Classic Plotline of a Murder Mystery? Far From It!
A group of 20-something-year-olds, David, Jordan, Emma, Alice, Sophie, Bee, and 40-year-old Greg, just want to have a fun and wild party night at the mansion of David’s parents during a hurricane, because of course– the weather where nothing goes wrong. The group starts off the night with just being typical dumb mid-20-year-olds who want to have fun, but at what cost? From the minute the movie starts tensions run high with Sophie not having these friends of hers since she got put in rehab for drug use, and arguments arise here and there, but all seems to be harmless at first. The group figures what better way to start the night other than a murder mystery game, in which the person who draws a piece of paper with an “x” on it is the killer and they go and tag other players of the game in the dark and the tagged person is “dead.” Then the rest of the group, including the unknown killer, must decide who out of them killed the latest victim. However, the amount of real dead bodies is piling up, and suddenly it’s not a game anymore.
Dumb, Dumber, and Dumbest
This movie is more realistic in what people my age, teenagers, or people in their 20s would do in a murder situation, and that is not to think clearly and make irrational decisions that make no sense and lead to pointless arguments. Once the first player of the game called Bodies Bodies Bodies ended up being actually, the rest of the
group began to turn on each other and point fingers in all directions and end up running around the house and doing stupid things, like fight each other, have sentimental moments, and heated arguments that lead to bloodshed. However, the group never actually stopped to think about the clues that led to the first murder and the chain of murders trailing it, which were done out of conspiring against others still left. This aspect of the movie highlights how often these days young people hang out with friends that they don’t even really like, and these secretly hated details about these friends will come to light in heated moments which can lead to someone conspiring to be a murderer.
You’re the Murderer I Knew It!
This phrase is said by different members of the group, still alive, referring to many other members throughout the movie. This movie does a phenomenal job of keeping the viewer switching their bet on who the murderer is along with the characters, who by the way freak out and don’t know how to deal with murder or any 
hardships since they’re all extremely rich. The whole funny subplot of the movie that goes along with the whodunit plot, is that all the characters try to say “woke” about social issues while they’re trying to solve more important matters, a whole murderer supposedly amongst them. The entire group is too focused on pointing every one of their ten fingers at every person to examine all the clues left behind rationally, and they would rather talk about being socially correct than figure out the murderer before it’s too late.
Oh. My. God. What.
The end of Bodies Bodies Bodies will have you laugh at the stupidity of the characters’ ignorance, and it’s truly a comedic point of the movie that highlights their secret and pointless hatred for each other. I think that this movie was a perfect depiction of what younger people, especially those who live on social media, would do in an unknown murder situation. I would recommend this movie for people who crave a different genre of a horror movie, more so a comedy with flair.
