The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

An eighteen-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and she decides to have a slumber party. There is friction between some of the invited guests and the new girl, who is ... See full summary »

Director:

Amy Holden Jones

Writer:

Rita Mae Brown

Stars:

Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michelle Michaels	...	Trish (as Michele Michaels)
Robin Stille	...	Valerie
Michael Villella	...	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

Storyline

An eighteen-year-old high school girl is left at home by her parents and she decides to have a slumber party. There is friction between some of the invited guests and the new girl, who is better at basketball than they, so the new girl decides to stay at home (which is conveniently across the street from the host's house). Meanwhile, a murderer of five people with a propensity for power tools has escaped and is at large, and eventually makes his way to the party, where the guests begin experiencing an attrition problem, with only the new girl to help them.

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Plot Keywords:

slumber party | high school | house | machete | murder | 

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Taglines:

The Ultimate Driller Killer Thriller

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

12 November 1982 (USA)

Also Known As:

Don't Open the Door

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$250,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Santa Fe Productions (I)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

77 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Michael Villella deliberately avoided talking to the other cast members during the shooting of the picture.

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Goofs

When Coach Jana hits Russ Thorn with the fire poker, it bends like it's made out of rubber.

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Quotes

Trish Devereaux: Look, what do you have against Valerie, anyway?
Diane: Nothing. She drinks too much milk.

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Connections

Referenced in Popular: Slumber Party Massacre (1999)

User Reviews

Thinly veiled Womens Lib masquerading as Horror

Many critics of the time, Siskel and Ebert as I recall, and others considered the "slasher" films of the time to be misogynistic. I presume mostly because many women/girls died deaths as grizzly as those suffered by the males. One thing they missed, and apparently not lost on Rita Mae Brown, was that it was almost always a female that "dispatched" the killer at the end, sometimes with the help of a male lead. On the one sheet for this movie we see the killer with a drill hanging between his legs like an oversized penis and the message is clear--fight back women and you wont get "drilled". But dont get me wrong guys, on the way to her womens lib message, the director provides more than her share of titilation for your average slobbering teenage(or older) boy. Brinke Stevens also does one of her famous butt shots in this one. Read the message, ignore the nudity, or enjoy the nudity and ignore the message: This movie works both ways.