#Buried prey book review movie#

No two characters were similar in their personalities, but it became very clear early on which characters the writers wanted to flesh out more and have fun with their writing. Making up the rest of the friend group is rich asshole David (Pete Davidson), his actress girlfriend Emma (Chase Sui Wonders), airheaded podcaster Alice (Rachel Sennott), and her older boyfriend Greg (Lee Pace), and the headstrong Jordan (Myha’la Herrold). Sophie is a former wild child and party animal who has distanced herself after a stint in rehab. We had Bee (played by Maria Bakalova), a working-class woman dating Sophie (Amandla Stenberg), who was meeting her girlfriend’s friends for the first time.

Each role has its own vibe for how they fit into the friend group and the tension that connects them.

(No spoilers for how these play a part!) A24īodies Bodies Bodies had a strong cast of actors playing arguably terrible people. The lighting from within the gym, the glowsticks characters wore, and the flashing red hallway light are three that stand out the most. And the subtle lighting choices within some of the rooms or from characters seemed to emphasize the tone of the scene. Wherever the camera points, we get a sense of the character’s POV where they were focused on (or hiding). With the mansion completely dark, we (like the characters) rely on the light from the phones to shine a path down every dark hallway. darkness was an interesting aesthetic choice as the lighting pieces seemed deliberate and thought out. Though, how no one’s phone battery died from the constant use of the flashlight might be the biggest mystery of the film by far. The decision to use their phones as flashlights was a clever choice as it felt relatable for these characters and a natural answer for how they’d use their phones during this scenario. The dark setting (naturally, the storm knocks out the power) adds to the unnerving unknown of what the group might discover around every corner. You feel the sense of dread and claustrophobia set in as the group is unable to escape the mansion during the height of the storm. It’s a classic horror theme of a single location cut off from the rest of the world as the killer picks them off one-by-one.īodies Bodies Bodies uses this premise and setting effectively as it quickly ramps up the tension. Once the group discovers their first *real* dead body, the game quickly descends into a night of chaos, deaths, and secrets being exposed. When a hurricane rolls in, the group decides to play their favorite party game, which is a variation of “Wink Murder” and “Werewolf” set in the dark, to pass the time. Plenty of drinks, drugs, and underlining tension fill the party. Bodies Bodies Bodies focuses on a group of wealthy twenty-something friends partying it up in a mansion deep in the woods. The film could best be described as a “Gen Z-inspired Scream” mixed with And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie. Bodies Bodies Bodies does well with injecting that humor into the mix of its horror whodunit, although it stumbles along the way in this darkly-set flick.

It’s a blend of classic slasher tones with A24’s vision of a Gen Z aesthetic. In the case of Bodies Bodies Bodies, it’s filled to the brim with social satire, witty dialogue, and a new generation of horror characters inspired by Gen Z tropes.

#Buried prey book review movie#

Horror films aren’t afraid to poke fun at society, and it’s a movie genre that tends to showcase a hyper-exaggerated world of its characters. The culmination of Gen Z and the digital age comes together in A24’s newest slasher whodunit, Bodies Bodies Bodies.