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6.1/10 • 335

1986-03-271h 28m

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Guess who's going to be the life of the party?

As soon as Muffy St. John and her college friends arrive on her parents' secluded island, someone starts trimming the guest list... one murder at a time.

Directors
Fred Walton
Writters
Danilo Bach
Editors
Danilo Bach, Bruce Green

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  1. Amy Steel

    Amy Steel

    Kit Graham

  2. Ken Olandt

    Ken Olandt

    Rob Ferris

  3. Deborah Foreman

    Deborah Foreman

    Muffy / Buffy St. John

  4. Deborah Goodrich

    Deborah Goodrich

    Nikki Beshears

  5. Clayton Rohner

    Clayton Rohner

    Chaz Vyshinski

  6. Thomas F. Wilson

    Thomas F. Wilson

    Arch Cummings

  7. Jay Baker

    Jay Baker

    Harvey 'Hal' Edison

  8. Leah Pinsent

    Leah Pinsent

    Nan Youngblood

  9. Griffin O'Neal

    Griffin O'Neal

    Skip St. John

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John Chard

Nov 2, 2014

7/10

Muffy the ham-pie slayer! A group of college buddies convene at a friends isolated abode and get killed off one by one… Great fun, Fred Walton, Frank Mancuso Jr. and Danilo Bach tap cheekily into the 1980s obsession with slasher films, and produce a self aware horror movie of mighty dark comedy proportions. Quite often when film makers try to laugh as they bite the hand that feeds them they fall flat on their faces, not so here. Ok! It’s hardly genius film making but the makers instil their picture with interesting killings, twists and turns, and even an audacious narrative that would only be appreciated some years later. Horror movie conventions are adhered to with tongue stuck in bloody cheek, none more so than with an ending that will infuriate some, but conversely will bring on the chortles in others. 7/10

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Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$5,000,000.00
Revenue
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Keywords
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