The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Average Rating: 4/10
Reviews Counted: 10
Fresh: 3 | Rotten: 7
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Release Date: Nov 12, 1982 Wide
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Feminist film director Amy Jones and feminist novelist Rita Mae Brown collaborated on this by-the-numbers slasher gorefest, alleviated somewhat by desultory attempts at developing the victims as characters. The film concerns an overnight slumber party, attended by a group of nubile young women, who find themselves harassed by a gaggle of over-sexed young men. Their sexual escapades are punctured by the intrusion of an insane killer wielding a power drill. But the women rule the day when the lone
Nov 12, 1982 Wide
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Michele Michaels
Trish -
Robin Stille
Valerie -
Michael Villela
Russ Thorn -
Andre Honore
Jackie -
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Debra A. Deliso
Kim -
Joey Johnson
Neil -
Rigg Kennedy
David -
Gina Mari
Diane -
David Millbern
Jeff -
Brinke Stevens
Linda -
Aaron Lipstadt
Pizza Boy -
Pamela Roylance
Coach Jana -
Robin Rochelle
Valerie -
Jim Boyce
John Minor
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A gruesome, T&A-filled feminist tract about female fears of mature male sexuality.
Inexplicably praised in some circles for its reputed feminist angle.
If you need a slasher flick, you could do worse
You get what you pay for with a title like this one.
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Interestingly, the screenplay was written by feminist Rita Mae Brown, who intended for her script to be a parody of the slasher genre. Instead, it was filmed as a straight-forward slasher, so it both follows and subverts the rules of the genre. The guys are weak and ineffectual, with serious manhood issues, and their onscreen deaths are more brutal than the girls'. Most of the girls are likeable, and they're not complete weaklings as they band together to fight back against their attacker. There's even humor to be found in the requisite nude scenes. The camera lingers just a bit too long on one girl's butt, and the dialogue includes "I think your tits are getting bigger," to which a chorus of girls excitedly ask, "Mine?" Another example, the boys answer the door expecting the pizza delivery guy. They say, "what's the damage?" On the other end you hear, "six... so far." "Six, even? Okay."