Happy Halloween from Starship! To kick off the day, here’s a spooky little film called The Body, featuring Game of Thrones’ Alfie Allen as a killer who realizes Halloween is seriously useful for covering up his crimes. Via Short of the Week:
With a killer premise (pun fully intended) and star power in the form of Game of Thrones star Alfie Allen, The Body has all the ingredients to get you excited for a spooky night out. The film combines a few tones familiar to horror lovers—it is a dryly comedic social satire, yet doesn’t stint on the bloodletting either. Alfie Allen plays an immaculately dressed killer whose ice-cold nature will remind viewers of Patrick Bateman, and the obliviousness of the drunken crowds is an ever-present source of tension and humor.
It is a frequent trope that monsters feel most comfortable on Halloween, the one night a year that they are able to mingle in public without raising suspicion. Writer and director Paul Davis borrows that concept, transporting it from the supernatural to the recognizable world of the London party-scene. Recognized by an old school mate as he drags his freshest kill nonchalantly down the street, Alfie Allen’s character is cajoled into following a crew of costumed revelers on a night out, where his amazingly realistic prop ends up the toast of the party.