Director: Dominik Hartl
Notable Cast: Elisabeth Wabitsch, Michael Glantschnig,
Marlon Boess, Markus Freistatter, Valerie Huber, Antonia Moretti, Hisham
Morscher, Thomas Ortrok, Chantal Pausch, Alexandra Schmidt, Nikolaas Von
Schrader, Ferdinand Seebacher, Fabian Unger, Michael Ostrowski
Slashers are probably the one genre that will never die.
Once it was established, whether you want to argue that it was the late 70s or
early 80s, the genre formula has been a cornerstone of the horror market. Even
in the late 90s, when the horror genre started to waiver in the mainstream it
was the slashers that took over. They are always there. As of lately, slashers
are starting to garner steam again and so a part of me braces for the new wave.
One of the first that intrigued me lately though was the Austrian film, Party Hard, Die Young
which premiered on Shudder. Although the film has some issues foundationally, there is a lot of intriguing elements and style that should perk the interest of its viewers and fans of the genre.