Death Party

source: Party Hard Die Young

This one is filed under slasher so I plugged it in to see what it was all about. Great cinemagraphy that for sure. And that's the only positive thing for me. Slow building with a lot of parties attending but when the killer comes in it's low based on blood, not even gory at all. Stupid conversations. It's okay for teens to see this wiith all the booze, banging and partying. Further this doesn't offer a lot, the end when it's all cleared out even there it's to slow. Not for me this one Gore 0/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 2/5 Story 2/5 Comedy 0/5

Great looking and large cast, great location but this is supposed to be a horror movie?! 4 people die out of a cast of nearly a dozen main characters. This does not give away anything other than to tell you Shudder needs to create better horror movies on their "exclusive to Shudder" list. You could've had ten deaths and made the movie entertaining and fast paced but instead it's another snoozefest slasher film where barely anything happens. Gorgeous looking cast wasted on what may have become a great slasher with more effort.

I'd say a 5 is about right for this teen slasher. It's about some French kids going to a music festival and getting killed off. Not too memorable, but colorful to look at. The ending was probably the most satisfying part. I have to also mention a very morbid shot during the end credits that was easily the most striking thing in the film. Very skippable.

Any time I hear the phrase "in the tradition of the best post-Scream slashers," I get worried that I'm going to completely hate a movie. However, this 2018 Austrian effort - known there as The Last Party of Your Life - defied that title and all the worries that it brought with it. This movie feels closer to the slasher's Italian absentee father, the giallo, as its look, lighting and even appropriation of modern dance music within the narrative structure of those films makes total sense. It also owes plenty to I Know What You Did Last Summer, which owes a lot to Terror Train and Slaughter High. Julia and her entire class have just graduated high school and taken a trip to Austria's X Fest, which takes place on an island. Days of drinking, drugging and promiscuity form the backdrop to friendships being tested and a horrible secret that will cost more than one of these teens their life. Directed by Dominik Hartl (Attack of the Lederhosen Zombies) is making a cover version of American slashers, but he remembers something that his domestic contemporaries have forgotten - how to build tension and fear within the actual stalk before the slash. I also love that this movie takes a bite out of the current generation, who keep partying despite the mounting evidence that someone is out there with a grudge and a horrifying need to obliterate them. This is also a movie that is enhanced by modern technology instead of being hindered by it. With neon hues and foggy backdrops that echo the past of the genre while racing toward its future, I found a lot to love in this film. The only downside for some may be the dubbing, but Shudder offers the film in its original language if you have an issue with that. If you've watched enough Italian horror, a silly voice speaking dialogue isn't going to stop you.

Credit to American video streaming services for picking up foreign movies, but this was a fairly unremarkable one - a by-the-numbers slasher. Characters were mostly indistinguishable. Motive was a common one for the subgenre. Police and security presence for a huge party seemed unrealistically small, particularly with one death after another. Some credit for the deaths, but when that's the main thing a horror movie has in its favor, that's disappointing.

I was at the Premiere in April 2018 in Vienna and i can totally recommend it! It is fun, frightening and i feel young again. Great cast!

I like the atmosphere but the story not that strong ..

A must see for every Austrian teenager! Real places and partys, shocking story and talented local actors. This movie can totally mess with major Hollywood genre productions.

The whole story is just a melting pot of every slasher cliche you can possibly find. Its boring, its predictable and the whole ending is just some vigilante justice crap in an extremly sexist way. 11/10 would recommend to use hard drugs to forget this movie.