Title: The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Genre: Horror / Slasher
Plot Synopsis
An 18-year-old high school girl invites her basketball team over for a weekend slumber party while her parents are away. Their night of fun turns horrific when a serial killer escapes and begins stalking the neighborhood, brandishing a power drill and turning the party into a fight for survival. As the girls confront the terror in their home, alliances shift, secrets emerge, and the familiar setting of teenage party games becomes a scene of blood-soaked vengeance.
Cast and Crew
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Director: Amy Holden Jones
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Writers: Rita Mae Brown, Amy Holden Jones
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Cast:
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Michele Michaels as Trish Devereaux
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Robin Stille as Valerie “Val” Bates
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Michael Villella as Russ Thorn
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Debra DeLiso as Kim Clarke
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Andrée Honore as Jackie
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YouTube Trailer: The Slumber Party Massacre | Trailer
IMDb: The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Reviews from Letterboxd:
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Johnny Pomatto — ★★★★
“Great way to kick it off… a fantastic film. Brilliant move to have a ‘final girl’ in the house across the street who wasn’t even invited to the party.” -
Michael Glover Smith — ★★★½
“A fascinating relic of a bygone era … the very best of the post-Halloween slashers, not only for its feminist critique but for its goofy humor and warmth.” -
Spencer — ★★★½
“Not a very good horror movie but an extremely charming and funny teen hangout movie, which shockingly gets you most of the way there anyways.” -
Sean Baker — ★★★★
“Extremely underrated feminist slasher. Classic in my opinion.” -
Freyr Patron — ★★★
“There’s enough humor and charm here to make the film endearing, though it rarely exceeds the expectations I had for a low-budget slasher.”
Meta Description: A cult 1982 slasher from Amy Holden Jones and Rita Mae Brown that turns a high-school pajama party into a power-drill nightmare, blending teen hang-out vibes with feminist subversion and ’80s gore.
