WARNING: Spoilers for Bodies Bodies Bodies below
A24's horror movies, A24 is a distributor and production company on the cutting edge of the industry. Bodies Bodies Bodies epitomizes their slate (and their knack for marketing), with a horror-comedy that takes aim at Gen Z in biting fashion. The film follows a group of friends with a contentious shared history as they throw a drug-fueled hurricane party. Attendees include vapid podcast host Alice (Rachel Sennott), David (Pete Davidson), Alice's older Tinder boyfriend Greg (Lee Pace), the perennially insecure Emma (Chase Sui Wonders), and perfectionist Jordan (Myha'la Herrold). Fresh out of rehab, Sophie (Amandla Stenberg) also shows up unannounced with her girlfriend-of-six-weeks, Bee (Maria Bakalova), in tow.
When the group decides to play the titular game (a form of the games "Werewolf" or "Mafia"), David ends up dead and the Bodies Bodies Bodies slasher movie body count only grows from there. As the group tries to track down the killer, they each end up dying one by one in an increasingly bloody fashion. The paranoia also brings out the worst in the friends and buried resentment rears its ugly head as the survivors bicker and throw piercing jabs at each other.
From Sophie's addiction and relationship with Jordan to revealing that they hate-listen to Alice's podcast, no one is safe from insults. By the end of Bodies Bodies Bodies, only two are left standing (excluding Max) and even though Sophie and Bee are alive, their relationship is seemingly in shambles. We break down every twist from Bodies Bodies Bodies' ending.
Who The Real Killer Is (& Who Killed Who)
The killer's identity in any slasher movie is usually the crux of the horror genre's format, but Bodies Bodies Bodies flips this on its head and reveals that the real killer is paranoia itself – sort of. When Sophie and Bee find themselves the last two alive amidst the aftermath of the hurricane, they are still weary of each other both due to the eroding trust of their relationship and because neither knows who the real killer is. During a fight over Sophie’s phone, though, Bee finds David’s, and it is revealed that David’s death was an accident. In trying to make a TikTok of himself sabering a bottle of champagne, Pete Davidson’s character ends up slashing himself in the neck, kicking off the violent events of the entire film.
With no real killer lurking around David’s massive mansion, it is revealed that all the deaths were actually the result of deep-seated resentment and rampant, cocaine-fueled paranoia. As the slasher movie's body count continues to grow, each death becomes more tragic given the context. Greg’s death may be the most tragic if only because he is the most innocent of them, only tangentially connected to the group through Alice. Bee hits him over the head with a weight during one particularly nail-biting confrontation. From there, each death is a snowballing of unfortunate circumstances.
The next body to be found is Emma's - she is discovered at the bottom of a staircase with a huge gash on her face after she attempts to kiss Sophie. While Sophie is clearly confused by Emma coming onto her, she still tries to help soothe her friend's anxiety by giving her pills. While it seems like Emma may have been pushed, the most likely explanation is that she fell, both from being intoxicated and the power being out. This only serves to raise suspicion against Bee, who found Emma's body.
The character of Bee gives Borat 2 standout Maria Bakalova the chance to flex some dramatic muscles as the paranoia is slung in her direction. She's the next unknown factor after Greg and, due to this, she is expelled from the house by Alice and Jordan. Bee is able to make her way back in after seeing Jordan acquire a gun, resulting in a standoff that ends with Alice dead. Jordan dies shortly thereafter, pushed over a railing by Bee. Bee and Sophie are the only people to survive what happened except for Max, who is missing for most of the movie.
Bodies Bodies Bodies Ending Cameo Explained
Throughout Bodies Bodies Bodies, the identity of Max remains in question, and he is the film's biggest red herring. With him being the only person uned for, it seems he could be lurking in the shadows and picking off his friends due to an altercation with David the night before. Max shows up at the end, oblivious to what has happened, and he is played by comedian Conner O'Malley (the husband of recently departed Saturday Night Live star Aidy Bryant).
Sophie & Bee's Relationship Explained
Sophie and Bee's relationship is at the center of Bodies Bodies Bodies' ending and is the source of much conflict in the film. By the end of the movie, their relationship has been thrown into question, primarily due to the fact that Jordan reveals she and Sophie hooked up prior to the hurricane party. This is confirmed when Bee finds yellow underwear in Sophie's car that matches a bra she found in Jordan's room. Sophie love-bombing Bee is also given a darker context given her history with her friends.
By the end of Bodies Bodies Bodies, Bee seems genuinely afraid of Sophie and this is due to the fact that Sophie has not only been lying to be Bee, but all the lying certainly makes it look like Sophie is the killer. While Sophie tries to set herself apart from her the rest of the characters in Bodies Bodies Bodies in the beginning, it is ultimately revealed that she is just as toxic. Sophie and Bee's relationship is unlikely to survive the events of the film despite the fact that they realize there was never any killer to begin with. Bee is altogether of a different ilk than Sophie and her friends, and it seems unlikely that she would tolerate that kind of behavior in a relationship especially so early on. Sophie and Bee's relationship was doomed from the start, but the events of Bodies Bodies Bodies and its ending simply accelerated the inevitability.
