Netflix Horror Movie Is The Most Refreshing Comedy Of The Decade

What is Bodies, Bodies, Bodies about? A group of friends (or frenemies, in some cases) gather at a wealthy acquaintance’s mansion to have a hurricane party, passing the time by playing a Werewolf-stye game where everyone has to figure out the identity of the secret killer. It’s meant to just be fun and games, but when a real dead body turns up, it’s clear that this crew of vapid characters has much more to worry about than the wrath of Mother Nature.

Bodies, Bodies, Bodies is a very character-driven horror film, and with respect to the excellent script, the charismatic cast is one of the main reasons to tune in. Our chief protagonist is played by Amandla Stenberg, and while she is mostly known now for playing the twin sisters in The Acolyte, she has a much more natural and compelling performance in this movie.

Another compelling cast member is Lee Pace, and he channels his history of playing villains like Ronan the Accuser in the MCU to portray a handsome newcomer who may possibly spell doom for his much younger set of new friends.

While it may not be the best performance in the film, the actor who took me most by surprise was Pete Davidson. Knowing him only as an obnoxious, self-deprecating guy from SNL, I worried that he would ham things up too much and make this the kind of horror comedy you laugh at instead of with. However, Davidson seemingly leans into his own perceived reputation, playing a self-absorbed character who seems fully realized from the moment he appears onscreen.

When Bodies, Bodies, Bodies came out in theaters, it didn’t exactly make a big splash…the movie had a budget of $31 million and earned only $14 million worldwide, making it a certified box office bomb. However, critics quickly fell in love with this quirky horror comedy: on Rotten Tomatoes, it currently has a critical rating of 86 percent. As the critical consensus fairly gushes, the movie is “impeccably cast and smartly written” and amounts to “an uncommonly well-done whodunit.”

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As for me, I thought Bodies, Bodies, Bodies serves as both a laugh-out-loud comedy and a genuinely creepy horror film. The cast bounces perfectly off each other, and the central mystery driving the film will keep you constantly guessing. And without spoiling anything, the answer to that mystery is so cynically perfect that it will make you want to instantly re-watch this one from the beginning.

The past few years have been very good for horror fans, but it’s still rare to find a truly stellar horror-comedy. Bodies, Bodies, Bodies was the answer to my cinematic prayers, and I can only hope the movie gods deliver us more hilariously creepy films of this caliber in the very near future. Until that happens, though, you should check out this cheeky horror movie on Netflix and see what the fuss–and the gush–is all about.