MURDER BURY WIN MOVIE REVIEW

This micro-indie horror comedy just had a showing at the Austin Film Festival and we were lucky enough to get to catch it. The story follows three friends who, over a period of time, have been developing a board game (Murder Bury Win, natch), and are at the stage of trying to fundraise for it online. Unfortunately for them, no one cares. But wait! A mysterious phone call leads them out to a house well out in the middle of nowhere where their mysterious new benefactor reveals himself as a legendary game designer who is ready to invest in the game…well, just outright buy the game, the credits for having designed it, etc and for a pittance. Things do not go well from there and soon the friends find themselves in a real-life version of their own game. Chris, Lewayne, Ryan, and Robert take this one on and they play their own murder game.

**There is an uncut, longer, video version of this review for TIME LORD subscribers and above right here**

OFFICIAL TRAILER

DIRECTED BY: Michael Lovan

STARRING: Mikelen Walker, Erich Lane, Henry Alexander Kelly, Craig Cackowski, Brian Slaten, Michael Lovan, Amy Everson

 

YOUR REVIEWERS

 

Christopher Lawrence Cox (Founder, Da Boss)

Born in the wilds of northern Virginia, in 1992 Chris managed to put all of his survival skills to use and barely escaped with his life to Austin Texas, where ever since he’s dabbled in everything from plumber’s assistant to sandwich maker, from band to bar management. An opportunity to see theatrical release films for free by becoming a critic on a local public access show called “The Reel Deal” turned into a full-time job when Chris and his friends decided to take it to the internet. They built the site Spill.com, adding multiple podcasts and animated features, to no small amount of success. During this time, a fortuitous friendship sprung up between Chris and young Brian Salisbury, who was also a local film critic, and they merged their forces of will, and their laundry list of ideas for shows, to eventually build this paradise you see before you. Follow Chris on Twitter and Facebook and check out his Amazon Wish List.

 

Ryan Aleck Hill (Screener Squad, Video and Audio editor)

Ryan is a Washington D.C. based filmmaker & video editor who loves watching and talking about movies more than just about anything. He currently works at a creative agency as a director of photography/video editor, and does freelance video editing for Anthony Fantano/TheNeedleDrop. He also has a YouTube channel (Downhill Media) where he works on a weirdo art explainer series called “Artsplained” with his partner Michelle. He was a part of the Spill.com community way back in the day, where he was cursed with an obsession for movies. In an effort to break the curse, he shows up on the Screener Squad podcast every once in a while and edits for One Of Us. Chris Cox claims that this is the only way it can be broken. You can follow him on Twitter but you’ll probably regret it.

 

Lewayne White (Screener Squad)

Lewayne’s earliest memories are of watching movies and reading comics, which instilled in him a sense of wonder, a vivid imagination, and unrealistic expectations. It also means he spends a lot of time watching movies, writing scripts for them,