Murder Party
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Sep 25, 2026
Johnny WolfensteinHOST
So he did like Hold the Dark and then Rebel Ridge on Netflix.
Johnny WolfensteinHOST
And thankfully he's no longer, well, at least least this movie uh coming up that we're going to be talking about isn't a netflix movie it's going to be in theaters which is good so yeah he did a murder party blue ruin green room hold the dark rebel ridge and uh he's got two one movie coming up in a tv series it looks like that's in production so uh the director is jeremy saulnier and Yeah.
Johnny WolfensteinHOST
I mean, Green Room, fucking incredible movie.
Johnny WolfensteinHOST
Yeah.
Johnny WolfensteinHOST
I remember we were fucking going nuts for that movie.
Johnny WolfensteinHOST
So he's got a new movie and he hasn't really done much in the horror sphere lately.
Johnny WolfensteinHOST
Murder Party was sort of his foray into that.
Johnny WolfensteinHOST
And so it looks like he's getting back into the horror world.
Macon BlairGUEST
And during this time, we kept trying to make short films and commercials and just anything we could do.
Macon BlairGUEST
We eventually made a feature film that Jeremy and his wife and Chris, who was working with us, Chris Sharp, who's in Idiots, actually, basically self-funded, Murder Party, and that was like a goofy horror comedy that we shot on standard def video for 200 grand.
Macon BlairGUEST
We hoped that that would be the thing that would get our foot in the door, and it, and it did okay at festivals.
Macon BlairGUEST
People liked it well enough, but there weren't really jobs that followed, so we all went back to being PAs, or Jeremy was a DP at that point.
10 MINS LATER
Jeff GoldsmithHOST
When did the concept for The Shitheads come about?
Macon BlairGUEST
Alex was the AD on Blue Room, and we actually knew him from before that.
Macon BlairGUEST
His movie, which was called Blood Car, was on the same festival circuit as Murder Party, so we've known him for a long time.
Macon BlairGUEST
I was showing him some of my specs and was like, "Hey, do you think we could do something with some of these?" They were all a little too expensive, and we were motivated to find something to do.
Macon BlairGUEST
And during this time, we kept trying to make short films and commercials and just anything we could do.
Macon BlairGUEST
We eventually made a feature film that Jeremy and his wife and Chris, who was working with us, Chris Sharp, who's in Idiots, actually, basically self-funded Murder Party.
Macon BlairGUEST
And that was like a goofy horror comedy that we shot on standard def video for $200,000.
Macon BlairGUEST
We hoped
11 MINS LATER
Jeff GoldsmithHOST
When did the concept for the shitheads come about?
Macon BlairGUEST
Alex was the AD on Blue Room.
Macon BlairGUEST
and we actually knew him from before that his movie which was called blood car was on the same festival circuit as murder party so we've known him for a long time i was showing him some of my specs and was like hey do you think we could do something with some of these they were all a little too expensive and we were motivated to find something to do he knew some guys who did this job and these guys in their version of the job it was really unsupervised and kind of chaotic and you know, not well regulated and it's a very sensitive job.
Macon BlairGUEST
So that sort of seemed like a precarious situation and it was sort of like a friend of a friend.
Steve SkinnerHOST
And they were doing great back in 2008 when the Duplass brothers released perhaps the first I guess what's considered the first mobile core horror.
Steve SkinnerHOST
I don't know if people consider Murder Party that, but we covered it because it's a good movie and we like it and it's close enough.
Greg OrmeHOST
Yeah, spoiler if you haven't listened to last week's episode.
Greg OrmeHOST
Murder Party fucking rules.
Steve SkinnerHOST
Murder Party kicks all kinds of ass.
Steve SkinnerHOST
And I guess maybe that also impacts how we feel about this week's movie.
Steve SkinnerHOST
We're talking...
Pete RadwanskiHOST
So I looked a little bit more into him because I remember when Green Room came out, this was a talk of the town.
Pete RadwanskiHOST
And so in 2007, he does his first feature film, Murder Party, which he wrote and directed, starring his childhood friend, Macon Blair, who actually shows up as the Ah, I'm forgetting his name right now.
Pete RadwanskiHOST
The main character in this film who kind of has a conscious by the end of it.
Pete RadwanskiHOST
Are you talking about the woman or
ScottHOST
I don't know.
CrystalHOST
I was thinking like Murder Party would be, I would recommend to go watch Murder Party before watching this.
ScottHOST
Oh, I don't know her.
CrystalHOST
Whatever.
CrystalHOST
Anyway.
CrystalHOST
Well, Murder Party was, I think, the first movie by Jeremy Saulnier.
CrystalHOST
And we watched his second movie, Blue Ruin, from 2014 before he went on to make Green Room, which obviously blew up.
ScottHOST
Has he ever made another color movie?
Scott AndersonHOST
No.
Scott AndersonHOST
He also made a movie called Murder Party before this, which I've not seen.
Scott AndersonHOST
Have you seen it? No, I
Eric AbrahamHOST
have not seen that.
Steve SkinnerHOST
Uh, except for, you know, he's maybe fallen off a bit from his first few movies, but, uh, his first three are, I think, all just phenomenal, including, yeah, the one we're talking about today.
Steve SkinnerHOST
And, uh, yeah, we're talking the Jeremy Saulnier movie, uh, Murder Party, which came out in 2007.
Steve SkinnerHOST
Premiered at the, uh, Slamdance Film Festival, and it's just a good, fun, bloody time.
Steve SkinnerHOST
It's got a long-time collaborator and friend of, uh, Jeremy Saulnier, Macon Blair, who's always great in [laughs] whatever he shows up in, uh, including this.
Steve SkinnerHOST
Um, but I guess before we, uh, dive in, um, what is everyone's, I guess, uh, relationship with, uh, Jeremy Saulnier? I think, uh, I can't remember if I saw Blue Ruin or Green Room first, but I love both those movies.
Steve SkinnerHOST
And I, yeah, I think Green Room is just such a phenomenal movie that's, like, way ahead of its time, and just Jeremy Saulnier's whole kind of genre subversion is just exactly my shit.
Steve SkinnerHOST
So I was pleased that, uh, Murder Party is c- you know, even though it's his first movie, it's just all...
Steve SkinnerHOST
It's like, oh, this guy, his whole thing is in here.
Tim KasherGUEST
that?
GrahamHOST
He did Murder Party.
GrahamHOST
Right.
GrahamHOST
And he did Blue Ruins.
Steve SkinnerHOST
And we're starting with a director who I really like and excited to see this film of his.
Steve SkinnerHOST
Yeah, we're talking about the 2007 Jeremy Saulnier film Murder Party.
Steve SkinnerHOST
So that should be a fun episode.
Steve SkinnerHOST
Because, yeah, Blue Ruin and Green Room are just a couple of my favorite genre movies.
Steve SkinnerHOST
So get ready for it.
Steve SkinnerHOST
For some blood and guts and all sorts of fun stuff.
Greg OrmeHOST
I have seen Murder Party.
Greg OrmeHOST
And here's a spoiler for you.
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