Slumber Party Massacre III (1990)

After a hard day of volleyball at the beach, a teen whose parents are away decides to have a slumber party with her girlfriends. Their boyfriends predictably show up to scare them, but a ... See full summary »

Director:

Sally Mattison

Writer:

Catherine Cyran (screenplay)

Stars:

Brandi Burkett, Hope Marie Carlton, Keely Christian

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Brandi Burkett	...	Diane
Hope Marie Carlton	...	Janine
Keely Christian	...	Jackie Cassidy
Maria Claire	...	Susie
Maria Ford	...	Maria
Brittain Frye	...	Ken
David Greenlee	...	Duncan
Garon Grigsby	...	Michael
Michael Harris	...	Morgan (as M.K. Harris)
Devon Jenkin	...	Sarah
Yan Birch	...	The Weirdo
Marta Kober	...	Pizza Girl
Wayne Grace	...	Officer O'Reilly
David Kriegel	...	Tom
Alexander Folk	...	Detective Davis (as Alexander Falk)

Storyline

After a hard day of volleyball at the beach, a teen whose parents are away decides to have a slumber party with her girlfriends. Their boyfriends predictably show up to scare them, but a stranger from the beach is also seen lurking around the house. Soon the group begins experiencing an attrition problem.

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Plot Keywords:

beach | slumber party | volleyball | house | red herring | 

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Taglines:

It's Driller Time... And This Bits For You!

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

7 September 1990 (USA)

Also Known As:

Stab in the Dark

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Budget:

$350,000 (estimated)

Gross:

$1,242,995 (USA)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Concorde Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

87 min

Sound Mix:

Ultra Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.37 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

Maria Ford wore a wig in this movie.

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Goofs

When Duncan and Frank are murdered, their bodies are left on the floor of the foyer. In subsequent shots, the bodies have been removed and don't reappear until Jackie, Maria, and Diane head down to the basement.

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Quotes

Jackie Cassidy: Oh my god the basement I forgot there's a window in there! Give me that poker!
Diane: Jackie you're not going down there!
Duncan: Besides the're tongs!

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Connections

Follows The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

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Soundtracks

"Follow Me"
Written by Jamie Sheriff & Steve Dougherty
Performed by Jamie Sheriff

User Reviews

Dance for me, baby.

I love the first SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE partially for nostalgia value but mostly because it's a genuinely fun movie, so I figured I'd give a go at this one, ignoring warnings such as the 4 Star Joe Bob review on the front of the video box. I watched it with several friends, and I'll tell you what, we never had such a good time making fun of a brain-dead exploitation movie before. This one really does reach new depths of stupidity, and for that reason alone I adore it!

The plot is basically summed up in the title - Jackie (Keely Christian, whoever she is) throws one last sleepover party for her giggly high-school friends (who look no younger than 25), some dumb guys sneak over and try to scare them and a psycho killer shows up with his portable electric drill and starts laying into these idiots. Apparently the ladies in the house don't know how to open a door or window to escape, which becomes almost a running gag after awhile. They also hilariously fail to subdue the killer despite being given half a dozen chances to do some serious damage. The list of possible suspects is pretty ridiculous, especially the peeping tom next-door-neighbor, who spies on the girls dancing topless with his telescope, and "The Weirdo," a mute voyeuristic albino who earlier in the day was caught staring at the girls during their beach volleyball game.

There's one moment of sheer hilarity when the psycho surprises a guy at the door with his large, high-powered drill, sending a half-dozen lingerie-clad babes shuffling back and forth in front of the camera in a panic. Another highlight is Maria Ford's gratuitous bare-ass shot as she tries to escape up through the basement window but keeps falling. And we've all seen the standard electrocuted-in-bathtub death scene countless times before, scene, though instead of the usual hair dryer or radio being tossed in the tub, this time it's caused by a vibrator that one character plugs in and leaves sitting on the sink while she's taking a bath. A guy who gets his feet cut off with a chainsaw manages to crawl all the way back across town to the house in a matter of minutes. The acting (aside from the guy who plays the killer, who's awful) really isn't too bad for this type of film, some of the songs on the soundtrack are pretty good and if you like your movies trashy, bloody and silly, you'll find a lot to enjoy here. For sheer entertainment it gets a 7 out of 10 but playing by the rules of movie reviewing (i.e. quality), it's about a 3. I'll go ahead and give it a 4.