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It was a combination of young, lower-IQ, susceptible young adults facing big punishments, a fiercely dogged investigator who believes he can always tell when people are telling the truth and when they're holding back (plus leaking certain details) and a highly dangerous deputy/psychologist who (perhaps unintentionally) got in their panic-ed heads, planting dreams they would later confuse with memories. Not to mention a blood sample lady in OKC who said that the blood was wrong for the actual killer and an aggressive AG who seemingly wanted an answer regardless if it was the right one.
This is what is so fascinating. It wasn't any one thing. It was a combination of personalities for this to all come together. They didn't seem to team up either. Just weird circumstances.
Honestly, I completely agree with every one of your comments. We might have the taste in movies. Pudi and Osment (and wife) were my favorite characters by far.
10ish years later and I'd say this isn't exactly a cult film (to my knowledge), but it was a good film. I think the 4 precautions you list are exactly right. You should lower your expectations and be looking for the good parts. I was happily surprised that the tone could fit horror and comedy in the same place. Not easy to do. Loved the art themes and absurdities. The end was a perfect follow-up to the beginning. It's 71-ish minutes and I was never bored. There were no blatant false moments that took me out of it. It was semi-B horror flick with comedy so it was allowed to be a bit wacky at times (SPOILER: chain-saw guy falling from the roof).
Also, this director went on to make Blue Ruin and Green Room. So, yeah, I think you can see that this was a talented director from this first film in Murder Party.
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