Even in a generally well-liked horror franchise like Slumber Party Massacre, there is still that one entry that fans do not rally around as much as others. And among the four films produced so far, Sally Mattison’s Slumber Party Massacre III is routinely slept on. However, this series’ third depiction of a sleepover gone terribly awry not only brings back the harshness of the original film, it also delivers an unusual perspective.
The first slasher trend had all but ended by 1990, but unseasonableness has never stopped a producer like Roger Corman. And as with the previous Slumber Party Massacre films, the third was directed and written by women, including a script by the late Catherine Cyran. This rushed, micro-budget film works from the same familiar prompt; a male assailant stalks and kills hapless, scantily clad women as they gather for what should have been a night of fun and play.
The first slasher trend had all but ended by 1990, but unseasonableness has never stopped a producer like Roger Corman. And as with the previous Slumber Party Massacre films, the third was directed and written by women, including a script by the late Catherine Cyran. This rushed, micro-budget film works from the same familiar prompt; a male assailant stalks and kills hapless, scantily clad women as they gather for what should have been a night of fun and play.
- 3/29/2023
- by Paul Lê
- bloody-disgusting.com
Nearly three years after releasing the original Slumber Party Massacre as a special edition Blu-ray, Scream Factory has finally put a double feature disc of its two sequels: 1987’s Slumber Party Massacre II and 1990’s Slumber Party Massacre III. It’s something of a good news/bad news situation.
The good news is that Slumber Party Massacre II is really crazy and really fun. The bad news is that part 3 is not. Picking up the subversive campiness of where Amy Holden Jones’ original left off, Slumber Party Massacre II writer/director Deborah Brock dials up the weirdness and adds an abstract, hallucinatory bent to the first sequel. It’s bigger and stranger, more colorful and experimental; I’m reminded of the leap from Prom Night to Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, except that the original Slumber Party Massacre is a better movie than Prom Night.
Crystal Bernard (TV’s Wings) plays Courtney,...
The good news is that Slumber Party Massacre II is really crazy and really fun. The bad news is that part 3 is not. Picking up the subversive campiness of where Amy Holden Jones’ original left off, Slumber Party Massacre II writer/director Deborah Brock dials up the weirdness and adds an abstract, hallucinatory bent to the first sequel. It’s bigger and stranger, more colorful and experimental; I’m reminded of the leap from Prom Night to Hello Mary Lou: Prom Night II, except that the original Slumber Party Massacre is a better movie than Prom Night.
Crystal Bernard (TV’s Wings) plays Courtney,...
- 3/15/2017
- by Patrick Bromley
- DailyDead
Scream Factory invites horror fans to ominous overnights with their new double feature Blu-ray release of Slumber Party Massacre II and Slumber Party Massacre III, and we've been provided with three Blu-ray copies to give away to lucky Daily Dead readers.
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of the Slumber Party Massacre II / Slumber Party Massacre III double feature.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Slumber Party Massacre Double Feature Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on January 23rd. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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Slumber Party Massacre II and Slumber Party Massacre III Double Feature Blu-ray: "Get ready for a killer,...
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Prize Details: (3) Winners will receive (1) Blu-ray copy of the Slumber Party Massacre II / Slumber Party Massacre III double feature.
How to Enter: For a chance to win, email contest@dailydead.com with the subject “Slumber Party Massacre Double Feature Contest”. Be sure to include your name and mailing address.
Entry Details: The contest will end at 12:01am Est on January 23rd. This contest is only open to those who are eighteen years of age or older that live in the United States. Only one entry per household will be accepted.
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Slumber Party Massacre II and Slumber Party Massacre III Double Feature Blu-ray: "Get ready for a killer,...
- 1/17/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Heat up a bowl of popcorn, fluff up some pillows, and grab a comfy seat for clips and trailers from Scream Factory's double feature Blu-ray of the Slumber Party sequels, drilling into shelves on January 17th.
Slumber Party Massacre II and Slumber Party Massacre III Double Feature Blu-ray: "Get ready for a killer, driller double thriller!
Slumber Party Massacre II
The only sane survivor of Slumber Party Massacre, Courtney (Crystal Bernard) dreams of the drill murderer returning. She can't shake the horrible feeling that she and her friends will be viciously tormented and brutally butchered. Again and again the nightmare returns. Dazed, Courtney loses control. And her nightmare crosses into reality. No one believes her, until it's too late. The driller killer returns, reincarnated as an evil rocker. He methodically stalks them; then violently gores them to death...one by one.
Slumber Party Massacre III
Seven California co-eds are dresses to kill.
Slumber Party Massacre II and Slumber Party Massacre III Double Feature Blu-ray: "Get ready for a killer, driller double thriller!
