The Slumber Party Massacre

Year: 1982

Director: Amy Jones

Written by: Rita Mae Brown

Threat: Psychopath

Weapon of Choice: Drill

IMDb page: IMDb link

       The Slumber Party Massacre

Rish Outfield's reviews
Oh, ye T&A slasher, where hast thou gone?
Actually, a pretty good silly slasher movie. It wasn't wonderful, but satisfying. There was actually some character development, some surprises, and a bit of thought in this one. While most audience members wouldn't care about such things ("Let's see some blood. . .but shower first!"), it's a nice reward for tyranist and me. There weren't many scares, but there was a couple of good spooks and some tension. The 'driller-killer' (seen in the opening of Sorority House Massacre 2, oddly enough) was never scary, but he managed to slaughter a lot of folks before I figured out who he was.
Best Scare:
I'd Recommend It To: Among bad 80's slasher movies, this is one to see.

The tyranist's thoughts
One of the first slasher/naked young thing crossovers, this one isn't all bad. It also isn't that good. It kicked off a sub-genre that rapidly descended into porn and little else. But, this one is well-worth seeing for one very important reason. Something that was never in the following movies is very present here. Intelligence among the victims. They stuck together when possible. When they realized there was a threat, they tried to call the police. When they realized they were in danger, they all sat in a circle and facing outwards with knives to protect themselves. Basically it is just refreshing to see a film where the bimbos end up acting at least a little bit like they really would. So many of the movies that followed in this little sub-genre had nothing to their credit. This one does a fine job.

Sequel
Owes everything to/rips off earlier film
Sequel setup
Bad title
Bad premise
Bad acting
Bad dialogue skull
MTV Editing
OTS skullskull
Girl unnecessarily gets naked skullskull
Wanton sex skull
Death associated with sex
Characters forget about threat
Secluded location
Power is cut skull
Phone lines are cut skull
Someone investigates a strange noise skullskull
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door skull
Camera is the killer
Victims cower in front of a window/door skull
Toilet stall scene
Victim locks self in with killer skull
Killer is in car with victim
Cat jumps out skull
Fake scare skullskull
Laughable scare skull
Blood hits camera
Beheading skull
Killer doesn't stay dead skull
Stupid discovery of corpse skull
Dream sequence
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls
No one believes only witness
Blood fountain
Poor death effect skull
Excessive gore skull
Music detracts from scene skull
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie skull
Future celebrity appears
No one dies at all
Death in first five minutes skull
Virgin survives skull
Geek/Nerd survives
Little kid lamely survives skull
Dog/Pet miraculously survives
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes
Unresolved subplots
"It was all a dream" ending
Unbelievably happy ending
What the hell? skull

Total Skulls: 29

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