Mr_Ectoplasma "The Slumber Party Massacre" focuses on a group of teenagers in suburban Los Angeles who are having a get-together over the weekend while their parents are away. Lo and behold, a maniac with an electric drill of all things has been lurking around the high school, and has followed them home to join the party.This fast and easy slasher flick was originally written as a feminist satire of slasher movies by Rita Mae Brown, but was directed by Amy Holden Jones as a more or less straightforward horror film, and it certainly reads that way. Though it's dotted with bits of slight humor, "The Slumber Party Massacre" actually feels fairly dark for a slasher movie. Cribbing "Halloween" in set-up and "Texas Chainsaw" in title, the film manages to achieve a somber and weirdly unsettling tone from early on. Part of it has to do with the dampened, shadowy cinematography that manages to make even sunny Southern California a dark place, and part of it is the sheer arbitrariness of it all. The killer's arrival is given no context or back story, not dissimilar from 1980's "Final Exam."At 77 minutes, the film is brisk, but it manages to deliver on just about all accounts. There is ample gore that is surprisingly well done, and there are some unique, extremely eerie shots in which the camera follows behind the killer as he approaches his unknowing victims; there are also classic shots that are the inverse of this, in which he's entered the frame from behind the girls. This dichotomy illustrates the tension between the more playful elements of the film and the more sinister ones. The killer, as much as he is shown on screen from the get-go, is considerably creepy, and the sense of threat is consistent throughout. The performances are a mixed bag, but by and large are perfectly fine.Overall, "The Slumber Party Massacre" was a surprise success for me. Given the derivative and somewhat hokey title, I had many preconceptions about this film that were blown away once I finally had a chance to watch it. It's not a flawless film, but it is certainly well done for what it is. Memorable and moody cinematography lends the film a gritty edge, and there are more than enough playful and menacing moments to be had. Despite its slight ventures into humor, it's a far darker and more serious slasher film than you may expect. 8/10.

atinder it's as been long time since I seen this movie, I would say about 10 years or maybe less. I did enjoy the last time watch, it fun and very cheesy but after giving second watch, it didn't seem to have the same impact as first time I saw it.There were okay-ish deaths scenes, some very bloody moment in this movie, that I enjoyed but I didn't think it as fun as last time or I didn't really find that cheesy this time around The acting was really decent for this kind of movie. 5 out of 10

Snyder-matthew23 This was a very good 80's slasher film! There was lots of gore,nudity, deaths, and it was very fun! When I first saw this movie, I didn't know what to expect. I pretty much new it was going to be very good because it was an 80's slasher film (I do love 80's slasher movies). I watched the movie 3 times already and I'm looking forward to see parts 2 & 3 on DVD even though I heard that they sucked. I wonder what the remake of this movie would be like? I would recommend this to many people that I know. I can't even stop watching the trailer of this movie! I thought some parts were a little funny like when one of the girls eats the dead pizza guy's pizza. This was an awesome movie from beginning to end!

FlashCallahan 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 guests and the new girl, who is better at basketball than they, so the new girl decides to stay at home. Meanwhile, a murderer 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.......So when the slasher genre was at its high during the early eighties, there were some rife ones released to earn a few bucks, and this was one of the biggest stinkers.It just consists of a man walking around and just happening to be in the right place and the right time to murder a high school student.The film makers must have been having a whale of a time, because the first act consists of the camera focusing on parts of a woman, and nothing else.The second act is none existent, and the third act really just consists of actors running out of select doors screaming and stabbing the killer with various objects.The film is awful, with really bad acting and a silly ending.