Slumber Party Massacre II
The only sane survivor of Slumber Party Massacre, Courtney (Crystal Bernard) dreams of the drill murderer returning. She can't shake the horrible feeling that she and her friends will be viciously tormented and brutally butchered. Again and again the nightmare returns. Dazed, Courtney loses control. And her nightmare crosses into reality. No one believes her, until it's too late. The driller killer returns, reincarnated as an evil rocker. He methodically stalks them; then violently gores them to death...one by one.
Slumber Party Massacre III
Seven California co-eds are dresses to kill.
- 1/17/2017
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
Heat up a bowl of popcorn, fluff up some pillows, and find a spot on the floor with a good view of the TV screen, because Scream Factory has revealed the full list of bonus features for their anticipated double feature Blu-ray release of Slumber Party Massacre II and III.
From Scream Factory: "Terror drills its way January 17th on our double feature Blu-ray release! Read on for the final list of extras:
Slumber Party Massacre II
• Original 76 minute R-Rated Version (HD) and Extended 85 minute Unrated Cut (Standard Definition)
• Audio Commentary with writer/director/producer Deborah Brock, producer Don Daniel and story editor Beverly Gray
• Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres – a three-part documentary
• Theatrical Trailer and Video Trailer
• Still Gallery
Slumber Party Massacre III
• Original 75 minute R-Rated Version (HD) and Extended 87 minute Unrated Cut (HD with standard definition inserts)
• Audio Commentary with director Sally Mattison, actress Hope Marie Carlton,...
From Scream Factory: "Terror drills its way January 17th on our double feature Blu-ray release! Read on for the final list of extras:
Slumber Party Massacre II
• Original 76 minute R-Rated Version (HD) and Extended 85 minute Unrated Cut (Standard Definition)
• Audio Commentary with writer/director/producer Deborah Brock, producer Don Daniel and story editor Beverly Gray
• Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres – a three-part documentary
• Theatrical Trailer and Video Trailer
• Still Gallery
Slumber Party Massacre III
• Original 75 minute R-Rated Version (HD) and Extended 87 minute Unrated Cut (HD with standard definition inserts)
• Audio Commentary with director Sally Mattison, actress Hope Marie Carlton,...
- 11/23/2016
- by Derek Anderson
- DailyDead
The Flicks:
Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
In the glorious ’80s the slasher killers were the kings of the silver screen. Buxom young starlets were getting hacked up by the dozens. Usually the flicks were helmed by men, but The Slumber Party Massacre trilogy was led by three talented ladies with very different styles, and each of them brought something unique to the horror genre.
Amy Jones directed the The Slumber Party Massacre, which held its own agains other films in this popular genre. Looking back at this classic horror flick put a smile on my face, and made me realize why I loved the ’80s so much. Jones created an atmospheric thriller that follows many of the staples of its predecessors (Halloween, Friday the 13th), but made the villain a psychopathic driller killer with a penchant for nubile young ladies.
The characters are solid and the scares are genuine. In my opinion The Slumber Party Massacre,...
Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
In the glorious ’80s the slasher killers were the kings of the silver screen. Buxom young starlets were getting hacked up by the dozens. Usually the flicks were helmed by men, but The Slumber Party Massacre trilogy was led by three talented ladies with very different styles, and each of them brought something unique to the horror genre.
Amy Jones directed the The Slumber Party Massacre, which held its own agains other films in this popular genre. Looking back at this classic horror flick put a smile on my face, and made me realize why I loved the ’80s so much. Jones created an atmospheric thriller that follows many of the staples of its predecessors (Halloween, Friday the 13th), but made the villain a psychopathic driller killer with a penchant for nubile young ladies.
The characters are solid and the scares are genuine. In my opinion The Slumber Party Massacre,...
- 12/10/2010
- by Donny Broussard
- Killer Films
Let’s go back to the 1980′s. Ronald Reagan was president. Our economy was in the shitter. AIDS was making news as a real threat to society. And the slasher film was making tons of money in the box office and at home with a new fangled contraption called a VHS player. Halloween. Friday the 13th. Nightmare on Elm Street. Those are but a few names that get thrown around when people speak about the slasher genre. But one series that tends to get forgotten or mixed up in the mess is The Slumber Party Massacre Trilogy. And that’s a sad fact, considering these films are loved by many horror fans and thanks to Shout! Factory, they are newly remastered and available for the world to buy now. But do they still match up to their brethren in the genre?
In 1982, Roger Corman wanted to cash in on the slasher craze,...
In 1982, Roger Corman wanted to cash in on the slasher craze,...
- 10/6/2010
- by James McCormick
- CriterionCast
Next Tuesday Shout! Factory unleashes yet another winning package that we never thought we'd see. That's right, kids. The Slumber Party Massacre collection is heading our way, and we have a look at it for you!
From the Press Release:
Stay up all night with the films that put a new twist on the slasher genre. Along with Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (1980) and Prom Night (1980), Slumber Party Massacre (1982) helped define the slasher film ethos of the 1980s. Put together by first-time director Amy Holden from a script, titled “Don’t Open the Door," by feminist author Rita Mae Brown (Rubyfruit Jungle), the film was an immediate hit for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, eventually spawning two sequels.
