you want to laugh and you are not afraid of a little blood then I highly suggest checking this out, it's a blast.

CRJtheFirst I had been promised a 'spoofy', gory parody. It was just really boring all the freaking time. It didn't make me laugh, once. This was supposed to be a comedy, right?I had the misfortune of being recommended to watch this atrocity last Halloween, so I did. I sat through the whole thing feeling unclean the whole way through. It was very unpleasant to look at, not in a dark or creepy kind of way like in movies such as The Omen (1976) or The Fly, both of which are great and disturbing.The main character was a bore, just someone leading a quiet life and then put into a strange situation. But unlike following him through a journey like in something such as God Bless America (2011) and understanding him going psychotic, we just watch him witness the horrors that unfold throughout the night. The other characters I barely remember. I guess they just start murdering each other and we're supposed to root for certain ones, but you won't care because they're all equally annoying throughout. So when they get killed off in (I must admit) some well thought out fashion, you will not have been invested enough in them to feel anything.The 'plot' is about as bland as they get; guy gets abducted and then watches his captors argue for a while trying to escape a couple times. Eventually everyone tries to kill each other, resulting in our main character facing off against one guy. Then he kills him; the end. I might have made a couple of mistakes in this synopsis, but whatever. It's not like there was that much of it to begin with.So to summarise in short; don't watch. In long; really don't watch this turd.

ihearthorrorfilm Once in a while, you come across an unknown indie film that is so good that you want to take it upon yourself to spread the word. Murder Party is one of those gems. This movie is funny, gory, smart and totally original. The writing is excellent and the characters are so great. I really want people to check this out because it's so good. I don't want to tell you all too much about the plot of the movie. Murder Party is so much better if you go in not knowing anything. But I will tell you that most people that watch this movie will want to copy the Halloween costumes because they are so awesome! I enjoyed this movie so much that I watched all the extras on the DVD, something I hardly ever do. The extras are excellent and the Director/Writer, Jeremy Saulnier's biography is wonderful. I really hope he continues to make more films because he is really talented!Please like me on Facebook! We love getting suggestions and warnings on everything horror: http://www.facebook.com/pages/I-Heart-Horror/338327476286206

olympiquetango Chris actually wanted to have a comfy evening with some horror movies and candies. The first VHS tape, "Scare Wolf" is chosen. But what is this? Cat Lancelot is laying lazy on his TV chair and makes no efforts to clear the field for him. So Chris decides to go to this dubious Halloween "Murder Party". Well he is not really invited. He found the invitation accidentally on the street. But hey, who cares. Better than waiting for the cat to leave the chair… Quickly he makes a Knight costume out of a cardboard box, bakes pumpkin bread of that what is left from the pumpkin head kids smashed in front of his door and is ready to leave. When he finally arrives at a storage building, the strangely rouged and costumed party guests seem to have a boring time. But his appearance gives the whole mood a sudden kick. What a relief… Or maybe not? In the next scene we see Chris captivated on a chair. Furthermore he finds out in a painful manner that he is the guest of honor of this "Murder Party" and that his life will be exhaled in an artful way this night… Halloween inspired a lot of horror movies since it is a nice frame for a movie of this genre. Plus the best thing about this yank feast is that you can build in so many references to other movies thanks to the costumes… Director Jeremy Saulnier does exactly the same. We see a group of Droogs, e.g. they belong to "A Clockwork Orange" as much as the sound of Ludwig van Beethoven. And another homage is the really striking rouged Baseball Player from the "Warriors" which also appears in a similar way in " The Riffs" as far as I know. The entry to the story is a real joy, because Chris gets introduced in a really funny way. We get to know he is a naive character. The whole comedy like scenario gets crowned by the manual skills he shows by making his own costume. Almost surreal appears his way to the party and you really wanna know how things will develop. Unfortunately after we get to know all the facts, the story loses his speed a bit. It seems like Saunier tried to stretch the middle part of his independent production to get a full-length feature. But after you get a lot of sex, drugs and rock'n'roll paired with paired with art and violence. Lotsa fooling around and chainsaw-brain action. A true ode to joy! The mostly unknown Actors really do a great job. If you have any friends doing art you will have a lot of pleasure finding similarities to real existing (wannabe) artists, their lordly behavior and skin-deep talks… The score is a mix of Italian-and mainstream horror sound with a pinch of 80ies Pop. As a result I can say, "Murder Party" is a flick that is a pleasure to watch. Especially if you keep in mind that it was a low budget production although it doesn't look like one.