The Cheerleader Massacre

Year: 2002

Director: Jim Wynorski

Written by: Lenny Juliano

Threat: Psychopath

Weapon of Choice: Axe

Based upon: none

IMDb page: IMDb link

      The Cheerleader Massacre

Other movies in this series:
The Slumber Party Massacre
Slumber Party Massacre II
Slumber Party Massacre III
Sorority House Massacre 2: Nighty Nightmare
Hard to Die

The tyranist's thoughts
So how long has it been since we reviewed a movie in the venerable Jim Wynorski Slumber Party Massacre series? Nearly three years? What were we thinking?
So there are a bunch of hot cheerleaders (are there any other kind in the movies?) and they have to get to a cheer camp or somesuch. Naturally there's a psychopathic killer on the loose in the same region. Even more surprising, he's not the one killing the girls. Whoops. Gave something away there. Probably not important though since I don't know anyone who ever watched a Wynorski flick for the plot.
Speaking of Jim, is there anyone working in B-movies these days more devoted to T&A? Over the years his movies have consistently delivered what has been advertised. Nothing more and nothing less. This one is no different.
The plot is paper thin, the script not really that good, and the acting isn't really all it could have been. Luckily, none of those is what we watch these movies for. Instead there are plenty of hot-chicks, occasionally naked, and most-often massacred.
If you are a fan of the series, then you will definitely want to run out and pick this one up. If you aren't, nothing I can say will win you over once you've seen the decadence. So, Jim Wynorski fans, and you know who you are, rejoice. Here's one more for the ages.

Total Skulls: 27

Sequel
Sequel setup
Rips off earlier film
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie
Future celebrity appears
Former celebrity appears
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue
Bad execution
MTV Editing
OTS skullskull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked
Wanton sex skullskull
Death associated with sex skullskull
Unfulfilled promise of nudity
Characters forget about threat skull
Secluded location skull
Power is cut skull
Phone lines are cut skull
Someone investigates a strange noise skull
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door
Camera is the killer skullskull
Victims cower in front of a window/door
Victim locks self in with killer skull
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls skull
Toilet stall scene skull
Shower/bath scene skullskull
Car stalls or won't start skull
Cat jumps out
Fake scare skull
Laughable scare
Stupid discovery of corpse
Dream sequence
Hallucination/Vision
No one believes only witness
Crazy, drunk, old man knows the truth
Warning goes unheeded
Music detracts from scene
Death in first five minutes skull
x years before/later
Flashback sequence skullskull
Dark and stormy night
Killer doesn't stay dead
Killer wears a mask
Killer is in closet
Killer is in car with victim
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unscary villain/monster
Beheading skull
Blood fountain skull
Blood spatters - camera, wall, etc. skull
Poor death effect
Excessive gore
No one dies at all
Virgin survives
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Unresolved subplots skull
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
Unbelievably crappy ending
What the hell?