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Murder party has a fairly nonsensical plot as Chris (Chris Sharp) finds a mysterious halloween invitation to a murder party while walking home from work and through misguided horror logic, decides to whip up a costume and go, only he soon finds himself "tied" up and surrounded by 5 artist with a bloodlust.

The film itself is nothing special, and the films jabs at the art world, as nonsensical as it can be, amounts to no more than, artist weird, which is unfortunate because it makes up no small part of the script. That being said, I did find myself enjoying the film by the time the second act rolled around and though at times poorly paced it had an intriguing premise and a cast of characters who played off of each other quite well. I also commend the sparse use of violence or buckets of blood (excepting a scene in the third act) and feel it added realism to the wacky world the movie takes us through and allows the dialogue to carry the script. The biggest problem I think the film has is poor pacing, with an almost 21 minute chase scene that does start to over stay its welcome. Despite a few set backs, Murder Party manages to be a fun watch so long as you don't try to take it too seriously.

Stuber will certainly not gonna go down as a comedy classic however it still managed to be a fun buddy film. The film itself is shot like your typical summer comedy with a few scenes that look straight out of a YouTube video but the chemistry between Bautista and Nanjiani manage to pull a few laughs and ultimately allows the movie to avoid being another "C.H.I.P.S ." It's predictable; borrowing heavily from many other similar comedies but the film itself isn't trying to be subtle and never takes itself too seriously allowing the plot and the actors to really have fun with their roles and you can see it in the performance. Speaking of the plot, it's your basic violent buddy cop movie but with the good cop being replaced by an insecure and witty Uber driver (played by Nanjiani). There are some over the top scenes and quite a bit of violence along with most of the jokes consisting of lowbrow humor but it makes for an enjoyable movie.

Where to start with this movie. Fear Inc. is a movie for horror fans that don't want to watch a horror but still crave references. I can say, personally, while I don't think it was a great movie, it was entertaining and the concept left me intrigued. Horror/Comedy is hard genre to pull off with each being the anthesis of the other, however this film made the smart movie and leaned more towards comedy, as abysmal as some of the jokes were but it at the very least kept consist with it's tone until the ending which is where a majority of my problems with the movie lie. In the end I can say, if you watched the trailer then you should already know you're not getting another horror classic for the books, but if you're just looking for something to watch some Friday night and you stumble across this, it might just be have enough to keep you hooked.