Party Night

I thought this movie was well done! It has a small cast, so you can get to know each character, there are more than a couple tribute references to some amazing classics and this movie gave you gore without doing too much CG. It felt very '80s Slasher to me and that is a compliment. Overall this is a fun movie to watch if you are a fan of the old school slashers! I give this movie a solid B to B+

The acting was the worst, very forced. There is no chemistry between the couples. A pet peeve for me is when people don't use curtains like the girls in this movie, they got undressed in front of window. One of them sees a guy outside, but no one believes her or wants to leave. It was only an hour and ten minutes, but that was too long for this movie. The killer takes down 3 guys that could be football players, without a problem, but gets ended by a a petite girl in a prom dress. Also, the blood looked like pizza sauce and sauce they used was way too watery coming out of there necks. Truly a bad movie all around. Don't watch this movie.

Party Night isn't a lofty think piece or character drama (and I don't think the filmmakers went into it with that mentality), but it's quick and to the point and doesn't overstay its welcome. Besides that, there are some terrific special effects and the cast isn't full of the usual indie horror movie mouth breathers who appeared to have been hired from a local strip club instead of a traditional casting call.

For a first time film, it certainly has flaws which one could nitpick if they wanted, but the film has a pretty infectious sense of fun that I've personally missed from the genre. Treat it as if it were just a random slasher movie you'd rent in the 90's because the cover art looked cool and you won't be disappointed. It's simple, to the point, and entertaining enough to deem worthy of checking out.

I checked this film out on Amazon Prime and it was a fun short 1 hour 10 minute ride. The acting is decent and while this isn't "horrifying" it's a fun throwback slasher flick that does what it sets out to do which is entertain. I'm interested to see what else the director has to offer with his other films.

"Party Night" is a new 2018 slasher film from Troy Escamilla. The story is very simple...a small group of teens hang out at a secluded cabin after their prom even though there is a series of missing girls in the area! The cinematography here is poor and unimaginative and needed some sort of filter. There were lots of shaky cams when i don't think it was intended. The pedestrian score didn't help as the film had zero atmosphere. No scenes at the prom? Really? Bad acting and juvenile dialogue are abundant here as well as poor sound mixing...people walking and clothes/sheets rustling just as loud as the dialogue. In parts the voices were tinny. As far as the kills....they were unimaginative and straightforward with a pretty laughable decapitation at the end. Honestly, when someone says, "The Nun" or "Slenderman " is the worst film of the year, they most definitely haven't seen this. Gets 1 point for being a finished movie and another half point for cool artwork that doesn't match the quality of the film. The tagline is "Try and make it till morning", but it should be "Try and make it through this entire movie!" 1.5/10