The Slumber Party Massacre

1982
R
1h 17m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

19K

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Slasher Horror Teen Horror Horror

A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.

Director
- Amy Holden Jones
Writers
- Rita Mae Brown
- Amy Holden Jones
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

19K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

3,714

276

Director
- Amy Holden Jones
Writers
- Rita Mae Brown
- Amy Holden Jones
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Russ Thorn
(as Michael Villela)

Debra De Liso

Kim
(as Debra Deliso)

Andree Honore

Jackie

Gina Smika Hunter

Diane
(as Gina Mari)

Jennifer Meyers

Courtney

Joseph Alan Johnson

Neil
(as Joe Johnson)

David Millbern

Jeff

Jim Boyce

John Minor

Pamela Roylance

Coach Jana

Brinke Stevens

Linda

Rigg Kennedy

David Contant
(as Ryan Kennedy)

Jean Vargas

Telephone Repairwoman

Anna Patton

Mrs. Devereaux

Howard Purgason

Mr. Devereaux

Pamela Canzano

Carpenter
(as Pam Canzano)

Aaron Lipstadt

Pizza Boy

Director
- Amy Holden Jones
Writers
- Rita Mae Brown
- Amy Holden Jones
All cast & crew
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Trivia
Rita Mae Brown wrote a screenplay for a parody of teen/slasher flicks, and titled it "Sleepless Nights". However, when she submitted it to the producers, they filmed it as if it weren't a parody, and retitled it "Slumber Party Massacre". As a result, the movie displays a lot more humor, both intended and unintended, than others of this genre.

Goofs
Trish picks up the coffee pot (which cracked on the "hot" stove) with her bare hands.

Quotes
[the girls are covering up the pizza guy's dead body]
Kim: He's dead, all right. So cold.
Jackie: Is the pizza?
[Jackie takes a slice of pizza]
Jackie: Well, life goes on after all and eating makes me feel best when I feel bad, and boy do I feel bad.
[she takes a bite of the pizza]
Jackie: I feel better already. Really, I do.

Alternate versions
Although passed intact for cinema the UK video release suffered 30 secs of BBFC cuts with heavy edits to the drill murders, stabbing scenes and the climactic death of the killer. The title was also changed to "Slumber Party Murders" due to the video nasty scare sweeping the country at the time. It was eventually passed fully uncut for DVD in 2003 with the original title restored.

Connections
Edited into Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)

Soundtracks
Overkill
Written by Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clarke and Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor
Performed by Motörhead
Courtesy of Bronze Records

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Featured review

5/10

As bare-bones as any slasher can get, and still it delivers...

Without further ado, this simply is an early 80's slasher that's worth seeing (at least once). If not for any other reason, then watch it for the fact that this was written and directed by two women. I still can't believe it! All women in this film are portrait as helpless victims (except for two or so). Most of the killings are bloody and gory. And after only 8 minutes in the movie, the whole teenage female basketball-team goes fully nude and hits the showers(!). The camera gratuitously focuses on boobs and buttocks. Who said women can't make a decent horror movie? Haha! So boobs galore, spiced up with some good-looking gore. Unfortunately there's no story (the movie's title actually is the story). And we know who the killer is right from the start of the movie (we see his face all the time). It's just a crazy man escaped from the loony-bin. I was at least expecting some kind of twist, but about halfway through the movie I gave up this wishful thinking and just enjoyed the rest of it, being as there weren't going to be any surprises anyway. But still, this is a must-see for everyone who calls himself an 80's slasher-fan.