Russ Thorn | |
Aliases: | Russell Thorn |
Continuity: | Slumber Party Massacre |
Notability: | Antagonist |
Type: | Psychopath |
Occupation: | Serial killer |
Gender: | Male |
Race: | Human |
Location: | Venice, Los Angeles, California |
Status: | Deceased |
Died: | May, 1981 |
First: | The Slumber Party Massacre |
Actor: | Michael Villella |
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Biography[]
Russell Thorn was a psychopath and a serial killer. In 1969, he murdered five people in the Venice area of Los Angeles. He escaped from prison in May, 1981 and laid claim to another eleven victims in the neighborhood of Mar Vista. He attacked people residing at 3664 Mountain View Avenue. Russ Thorn's reign of terror ended when neighbor Valerie Bates was able to fight him off by cutting his hand off with a machete and then slicing him across the abdomen. Resident Trish Devereaux finished him off by picking up the machete and running it through his stomach.
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Body Count[]
Note: As no details are supplied, this database is not including the original five victims of Russ Thorn, which led to his arrest in 1969.
Victims[]
- Mary - Drilled in the head in the back of her work van.
- Linda - Sliced down the arm then drilled in the head off-camera.
- David Contant - Drilled through the neck.
- John Minor - Decapitated off-screen.
- Diane - Drilled through the head off-screen.
- Pizza boy - Eyes gouged out off-screen; presumably with a drill.
- Neil - Stabbed multiple times in the chest and abdomen.
- Jeff - Stabbed in upper chest then drilled later.
- Jackie Cassidy - Slashed across throat with drill.
- Kim Clarke - Stabbed in stomach with knife. Stabbed a second time in chest.
- Rachel Jana - Sliced across abdomen with drill/
Notes & Trivia[]
- The character of Russ Thorn was created by Director Amy Holden Jones and screenwriter Rita Mae Brown.