Garden Party Massacre

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

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.

Funny, hilarious movie with a twisted ending. 8.5/10.

The Bad: Terrible performances by (almost) all. Lousy makeup. Timing was awful. No character depth. The Good: A few genuine laughs. Everyone involved (sadly) seemed to be putting in effort. The story was (darkly) fun. ------------- I'm guessing these people met in their first community theatre class and immediately decided they had the whole show biz thing figured out. The only one who didn't stink was the guy who had no lines. The script was there, but not one of them could get it out with any conviction. I did like how the w/d, Greg Blair, repeatedly made fun of himself and played the group dummy. The cast seemed to be having fun during production. There are a few bloopers during the credits. Ultimately, a waste of 68 minutes. -------------- To all involved, keep trying. Just about everyone stinks when they're starting out. It looked like most of you have potential. Now STOP POSTING TEN STAR REVIEWS FOR YOURSELVES! NOTHING IS TEN STARS! ------------- I was going to give a generous five stars, despite the myriad of obvious flaws, but I took away two stars because of the fake reviews.

I can't, in good conscience, recommend this film.

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