Halloween Party

Halloween Party is fast-paced and funny, with just the right touches of drama, well-spaced throughout the film. The flow is excellent, with so many hilarious scenes my face hurt from laughing so much.

The characters portrayed are so true to life I could identify many of them with people I know. I felt like I was at the party with my friends, neighbors and co-workers along with their dates and significant others.

Halloween Party is a true slice of life in America with a rich array of characters giving powerful insights into their day to day lives. The homeless man and the trick or treaters provide an in depth look at the attitudes, concerns and interactions of everyday Americans today. Very touching scenes.

And the music! I just wanted to get up and dance over and over throughout the film. All music lovers will be delighted with Halloween Party.

Recently enjoyed viewing this movie at the !st Annual Laughlin Film Festival. Of course, it's a Halloween Party at someone's home attended by friends, but it is the stories of some of the guests that bring special messages. This is what I loved most about the storyline. There are situations of adult confrontations, arrogant people, centered people, funny and gorgeous people, and very sensitive people. This movie contains young children in costume in adult situations and there are adults situations in the movie, so I personally do not recommended it for children under 14 unless the parent allows this. Most of the costumes are very in-typical for Halloween. That's refreshing. It gives me and my friends many different ideas for our Halloween party. The soundtrack is outrageous! I love blues and this soundtrack has many original songs by writers/singers from Nashville, Texas and California. I recommend this movie as a different spin of the usual Halloween ventures available out there.

I keep coming back to the music... I miss rock and roll and there's a healthy dose on this soundtrack. Also, there's the scene with the wolfboy and the spider that made me shoot beer out my nose. That and the fortune teller are worth watching the whole thing for. I love the subplot of how the guy uses different cams to spy on his own party. It's a very clever way for the director to change things up, visually, and add a unique element to the movie. The people look like real people... you don't often see that in movies... it's kinda cool. Planning on putting this one during my OWN Halloween Party this year, then blasting out the soundtrack when things get going.

I really enjoyed this little gem of a film! Bravo to all of the talented people that were part of this terrific production. I appreciated how this was very funny without being campy or over the top. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the characters! They were all very entertaining , talented and fun to watch!! I never found my wind wondering off or checking my cell phone! All good signs!! So for me, this film clearly gets a thumb's up!

I appreciate the premise of the movie "Halloween Party". It's about people at a party in costumes that allow them to let go of their inhibitions as their hosts secretly film their interactions during the evening, illuminating their problems, secrets, fantasies and more.

The characters and theme are very "Hollywood." Initially I thought that the characters were shallow. There was a lot of sex play. But as the film continued, the plot thickened and some of them got interesting. Here are some of the more interesting characters: * Dr. Ben and Julie are the hosts. Ben makes mysterious drinks like Vampire wine. Julie is dressed as an Earth mother. I had a lot of curiosity about Megan, their hidden, mysterious, ominous, troubled teenage daughter whose room emitted strange lights and noises. That held my attention! * The little dog with a hidden camera was very cute.

* Erin was an interesting character. She can never find a decent man. She gets a homeless guy (Mason) to keep her obnoxious Teen Wolf former boyfriend and other unappealing men at bay. But soon she begins to fall for the homeless guy and Teen Wolf dude gets jealous. Her girlfriends tell her to stop falling for losers but an interracial couple tell Erin to give Mason a chance because there is more to him than meets the eye.

* The Jewish fortune teller (enlightened woman) was my favorite character! She was mysterious and seemed to know everything about everyone. And she kept disappearing.

* Other fun characters included Elvis, Sarah Palin, Marilyn Monroe, cops, Presidents Kennedy and Obama, Jesus, 3 crayons of different colors, a nurse, Zeus, a prison inmate, the Grim Reaper , Mammogram guy, Jane of the jungle, Mermaid dating a shark, a devil, a naughty maid, and the Pope. The "Pirate of the Caribbean" had a bitchy pirate wife. The costumes were funny and great! * Cute trick-or-treating children came to the door and were given inappropriate treats by the guests! I enjoyed the movie from an artistic standpoint. It went back and forth between a high quality camera, cheap video footage from the people at the party, and black and white shots. The costumes were fun and camera angles unique. The acting was solid. It was visually entertaining and appeared to be done on a small budget in a single location (a house).

There was a lot of witty dialogue. For example the banter between Jesus and Elvis was hilarious and they remained in character. My personal tastes run towards more serious themes, but it wasn't that kind of a movie. Overall, it was quite entertaining!