Slumber Party Massacre IIYear: 1987 Director: Deborah Brock Written by: Deborah Brock Threat: Psychopath Weapon of Choice: Guitar Drill |
Rish Outfield's reviews
At times like these, I wish we had made up a couple more categories.
Categories like "Fast-Forward Button Necessary," "Dirty Feeling After
Viewing," "Impossibly Boring/Useless Subplot," "No Explanation of Important
Plotpoint," and "Inconceivably Un-scary Villain." This movie was awful, but
not in the same way that other slasher movies are awful. I hated it because
of how dull it was, how it kept feeling like an Afterschool Special, how
unmotivated the ‘horror' was, and how tempted I was just to turn it off.
We've got another "Wings" star here--Crystal Bernard this time, but even if
you're her biggest fan, don't consider this movie. Pointless dream-sequences
abounded, repeatedly displaying the effects that would occur later in the
show. Even the nudity, usually so pervasive (and entertaining) in this type
of movie, was garishly absent. The villain, a cross between Andrew Dice Clay,
Val Kilmer, and...well, Andrew Dice Clay, was never explained, so we don't
know if he was a psycho, a ghost, or the figment of someone's imagination.
Plus, worst of all, he would say the stupidest things like "I can't get no
satisfaction," and would laugh, as if this was supposed to be either funny or
scary (I couldn't tell which, because I was neither). When the movie was
over, I was depressed that I had wasted almost an hour of my already pathetic
life.
Best Scare: There were no scares, boys and girls, but there was a cool pus-squirting effect.
I'd Recommend It To: Someone who needs to be humbled. But not in your case.
The tyranist's thoughts
There really is nothing to recommend this movie. It is bland and slow through most of the plot. Then when the killer does
show up and start killing people I uttered the biggest "What the Hell?" of my short career. Unfortunately, this movie starts
out like it is going to be kind of cool and much better than a lot of little slasher films. Don't be drawn in. Use the remote
whenever someone starts to sing and don't worry about turning this off half way through. You haven't missed a thing.
Sequel | ||
Owes everything to/rips off earlier film | ||
Sequel setup | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ||
Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Toilet stall scene | ||
Victim locks self in with killer | ||
Killer is in car with victim | ||
Cat jumps out | ||
Fake scare | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Beheading | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Blood fountain | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | Crystal Bernard | |
No one dies at all | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
What the hell? |
Total Skulls: 34
Other movies in this series:
The Slumber Party Massacre
Slumber Party Massacre III
Sorority House Massacre 2: Nighty Nightmare
Hard to Die
The Cheerleader Massacre