The Slumber Party Massacre [Blu-ray]

Director: Amy Jones, Aaron Lipstadt Amy Jones

Overview

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 survivor of the killer's hydraulic drill bands together with her sister and a neighbor to form their own posse and hunt down the murderer.

Product Details

Release Date:	03/18/2014
UPC:	0826663148244
Original Release:	1982
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Region Code:	A
Presentation:	[Wide Screen]
Language:	English
Time:	1:17:00
Sales rank:	17,823

Special Features

New HD transfer from the original camera negative; Sleepless nights: the making of The Slumber Party Massacre; Audio commentary with director Amy Holden Jones, actors Michael Villela and Debra de Liso; Theatrical trailer

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Michele Michaels	Trish
Robin Stille	Valerie
Michael Villela	Russ Thron
Andre Honore	Jackie
Debra Deliso	Kim
Gina Mari	Diane
David Millbern	Jeff
Joe Johnson	Neil
Pamela Roylance	Coach Jana
Brinke Stevens	Linda
Rigg Kennedy	David,David Contant
Howard Furgeson	Devereaux
Jean Vargas	Telephone Repairwoman
Anna Patton	Mrs. Devereaux
Pam Cazano	Carpenter
Aaron Lipstadt	Pizza Boy
Francis Menedez	Paper Boy
Jim Boyce	John Minor
Jennifer Meyers	Actor
Joe Dante	Actor
Debra A. Deliso	Kim
Ralph Jones	Composer

Technical Credits

Rita Brown

Amy Jones	Director,Producer
Aaron Lipstadt	Director
Rita Brown	Screenwriter

Editorial Reviews

This once-controversial entry in the slasher film cycle of the early 1980's looks like a period piece by modern standards but still has a charm all its own for fans of trashy horror flicks. Screenwriter Rita Mae Brown, better known for her feminist fiction, intended for her script to be played as a satire but director Amy Jones instead plays it straight. As a formula slasher film, it's not bad. Characterizations tend towards the formulaic but Brown shows a better understanding of female relationships and banter than her male counterparts usually do. The young female leads are pleasant but mostly interchangeable: the standout performances come from Jennifer Meyers as an amusingly bratty kid sister and Michael Villella as the sweaty, bug-eyed killer. Jones imitates a lot of the stylistic tics John Carpenter displayed in Halloween (prowling camerawork, an ominous synthesizer score, using suburban settings to ironically creepy effect) and builds a decent amount of suspense. She doesn't shy away from sleaze (a gratuitous shower scene is taken to self-parodic extremes) and creates an effectively tense and bloody finale. In short, The Slumber Party Massacre isn't likely to interest anyone outside the horror movie fanbase but those fans will find it to be a solid little programmer.

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