Murder Party (1961)

8.5 ? Oct 19, 1961 1h 19m

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Overview

Klaus murders women. After killing another girl, Klaus is spotted by his friend Kersten as he leaves his latest victim's house. Kersten gives him a ride and Klaus begins to plot the man's death. He's a witness, after all. Nobody else can say Klaus was there except Kersten. They decide to head to a party. Klaus' unhappy wife is there. So are a bunch of other people. Killing Kersten will be difficult. Then they all play a game called... Murder Party!

Overview

Genres

Crime Drama Mystery

Release Date

October 19, 1961

Rating

8.5 /10

Runtime

1h 19m

Magali Noël

Eva Troger

Harry Meyen

Klaus Troger

Götz George

Kersten

Robert Graf

Dr. Horn

Hanne Wieder

Journalistin Cornelia

Wolfgang Reichmann

Dr. Rosen

Anita Höfer

Babsy Lenz

Georges Rivière

Dahlberg

Margot Hielscher

Claudia Ahrends

Wolfgang Kieling

Kriminalinspektor

Heinz Klevenow

Hauser

Uschi Siebert

Margit Hauser

Balduin Baas

Diener Arthur

Hans Paetsch

Kommissar Lohmann

Ruth Grossi

Frau Rosen

Armin Dahlen

Kriminalassistent

mikemars711

10.0/10

Dec 28, 2024

Leave it to Helmut Ashley to spin the krimi on its head again! After his comedic take on the genre with THE BLACK SHEEP, he's back with MURDER PARTY (released October 19, 1961). This one was so Hitchcockian, so noir, so thrilling. We don't wonder who the killer is—we know. After all, the film starts with a creepy extended POV sequence from the killer's perspective. We get some flatly affected, narrated thoughts from him too. Then he steps outside and the camera pulls away and we truly meet him. From here the tension keeps on building, much like Hitchcock's ROPE, and our killer ends up at a dinner party. Absolutely loved this movie! Could certainly see it being influential on Mario Bava....

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