The Slumber Party Massacre

1982
R
1h 17m

IMDb RATING

5.6/10

19K

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A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.A female high school student's slumber party turns into a bloodbath, as a newly escaped psychotic serial killer wielding a power drill prowls her neighborhood.

Director
- Amy Holden Jones
Writers
- Rita Mae Brown
- Amy Holden Jones
Stars

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IMDb RATING

5.6/10

19K

YOUR RATING

POPULARITY

4,903

1,414

Director
- Amy Holden Jones
Writers
- Rita Mae Brown
- Amy Holden Jones
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Russ Thorn
(as Michael Villela)

Debra De Liso

Kim
(as Debra Deliso)

Andree Honore

Jackie

Gina Smika Hunter

Diane
(as Gina Mari)

Jennifer Meyers

Courtney

Joseph Alan Johnson

Neil
(as Joe Johnson)

David Millbern

Jeff

Jim Boyce

John Minor

Pamela Roylance

Coach Jana

Brinke Stevens

Linda

Rigg Kennedy

David Contant
(as Ryan Kennedy)

Jean Vargas

Telephone Repairwoman

Anna Patton

Mrs. Devereaux

Howard Purgason

Mr. Devereaux

Pamela Canzano

Carpenter
(as Pam Canzano)

Aaron Lipstadt

Pizza Boy

Director
- Amy Holden Jones
Writers
- Rita Mae Brown
- Amy Holden Jones
All cast & crew
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Storyline

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Trivia
Rita Mae Brown wrote a screenplay for a parody of teen/slasher flicks, and titled it "Sleepless Nights". However, when she submitted it to the producers, they filmed it as if it weren't a parody, and retitled it "Slumber Party Massacre". As a result, the movie displays a lot more humor, both intended and unintended, than others of this genre.

Goofs
Trish picks up the coffee pot (which cracked on the "hot" stove) with her bare hands.

Quotes
[the girls are covering up the pizza guy's dead body]
Kim: He's dead, all right. So cold.
Jackie: Is the pizza?
[Jackie takes a slice of pizza]
Jackie: Well, life goes on after all and eating makes me feel best when I feel bad, and boy do I feel bad.
[she takes a bite of the pizza]
Jackie: I feel better already. Really, I do.

Alternate versions
Although passed intact for cinema the UK video release suffered 30 secs of BBFC cuts with heavy edits to the drill murders, stabbing scenes and the climactic death of the killer. The title was also changed to "Slumber Party Murders" due to the video nasty scare sweeping the country at the time. It was eventually passed fully uncut for DVD in 2003 with the original title restored.

Connections
Edited into Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)

Soundtracks
Overkill
Written by Lemmy, Fast Eddie Clarke and Phil 'Philthy Animal' Taylor
Performed by Motörhead
Courtesy of Bronze Records

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Featured review

8/10

I didn't expect it to be so good

I bought this because it was cheap and had 'massacre' in the title. What I didn't know is that this is a really tense movie. While not quite scary, it does have very suspenseful scenes, and the killer is classic! It's not filled with nudity like I had expected, and the killings are pretty gruesome. I'd recommend it to any slasher fan.