Slumber Party Massacre II
Short description
Slumber Party Massacre II follows Courtney Bates, a high school student still haunted by the killings that took place at a slumber party years earlier. Her older sister Valerie, who survived the same ordeal, has been placed in a psychiatric hospital, while Courtney lives with their mother and plays in a girl rock band. When Courtney joins her bandmates and their boyfriends for a weekend at a vacation condominium, her nightmares grow more intense. She keeps seeing a rockabilly musician wielding a red guitar fitted with a drill, and the waking world starts to blur with her visions. Her friends dismiss her fears, but the killer from her dreams may not stay confined to them.
The film is a 1987 American comedy horror picture directed by Deborah Brock, who also wrote the screenplay. It is the second entry in the Slumber Party Massacre series and Brock's directorial debut. Crystal Bernard leads the cast as Courtney, with Jennifer Rhodes as Mrs. Bates, Kimberly McArthur as Amy, Patrick Lowe as Matt, Juliette Cummins as Sheila and Heidi Kozak as Sally. The film runs 76 minutes and was produced by Concorde Pictures, with Don Daniel and Brock sharing producer duties.
On IMDb the film holds a rating of 4.7 from roughly 8,600 votes, and on TMDB it sits at 5.1 from about 200 votes. These figures point to a modest reception, with the larger IMDb sample suggesting a small but enduring cult following for this entry in the series.
What's left behind the scenes
- The killer consistently uses quotes, such as “I can get no satisfaction” from The Rolling Stones’ song “Satisfaction” and “Come on baby, light my fire” from The Doors’ song “Light My Fire,” while pursuing his victims.
- The police officers in the film have the surnames of famous killers from their respective films: Krueger and Voorhees.
- Many of the film's characters are named after heroes from other horror films. This isn't limited to the police officers Krueger and Voorhees (from the “Nightmare on Elm Street” and “Friday the 13th” franchises, respectively), but Courtney also bears the surname Bates (after the “Bates Motel” series), and the neighbors’ family name was changed from Deveraux to Craven in honor of director Wes Craven (1939-2015).
- Heidi Kozak noticed that her denim shorts were getting shorter with each passing day. It turned out that after the end of the filming day, the costume designer would pull out a few threads from them to shorten them. Upon learning this, the actress bought herself new shorts.
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