House Party (film)

House Party (film)

House Party is a 1990 American comedy film released by New Line Cinema. It stars Kid and Play of the popular hip hop duo Kid 'n Play, and also stars Paul Anthony, Bow-Legged Lou, and B-Fine from Full Force, and Robin Harris (who died of a heart attack nine days after House Party was released). The film also starred Martin Lawrence, Tisha Campbell, A.J. Johnson, Daryl "Chill" Mitchell and Gene "Groove" Allen (of Groove B. Chill), Kelly Jo Minter, John Witherspoon, with a cameo by funk musician George Clinton. This was the last film appearance of Harris before his death one week later.

The film was written and directed by Reginald Hudlin, based on his award-winning Harvard University student film. The film grossed $26,385,627 in its run at the box office with its widest release being 700 theaters.

The lead roles were originally written for DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince.