The Slumber Party Massacre

boy was i looking forward to watching this film. i bought the series a while ago (when it was first released by shout! factory) and i've been dying to see it ever since. i mean, a slasher flick filled with gore, tits and hopefully some bush. well i just finished the first one and let me just say it sucked. the only thing it delivered on was the tits which were a plenty. otherwise the gore was pretty weak (i've seen worse) and there was not a bush in sight (except for the ones by the pool). the driller killer here is just a guy but he's apparently a magician. he can lock up an entire school in... read more

film #7 of hooptober part v: a new beginning slumber party massacre is an interesting thought experiment brought to life: what would a horror comedy be like if it were filmed in a dead serious manner? that's exactly what happened with amy holden jones' movie of an escaped maniac slashing his way through a high school slumber party. rita mae brown's screenplay was done as a parody of the slasher genre, but producers decided it would work better as a serious attempt at a slasher film. they weren't correct, although that's not to say that this is a waste of time by any measure. the humor of read more