Garden Party Massacre

A bunch of suburban friends huddle inside their house after a lunatic with a pickaxe crashes their party and kills their friend. Before long, they're at each other's throats in some hilarious ways.

It took me up until the 20 minute mark to really get into Garden Party Massacre. The humor and performances take some getting used to. Not every performance hits the mark every single time and many of the comedy bits fall flat, but when it works, it works really well and there are enough genuinely funny moments to make it a worthwhile watch. Even better, the film takes some really insane twists and turns right as it's starting to wind down into "been there, done that" territory.

I like a low budget, quirky film as much as the next person, but Christ on a bike, this movie takes the absolute biscuit

Kooky characters, snappy dialogue and over the top craziness will have you laughing out loud over and over. Imagine the cast of a sitcom suddenly trapped in a horror film and you get the idea. Pop culture riffs and horror movie tropes are splattered all over the place. In fact, there are tons more laughs than blood which, as a comedy first and foremost, works just fine. And even the massacre, when it finally comes, is not exactly what you'd expect.

A really fun film I could watch over and over.

This is the movie that a lot of comedy/horror films try to be. From frame one you can tell that the entire cast and crew put nothing but love into this unlike the mechanically churned out horror spoof movies of the last 2 decades. And the great thing is, just as soon as you think you have this movie all figured out, it will spin you on a fine and take you to a whole new level. Gregory Blair and company took a small, independent movie and made it a raucous good time. Well worth checking out

Kudos. This was delightfully stupid, in a good way. :D