The Slumber Party Massacre
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All team (33)
Short description
The Slumber Party Massacre follows Trish Devereaux, a high school student whose parents are away, leaving her free to host a sleepover with friends from her basketball team. Their plans are interrupted by Russ Thorn, a killer who has escaped from a psychiatric hospital and carries a portable power drill. A new neighbor, Valerie, a skilled basketball player who was not invited to the party, becomes central to the night's events.
The film was released in 1982 and runs 76 minutes. Amy Holden Jones directed and produced it, and wrote the screenplay with Rita Mae Brown. It was Jones's first feature as director. The cast includes Michele Michaels as Trish, Robin Stille as Valerie, Michael Villella as Russ Thorn, Debra De Liso as Kim, Andree Honore as Jackie and Gina Smika Hunter as Diane, among 20 credited performers.
The film took 4 million dollars worldwide. On IMDb it holds 5.6 out of 10 from 21,000 votes, and on TMDB it holds 5.6 out of 10 from 418 votes. A critics' rating of 4.7 out of 10 from 22 reviews places it below both audience scores, though the two audience ratings agree closely with each other.
What's left behind the scenes
- Rita Mэй Brown wrote a screenplay parodying slashers and titled it 'Sleepless Nights'.
- Overhead shots in the gym were achieved by lifting the operator up in a lift cradle, as the film's budget did not allow its creators to afford a camera crane.
- Editor Amy Holden Jones wanted to try her hand at directing and asked for advice from Francis Doel, a writer known for her collaboration with Roger Corman. Doel gave Jones several screenplays, and Jones chose the screenplay that would eventually become 'Blood Party' (initially considered the title 'Don't Open the Door'). Jones decided to film the first three scenes from the script. Her husband, Michael Chapman, purchased equipment and supplies, hired actors at the University of California, and they shot all the scenes in their own home over a weekend, costing only $1,000. After that, Jones showed the footage to Corman, and he agreed to finance the project.
- During the filming of the scene with Kim's body in the refrigerator, actress Debra Deliso had to actually climb into the refrigerator, hold her breath for 5 seconds and play dead, and do this for two takes. Fortunately, Deliso had previously been involved in sports, so she was able to cope, although she later described filming this particular scene as 'difficult'.
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