![]() One of the explanations for the drought of traditional slashers is the new technology around us. But instead of placing the final girl outside the rest of the cast from the get-go, Julia is just like the rest of them. In slashers, the party animals are the ones who deserve to die and the final girl is set against them in her innocence. That being said, X-Jam as a setting does a lot to ground the film against existing tropes. Party Hard, Die Young is very much a traditional slasher. Well, until they start dropping like flies. Alcohol, sex, drugs, the beach, and music is all they care about. Having just graduated high school, Julia ( Elisabeth Wabitsch) and her friends are in Croatia’s X-Jam for what is supposed to be the party of their lives. ![]() Then the blood comes and the music choice makes sense the path of the film is set. But, instead of pulsating electronic music, we get the shrill sounds of a slasher mapped onto what would otherwise be a scene of excitement. Festival-goers are packed close together feverishly dancing in what may be excitement or a Molly-induced hype. Filmed on location at X-Jam Croatia, the opening of the film sets the tone. Party Hard, Die Young, directed by Dominik Hartl, is a Shudder Original German-language film that uses the very real EDM festival X-Jam as a backdrop. If new slashers take a lead from Party Hard, Die Young, the subgenre is good hands. I know it sounds weird, but the hack and slash of horror has its place. ![]() While we’ve shifted focus to films that pick at the human psyche and live in the genre of social horror, every now and then, it’s nice to find a film that leans into obscene kills and a scared party of people running for their lives. ![]()
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