Now, on their way to a Jimmy Buffet tribute band concert, a quintet of youngsters (Jenna-Francis Duvic, Austin Naulty, Heather Campos, Dylan McGovern, Carter Somoneaux) stop at Jeep's (now played by Pierre Simoneaux) place for a bit of partying, but eventually they're confronted by Parrothead*, a local Jimmy Buffet-themed killer, who picks them out one by one to slaughter them. Now their first suspicion of course falls upon Jeep and they want to confront him with their theory - but he dies upon them with a heart failure, and the killings still continue. So they need to come up with something fast to not all end up as parrot food ...

*Parrothead is already also what Jimmy Buffet-fans call themselves.

Now to be very frank, I know very little about Jimmy Buffet and his music, for no other reason but that he has never made any significant impact on Austrian audiences that I would be aware of, so frankly many allusions to the man and his music just went over my head, and it appears to me there were quite a few. But that said, even without a deeper understanding of that aspect of the film, there's plenty of things to laugh in Murdaritaville, it's just a likeably silly movie that stretches the absurdity of the slasher formula to the limits, fills the story up with elements that at first look fail to fit - which only adds to the film's comical effect -, and fortunately, while not exactly remaining high brow throughout, the film never goes all-moronic to fish for only the cheapest laughs. And a likeable ensemble cast only makes this all the more fun to watch, and while it's quite probably not the most memorable horror comedy ever, it's a fun watch that ought to make a great party movie for sure.

review © by Mike Haberfelner

 

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