Murder Party

Murder Party

Year: 2021

Runtime: 103 mins

Language: French

Director: Nicolas Pleskof

MysteryDramaCrimeComedy

Jeanne, a talented architect, accepts a project to renovate the lavish Daguerre mansion, home to an eccentric family who own a successful board game empire. When the family patriarch, Cesar Daguerre, is found dead, everyone in the house becomes a suspect. Jeanne’s renovation assignment quickly transforms into a dangerous, real-life investigation as she attempts to uncover the identity of the killer among the unusual household.

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1

Invitation found and knight costume assembled

Christopher, a lonely meter maid, finds an invitation to a Halloween party titled Murder Party on the street. He constructs a cardboard knight costume and decides to attend. He makes his way from the street to Brooklyn to join the party.

Day Street, New York
2

Murder Party turns deadly trap

Christopher arrives at a Halloween gathering in Brooklyn, only to discover it's a trap set by deranged art students. They intend to murder him as a piece of art to impress a patron and obtain a grant. The group is in costume and calculating, waiting to enact their plan.

Night Brooklyn, Murder Party venue
3

Group dynamics and motives introduced

The art students — Paul, Macon, Sky, Lexi, and Bill — outline their plan to kill Chris as a performance piece. Alexander arrives with Zycho and his dog Hellhammer, revealing Zycho is his drug dealer. They all debate who will do what and the overnight plan to wait for the witching hour to strike.

Night Murder Party location
4

Sky's fatal allergy and body disposal

Sky reveals an allergy to non-organic raisins after tasting Chris's pumpkin raisin bread and collapses from the revelation. She dies after hitting her head, and the group hides the body out of embarrassment.

Night Murder Party location
5

Macon fetches pizza; Alexander's affairs and arson

Macon leaves to fetch pizza; Alexander has sex with Lexi and then with Paul during the chaos. Macon returns, becomes drunk, and accidentally sets himself on fire. Chris notices the blaze while Paul starts taking photographs.

Night Murder Party location
6

Truth serum game begins

The group turns to Sodium Pentothal for a 'truth serum' game. They all take a shot from the same needle, except for Alexander, who injects his dose into a slice of pizza. As secrets spill, they press Alexander about the grant.

Night Murder Party location
7

Alexander exposed as fraud

After the truth serum, the group learns that Alexander is not a real grant recipient but a fraud; he is a fry cook planning to kill them and steal their art. Lexi helps extinguish Macon's burning, and Zycho heads out to fetch crank on Alexander's orders.

Night Murder Party location
8

Violence escalates: shootings and ambush

Paul injects Alexander with truth serum, and the group questions the grant again. Alexander's deception is exposed, and the room erupts into violence. Paul is shot in the head but doesn't realize it, annoyed that someone interrupted his shot. The assistant is shot as Zycho attacks Lexi; Macon, badly burned, uses a chainsaw to kill Zycho and then passes out.

Night Murder Party location
9

Lexi's death and Alexander's downfall

Lexi is killed by Bill with an axe as the chaos continues. Bill then finishes off Alexander with a baseball bat and begins hunting for Chris.

Night Murder Party location
10

Macon's revenge and the rooftop pursuit

Macon awakens and pursues Bill with an electric chainsaw to avenge Lexi, and the chase leads them to an art student party.

Night Art student party
11

Art party massacre and Chris' stand

Inside the art party, Bill murders all the artists while Chris hides in a performance art exhibit. Macon arrives and finds an outlet to plug in the chainsaw, then falls off a roof while trying to use it. The powered chainsaw remains outside a window, and Chris seizes it to defend himself.

Night Art party venue
12

Chris defeats Bill and escapes

Chris uses the chainsaw to bring Bill down, then places a pumpkin on Bill's destroyed head and screams that he just wanted to party. He escapes the scene and dials emergency services, insisting this is real and not art.

Night Art party venue
13

Return home to a quiet ending

Christopher disposes of his anti-anxiety medication and returns home. His cat Sir Lancelot greets him as he sits in his blood-soaked knight costume and turns on the TV to process the night's events.

Late night Christopher's home

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