Film No. 75 (2022) September 18th. 12.45 PM HOYTS, Cinema 11, High Point Shopping Complex, Maribyrnong, Victoria.
"If you drop the piece of paper that has the X on it, then you are the murderer" (The rules are laid down for the silly game played out in the dark).
Nominee Audience Award; SXSW Film Awards U.S. 2022.
This romp is neither SCREAM nor THE HILL HAS EYES but BODIES BODIES BODIES sits somewhere in between.
With a couple of laugh out loud moments which prove its worth as a parody, progressing to the odd scream out loud moment, it reminds us it is more horror than fun.
Seven young friends and acquaintances meet at a mansion somewhere in a southern state to party as a hurricane cuts its way through the immediate vicinity. As in Rene Clair's, AND THEN THERE WERE NONE (1945), gradually the cast die. But here is the twist; we see most of the deaths and who commits them, but who killed first? It's a clever take, not entirely original, but clever enough.
The cast is young and vital. The set is undoubtedly another example of a lockdown shoot. The camera work and lighting, while stylised to suit the theme, has its annoying moments.
A24 studio has pointed its lens at the 18 to 35 year old market and reviews would suggest it has been on target. 9GUMS.
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