Slumber Party Massacre II (1987)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Director:

Deborah Brock

Writer:

Deborah Brock (writer)

Release Date:

30 October 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror | Musical

Tagline:

A New Kind of Rocky Horror

Plot:

Courtney, the younger sister of the "new girl across the street" in the first film is all grown up now...

Plot Keywords:

Dream | Nightmare | Sex | Drummer | Bass

Cast

Crystal Bernard	...	Courtney Bates
Jennifer Rhodes	...	Mrs. Bates
Kimberly McArthur	...	Amy
Patrick Lowe	...	Matt Arbicost
Juliette Cummins	...	Sheila Barrington
Heidi Kozak	...	Sally Burns
Cindy Eilbacher	...	Valerie Bates (as Cynthia Eilbacher)
Atanas Ilitch	...	The Driller Killer
Joel Hoffman	...	T.J.
Scott Westmoreland	...	Jeff
Michael Delano	...	Officer Kreuger
Hamilton Mitchell	...	Officer Voorhies
Marshall LaPlante	...	Car Driver
Don Daniel	...	Mr. Damnkids

Also Known As:

Don't Let Go
Slumber Party Massacre: The Sequel (USA) (working title)

Runtime:

75 min | USA:90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:18 (TV rating) | UK:R (original rating) (1988) | Canada:R | Australia:R | UK:(Banned) | USA:R

Trivia:

Many characters in the movie have names in homage to other horror movies. Not only Officers Krueger and Voorhies, but Courtney's last name is Bates. The neighbors from the original have been renamed the Cravens instead of the Deverauxs in homage to Wes Craven. One of the main characters are named Sally Burns because Marilyn BURNS plays SALLY Hardesty in the original Texas Chainsaw Massacre.

Goofs:

Continuity: In the first Slumber Party Massacre, Trish has the last name Devereaux. In this movie, Courtney refers to her as Trish Craven.

Quotes:

The Driller Killer: [to Courtney] I am you, and you are me, until we go all the way.

Movie Connections:

References A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984)

Soundtrack:

Tokyo Convertible

Very fun, cheesy sequel that lives up to the original.

SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II (1987)

starring:

Crystal Bernard, Atanis Ilitch, Kimberly McArthur, Juliette Cummins, Patrick Lowe, Heidi Kozak, Joel Hoffman, Scott Westmoreland, Jennifer Rhodes, Cindy Eilbacher.

plot:

Five years after the original, Courtney (Crystal Bernard) is having a pretty good life. She's in a band with her best friends Amy (Kimberly McArthur), Sheila (Juliette Cummins) and Sally (Heidi Kozak). She's also dating the hunky boy Matt (Patrick Lowe). But her life also has a few downs. She's having nightmares of the murders she witnessed in the original and a new Driller Killer (Atanis Ilitch) going after her, her sister Valerie (Cindy Eilbacher) (who is in a mental hospital), her mother (Jennifer Rhodes), and her friends. Soon, Courtney goes with the rest of the band to Sheila's condo where they practice for the school dance and the guys (Joel Hoffman, Scott Westmoreland) also arrive. Soon enough, Courtney's dreams cross into reality and a rock-n-roll and gore fest begins.

the good:

This takes a different path than the original and is a tribute to NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET instead of HALLOWEEN.

The down-to-earth characters are still here (Courtney, Amy, Amy's boyfriend), but so are some stereotypical slasher characters (Sheila, Sally, Sheila's boyfriend).

This is one cheese-fest though, lots of fake gore and strange hallucination scenes (all about the attack of the headless chicken).

The Driller Killer this time is a lot different. He dresses in leather, uses a guitar with a drill at the end, smokes, sings, and spits out one-liners as he kills. And dare I say, he was extremely sexy!

the bad:

Everything bad in this film adds to the fun!

8/10