RSVP IS a run-of-the-mill slasher flick. (It's not a black comedy. It's more influenced by teen slasher flicks than anything else; no dark humor to be found here.) Actually; it's possibly worse; there are almost no surprises in it all; most of the movie is filled with a bunch of college kids drinking and getting high at a party while waiting for the guest of honor. The revelation that said guest is already there - only dead - would be marginally shocking, except that the killer fully details his plan out to his victim at the beginning of the movie. (It's also worth noting that said victim has been taking criminal psychology courses WITH the killer, and is very aware of his infatuation with murder; why this victim never even slightly suspects that he may soon become of a victim of the killer, who explains a story of murder in which the circumstances are quite similar to the ones HE is PRESENTLY in, is beyond me!)
So yes, right from the get go, you know who did it. And you know the "twist" - a party is held for the victim, everyone waits for him to come, he's already there, dead, but no one knows it. So the entire movie is filled with boring cliché party scenes, and cheap scares where the killer almost kills someone, but then changes his mind. Even if we hadn't seen this before, it would still suck. The killer tries to kill everyone, someone survives, blah blah blah. Boring plot, typical ending.
The one "saving grace" of this film is Jason Mewes, playing his familiar "Jay" role; it ain't the most original thing, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't rent this movie just for him. It's definitely not enough to save the movie from crap-dom, but he'll still make you laugh. Oh, and another point goes towards the good photography/music at the beginning, which actually made me think, "Wow, this is gonna be pretty good!" I hate it when I'm wrong.
So yes, right from the get go, you know who did it. And you know the "twist" - a party is held for the victim, everyone waits for him to come, he's already there, dead, but no one knows it. So the entire movie is filled with boring cliché party scenes, and cheap scares where the killer almost kills someone, but then changes his mind. Even if we hadn't seen this before, it would still suck. The killer tries to kill everyone, someone survives, blah blah blah. Boring plot, typical ending.
The one "saving grace" of this film is Jason Mewes, playing his familiar "Jay" role; it ain't the most original thing, but I'd be lying if I said I didn't rent this movie just for him. It's definitely not enough to save the movie from crap-dom, but he'll still make you laugh. Oh, and another point goes towards the good photography/music at the beginning, which actually made me think, "Wow, this is gonna be pretty good!" I hate it when I'm wrong.