Killer Party
| Killer Party | |
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| Directed by | William Fruet |
| Produced by | Michael Lepiner |
| Written by | Barney Cohen |
| Starring |
Elaine Wilkes Sherry Willis-Burch Joanna Johnson Martin Hewitt Paul Bartel |
| Music by | John Beal |
| Cinematography | John Lindley |
| Edited by | Eric Albertson |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | MGM Entertainment Co. |
Release date |
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Running time | 91 mins. |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Killer Party is a 1986 horror comedy directed by William Fruet. This film is the latest pre-May 1986 MGM movie to be owned by Turner Entertainment since 1986 (and then owned by Warner Bros. since the 1996 Time Warner-Turner merger)
Plot
Three friends, Vivia, Jennifer, and Phoebe, decide to pledge a sorority. The night of the initiation, Vivia (Sherry Willis-Burch) plays an elaborate prank on the sorority sisters as the three girls are being initiated through a hazing ritual. Subsequently, all three girls are chosen to join the sorority, and Vivia learns that her prank was the only reason for her acceptance. Now she must gimmick up a traditional April Fools party that the sorority is hosting for a fraternity. The party is to be held at an old abandoned frat house where a young man named Allan was killed 22 years prior. Jennifer (Johnson) is bothered by this house, but Phoebe (Wilkes) and the guy she is interested in (Hewitt) convince her to go along with the party plans. Unfortunately for the friends and everyone else at the party, someone or something else does not want anyone in the abandoned house.
Near the end, it's revealed that Jennifer, who happens to be possessed by the demon, tries to kill Phoebe and Vivia with a trident, but they escape upstairs and through a blocked window to the roof. Jennifer then appears on the roof and attacks Vivia outside of the house, causing her to fall from the roof. Phoebe saves Vivia by impaling the possessed Jennifer with a sharp piece of wood through her chest, apparently killing both the girl and the demon. However, the demon possesses Phoebe just before the police and an ambulance arrive. As bodies are removed from the house, Vivia is placed on a stretcher and taken to the ambulance where Phoebe is waiting, still under the demon's control. Vivia begs not to be put in the ambulance with Phoebe, but her screams are ignored and the vehicle drives away.
Cast
- Sherry Willis-Burch as Vivia
- Joanna Johnson as Jennifer
- Elaine Wilkes as Phoebe
- Martin Hewitt as Blake
- Paul Bartel as Professor Zito
- Ralph Seymour as Martin
- Alicia Fleer as Veronica
- Woody Brown as Albert Harrison
- Terri Hawkes as Melanie
- Deborah Hancock as Pam
- Laura Sherman as Sandy
- Jeff Pustil as Virgil
- Pam Hyatt as Mrs. Henshaw
Production
The movie was originally to be called "April Fool", but the title was changed to Killer Party when Paramount announced their own horror film called April Fool's Day.
Actress Sherry Willis-Burch revealed in an interview that her character "Vivia" was initially meant to be killed early in the film when she first was given the role, but was rewritten to survive until the very end of the film
Critical reception
Allmovie wrote "This late straggler in the slasher-movie cycle of the early 1980's is a "neither fish nor fowl" exercise in frustration."[1]
References
- ↑ Donald Guarisco. "Killer Party (1986)". Allmovie. Retrieved June 22, 2012.