Here, for the first time, all three Slumber Party Massacres are brought together in one DVD set, due to drill its way into your heart on October 5, 2010 from Shout! Factory, in association with New Horizons Picture Corporation.
From the Press Release:
Stay up all night with the films that put a new twist on the slasher genre. Along with Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th (1980) and Prom Night (1980), Slumber Party Massacre (1982) helped define the slasher film ethos of the 1980s. Put together by first-time director Amy Holden from a script, titled “Don’t Open the Door," by feminist author Rita Mae Brown (Rubyfruit Jungle), the film was an immediate hit for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, eventually spawning two sequels.
Here, for the first time, all three Slumber Party Massacres are brought together in one DVD set, due to drill its way into your heart on October 5, 2010 from Shout! Factory, in association with New Horizons Picture Corporation.
- 9/30/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
The Slumber Party Massacre films, all three directed by women, will now finally be available on re-release with killer bonus features. You can also get a cool Spm pillow case, too!
Don’t Open the Door was a script written by feminist author Rita Mae Brown (she wrote Rubyfruit Jungle, which appears in Tish's bedroom in the first film) as a response to the recent slasher films that created modern slasher stereotypes like Halloween (1978), and parodied the obvious cliches by setting a slumber party in the path of a deranged lunatic killer wielding a phallic electric drill. Roger Corman, who gave many women horror directors their first shot, allowed first-time director Amy Holden to have a go at it. The film was an immediate hit for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, eventually spawning two sequels that were subsequently more ridiculous. It also spawned the career of actress Brinke Stevens,...
Don’t Open the Door was a script written by feminist author Rita Mae Brown (she wrote Rubyfruit Jungle, which appears in Tish's bedroom in the first film) as a response to the recent slasher films that created modern slasher stereotypes like Halloween (1978), and parodied the obvious cliches by setting a slumber party in the path of a deranged lunatic killer wielding a phallic electric drill. Roger Corman, who gave many women horror directors their first shot, allowed first-time director Amy Holden to have a go at it. The film was an immediate hit for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, eventually spawning two sequels that were subsequently more ridiculous. It also spawned the career of actress Brinke Stevens,...
- 8/28/2010
- by Superheidi
- Planet Fury
October 5th is looking so sweet! In what's going to be a banner day for Roger Corman fans, Shout! Factory (god bless its soul) is releasing several of Corman's craziest titles as part of its stellar Cult Classics Collection, and we've got all the details!
From the Press Release:
Stay up all night with the films that put a new twist on the slasher genre. Along with Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th(1980) and Prom Night (1980), Slumber Party Massacre (1982) helped define the slasher film ethos of the 1980s. Put together by first-time director Amy Holden from a script, titled “Don’t Open the Door," by feminist author Rita Mae Brown (Rubyfruit Jungle), the film was an immediate hit for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, eventually spawning two sequels.
Here, for the first time, all three Slumber Party Massacres are brought together in one DVD set, due to drill its way into...
From the Press Release:
Stay up all night with the films that put a new twist on the slasher genre. Along with Halloween (1978), Friday the 13th(1980) and Prom Night (1980), Slumber Party Massacre (1982) helped define the slasher film ethos of the 1980s. Put together by first-time director Amy Holden from a script, titled “Don’t Open the Door," by feminist author Rita Mae Brown (Rubyfruit Jungle), the film was an immediate hit for Roger Corman's New World Pictures, eventually spawning two sequels.
Here, for the first time, all three Slumber Party Massacres are brought together in one DVD set, due to drill its way into...
- 8/27/2010
- by Uncle Creepy
- DreadCentral.com
Talk about a perfect story to follow up our "death of video rental stores" article below. The Slumber Party Massacre was a VHS box that this Bidite glanced at more than a few times as a youngster walking the rental isles praying for legal age to come. According to the guys at the Shout Factory we are getting all 3 movies in one collectible set...
Below is the description per the Shout Factory where you can place your order.
All three films in one Complete Collection for the first time! This 2-disc Special Edition features new DVD extras including an in-depth, 3-part Documentary revisiting all films.
The ultimate driller-killer-thrillers are back!! In the terrifying original Slumber Party Massacre, a high school girl’s basketball team is stalked by an escaped mental patient with a portable drill. In Part 2, the killer returns this time as a physical manifestation of a young girl’s nightmares,...
Below is the description per the Shout Factory where you can place your order.
All three films in one Complete Collection for the first time! This 2-disc Special Edition features new DVD extras including an in-depth, 3-part Documentary revisiting all films.
The ultimate driller-killer-thrillers are back!! In the terrifying original Slumber Party Massacre, a high school girl’s basketball team is stalked by an escaped mental patient with a portable drill. In Part 2, the killer returns this time as a physical manifestation of a young girl’s nightmares,...
- 7/14/2010
- by admin
- Horrorbid
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