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| Credits | |
| Title: | The Slumber Party Massacre |
| Director: | Amy Jones |
| Writers: | Rita Mae Brown |
| Producers: | Roger Corman; Amy Jones; Aaron Lipstadt; Mark Allan |
| Composer: | Ralph Jones |
| Cinematography: | Steve Posey |
| Editors: | Sean Foley |
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| Distributed by: | Santa Fe Productions New World Pictures |
| Released: | November 12th, 1982 |
| Rating: | R |
| Running time: | 77 min. |
| Country: | USA |
| Language: | English |
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The Slumber Party Massacre is an American horror film of the slasher subgenre. It is the first installment of a series that yielded two direct sequels, and two spin-off films. The movie was directed by Amy Jones with a script written by Rita Mae Brown. It was produced by Santa Fe Productions and distributed through New World Pictures. It premiered in the United States on November 12th, 1982.
Plot[]
Cast[]
Appearances[]
Featured characters
Supporting characters
Villains
Minor characters
- Annette Devereaux
- Emma Chapman
- Mark
- Michelle
- Mister Devereaux
- Muffin
- Pizza boy
- Sylvester Stallone (On a magazine cover)
Races & Animals
Locations
Items
Vehicles
Miscellaneous
- Dead animals
- Drinking beer
- Eye injury
- Female rear nudity
- Female topless nudity
- Head injury
- High school
- Impalement
- KDED
- Male rear nudity
- Severed hands
- Slit throat
- Smoking marijuana
- Stabbings
- Throat injury
Notes & Trivia[]
- The Slumber Party Massacre redirects to this page.
- The tagline to this film is "Close your eyes for a second... and sleep forever".
- There are a total of nineteen credited cast members in this film.
- This movie was filmed in July, 1981. It was shot in Los Angeles, California. Scenes from Trish's house were filmed at 3664 Mountain View Avenue. Scenes of the high school were shot at Mark Twain Middle School in Mar Vista. [1]
- The Slumber Party Massacre, as originally conceived by feminist Rita Mae Brown, was intended as a satire on the slasher genre. Producers re-worked her script however to make it a straight-forward horror movie, much to Brown's lament.
- The setting for this film is the neighborhood of Mar Vista in Los Angeles, California. The events of the film take place in late May, 1981.
- Director Amy Jones passed up a job to edit Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial to direct this film.
- Valerie is watching the movie Hollywood Boulevard in this film. The movie was made in 1976 and was also produced by Roger Corman.
- This is the first credited acting work for Robin Stille. She also appears in Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama.
- This movie was released on the same day as Alone in the Dark and Creepshow.
- Composer Ralph Jones is the husband of director Amy Holden Jones.
- Producer and production manager Aaron Lipstadt also plays the role of the pizza boy in this film, who is one of Russ Thorn's victims.
- This movie is listed at number 47 on the 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen documentary in 2014.
- Director Amy Holden Jones is credited as Amy Jones in this film.
- Director of photography Stephen L. Posey is credited as Steve Posey in this film.
- Actress Michelle Michaels is credited as Michele Michaels in this film.
- Actor Michael Villella is credited as Michael Villela in this film.
- Actress Debra De Liso is credited as Debra Deliso in this film.
- Actress Gina Smika Hunter is credited as Gina Mari in this film.
- Actor Joseph Alan Johnson is credited as Joe Johnson in this film.
- Actor Rigg Kennedy is credited as Ryan Kennedy in this film.
- Actor Pamela Canzano is credited as Pam Canzano in this film.
- There are repeated references to a baseball game played by the Los Angeles Dodgers. The game in question took place on May 17th, 1981, making the events of this film taking place on May 18th, 1981. This would be a rather odd night to host a slumber party as May 18th was on a Monday.
- Kimberly Clark, Valerie Bates, John Minor and Rachel Jana are the only characters whose full names are indicated in the film itself. In the end title credits, all characters accept for Coach Jana are identified by their first name. Coach Jana is identified by her last name.
- The film that Valerie Bates is watching when Jeff is pounding on her door is Hollywood Boulevard from 1976, which was also produced by Roger Corman. Actress Candice Rialson's character Candy Wednesday appears on the screen.
- The KDED radio announcer, Emma Chapman, reveals in the beginning of the film that escaped prisoner Russ Thorn was convicted of murdering five people in 1969.
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 Clark - Stabbed in stomach with knife. Stabbed a second time in chest.
- Rachel Jana - Sliced across abdomen with drill
- Russ Thorn - Hand cut off w/abdominal slice with machete by Valerie; Impaled by Trish.
Survivors[]
Others[]
This section includes characters who had no direct or indirect interaction with Russ Thorn, and thus cannot be considered survivors.
Recommendations[]
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See also[]
External Links[]
- Slumber Party Massacre at IMDB
- Slumber Party Massacre at Letterboxd.com
- Slumber Party Massacre at Themoviedb.org
- Slumber Party Massacre at Rotten Tomatoes
- Slumber Party Massacre at Horrormovies.org
References[]
- ↑ IMDB; The Slumber Party Massacre (1982); Filming locations.