the leading man is my tpye

A brilliant film that helped define a genre

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

A lot of perfectly good film show their cards early, establish a unique premise and let the audience explore a topic at a leisurely pace, without much in terms of surprise. this film is not one of those films.

While her parents are away for the weekend, Trish invites a few of her girlfriends over for the weekend. Their plans include beer, weed, and pizza. Plans are interrupted, however, by an escaped mental patient with a very large power drill that he enjoys plunging into his victims. Girls in pajamas (or less) and a deranged killer – sounds like a good mix.I never realized the screenplay for Slumber Party Massacre was written by novelist Rita Mae Brown. Over the years, I've enjoyed her Mrs Murphy mystery series. I've read that she originally intended the movie to be a parody of the slasher genre, but the producers went ahead and made it a more serious movie. There's still a lot of humor in the film that I find quite funny – the refrigerator door scene near the end being one example. Also, knowing that this was originally meant to be a parody, it helps explain a lot to me about the killer and the rest of the movie. On his own, Russ Thorn is not very frightening – just odd. Some of his facial expressions in the finale are priceless. I haven't read through all the comments on IMDb, so I'm sure this has been endlessly written about, but exactly what kind of power source was he using with that drill? There was no power cord and I've never seen a battery powered drill that can maintain that much power for that length of time. It must have been one of those nuclear drills so popular in the early 80s. The giant drill also makes for a very unwieldy, noisy weapon. Not the weapon of choice when sneaking up on people. I'll bet this was most likely a leftover irony from the original script.Since its release, I think I've now seen Slumber Party Massacre three times. I enjoyed it much more this time, but still can't rate it higher than a 5/10. I think that had they gone ahead and made this a full- on parody, it would have been a much better movie.

Slumber Party Massacre will never stand out in the slasher genre the way My Bloody Valentine, Friday the 13th, Prom Night, Happy Birthday to Me, Black Christmas and Sleepaway Camp have. Still, it manages to be entertaining enough, although the killer is easily predictable.A group of basketball players decide to have a slumber party, but make snobby remarks about the new girl on the team and she refuses to go to their party. Little do the girls know that a killer with a thing for drills is out there...The soundtrack was terrible, just the same repetitive organ music played at the murders. However, the acting was decent enough. If you want a cheesy slasher film to pass the time, check this one out.

When Trish's (Michaels) parents leave town for the weekend, she invites three High school friends over for a slumber party. She also invites her new neighbor Valerie (Stille) who lives across the street. Valerie declines because she overhears Diane (Gina Mari) talking bad about her. Meanwhile, mad killer Russ Thorn (Villela) has killed a phone repair woman with a giant power drill at the girl's school and stalks the girls to their house. While the girls get high and order pizza Russ waits in the shadow with his huge drill and begins picking them off. This routine slasher film garnered some attention on its release due to its female Director Amy Jones and Female writer Rita Mae Brown. With slasher films getting clobbered by critics due to their violence towards women at the time, Jones and Brown use every cliché in the book with gratuitous nudity and gore! They would say this was a parody and there are some flashes of that, but this is a straight ahead slasher film. An early scene has Linda (Brinke Stevens) locked in the school gym and dodging the killer. This scene draws out some real suspense and the scene is visually engaging. Everything is very predictable but the massive power drill provides a lot of gore and the killer himself meets his match with neighbor Valerie in the conclusion. If you can get pass the mindless script, this film can be fun especially for stalk and slash fans.

This 1982 horror film stars Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille and Michael Villella. Michaels plays teenage girl, Trish who decides to have a slumber party with her friends while her parents go away for the weekend. Soon, an escaped killer, Russ Thorn (Villella) decides to crash the party providing bloody mayhem. Stille plays Valerie, the new girl in school who is invited by Trish, but decides not to join because she feels she doesn't fit in with her friends. She also lives across the street which makes it handy for the girls in their time of need. Though some of the acting is weak, This is a pretty good 80's slasher flick with plenty of gore and a bit of humor. Fans of the horror/slasher genre may want to see this.