Bodies Bodies Bodies (2022)
Directed by Halina Reijn
In an isolated family mansion, a group of rich 20-somethings decides to play Bodies Bodies Bodies, a game where one of them is secretly a "killer" while the rest tries to "escape". Things take a turn for the worse when real bodies start turning up, setting off a paranoid and dangerous chain of events.
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The score by It Follows ‘ composer Disasterpeace is already drawing early raves, and adds tremendously to the movie’s vibe.
The use of glow necklaces is an inspired touch, though, for atmosphere, and the rave-ready soundtrack and a killer synth score by Disasterpiece (2015's “It Follows”) decidedly lend to the escalating tension.
“It Follows” composer Disasterpeace delivers another exceptional score, outfitting “Bodies Bodies Bodies” with enough juice to earn its street cred among inventive social thrilles, and have clips eventually end up in the ethos of Tik-Tok, waiting to be discovered for the next decade.
Composer Disasterpiece, who livened up films like “It Follows” and “Under the Silver Lake,” deserves much credit for moving things along with a thumping, muted, grimy electronic score.
But Bodies can be more precisely classified alongside such “awful rich people dying in a mansion” comedies as Ready or Not or You’re Next (all of which share a common ancestor in Agatha Christie’s blackly comic And Then There Were None).
For years, the whole youth-slasher-movie paradigm — first this kid gets killed off, then that kid, then this kid — has been traced back to the murder-mystery form invented by Agatha Christie in “And Then There Were None.” “Bodies Bodies Bodies,” with its restless camera movement and improv-style acting and general overdramatic rambunctiousness, is like “And Then There Were None” staged by John Cassavetes for the age of Instagram.
For years, the entire paradigm of teen horror movies has been traced back to the murder mystery form invented by Agatha Christie in "And Then There Were None." ". "Bodies Bodies Bodies," with its restless camera movement and impromptu-style acting and overall dramatic buzz, is like "And Then There Were None" staged by John Cassavetes for the age of Instagram.
The film has a lot more in common with Knives Out (2019) or Clue (1985) than with the slasher genre.
The murder mystery and social dynamics call to the intersection of Clue and Mean Girls , but it doesn’t lack its own unique voice.
If "Clue," "April Fool's Day," and "Heathers" were all in a text chain together, “Bodies Bodies Bodies” would be the biting, fiercely entertaining result, a slasher-style murder mystery that roasts the entitled TikTok generation to a mean, bloody crisp.
The premise for Bodies Bodies Bodies is simple: What if Clue was made with Gen Z?
The film has a lot more in common with Knives Out (2019) or Clue (1985) than with the slasher genre.