So much average

A waste of 90 minutes of my life

A Masterpiece!

Great movie! If you want to be entertained and have a few good laughs, see this movie. The music is also very good,

The original script was written as a parody, but that was changed when production began and it was shot as a serious slasher. Perhaps this explains why I busted out laughing on at least four occasions. The amusing pizza-eating scene and the refrigerator sequence are good examples. Despite this, "The Slumber Party Massacre" (1981) IS a serious slasher flick featuring the 'driller killer' and it's pretty well-done. The problem is, there's an unimaginative bluntness to the proceedings and the final act isn't all that compelling (I found my mind wandering a couple of times).The female cast is decent, but not quite as good as in the Friday the 13th movies. Diane (Gina Smika Hunter, aka Gina Mari) is arguably the best, followed by the black chick. The movie is short & sweet at 77 minutes and was shot entirely in Los Angeles with the neighborhood sequences filmed in Venice. GRADE: C

I'm quite a dedicated slasher film fan, so this film may not seem the same to you. Although, i couldn't help but enjoy this film. There are some downs to this film though. The acting is somewhat cheesy and weak at times. There are no plot twists at all, which was slightly disappointing. The plot in general really is not overly complicated. What you read in the summary is exactly what you get. Character depth is somewhat shallow. But these cons really seem to fade away when the film comes together. It's a lot of fun if you enjoy slasher films. Silly teens get killed throughout, which is relieving, as there are one too many slashers out there with murder gaps. It's quite understandable that it has gained somewhat of a cult following. For any slasher fan, i would recommend. Although perhaps it is not for everyone.

When Trish's (Michaels) parents leave town for the weekend, she invites three High school friends over for a slumber party. She also invites her new neighbor Valerie (Stille) who lives across the street. Valerie declines because she overhears Diane (Gina Mari) talking bad about her. Meanwhile, mad killer Russ Thorn (Villela) has killed a phone repair woman with a giant power drill at the girl's school and stalks the girls to their house. While the girls get high and order pizza Russ waits in the shadow with his huge drill and begins picking them off. This routine slasher film garnered some attention on its release due to its female Director Amy Jones and Female writer Rita Mae Brown. With slasher films getting clobbered by critics due to their violence towards women at the time, Jones and Brown use every cliché in the book with gratuitous nudity and gore! They would say this was a parody and there are some flashes of that, but this is a straight ahead slasher film. An early scene has Linda (Brinke Stevens) locked in the school gym and dodging the killer. This scene draws out some real suspense and the scene is visually engaging. Everything is very predictable but the massive power drill provides a lot of gore and the killer himself meets his match with neighbor Valerie in the conclusion. If you can get pass the mindless script, this film can be fun especially for stalk and slash fans.

This 1982 horror film stars Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille and Michael Villella. Michaels plays teenage girl, Trish who decides to have a slumber party with her friends while her parents go away for the weekend. Soon, an escaped killer, Russ Thorn (Villella) decides to crash the party providing bloody mayhem. Stille plays Valerie, the new girl in school who is invited by Trish, but decides not to join because she feels she doesn't fit in with her friends. She also lives across the street which makes it handy for the girls in their time of need. Though some of the acting is weak, This is a pretty good 80's slasher flick with plenty of gore and a bit of humor. Fans of the horror/slasher genre may want to see this.