The Slumber Party Massacre

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

  • 30% of critics liked it
    (10 reviews)

  • 45% of users liked it
    (6,022 ratings)

Feminist film director Amy Jones and feminist novelist Rita Mae Brown collaborated on this by-the-numbers slasher gorefest, alleviated somewhat by desultory attempts at developing the victims as characters. The film concerns an overnight slumber party, attended by a group of nubile young women, who… More

R, 1 hr. 24 min.
Directed By
Amy Holden Jones
Written By
Rita Mae Brown
Genres
Horror
In Theaters
Nov 12, 1982 Wide
On DVD
Aug 29, 2000

Critic Reviews

  • Staci Layne Wilson, About.com

    Click to read the review.

  • Nick Schager, Lessons of Darkness

    A gruesome, T&A-filled feminist tract about female fears of mature male sexuality.

  • Ed Gonzalez, Slant Magazine

    Inexplicably praised in some circles for its reputed feminist angle.

  • Ken Hanke, Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

    If you need a slasher flick, you could do worse

  • Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com

    You get what you pay for with a title like this one.

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Featured Audience Ratings

  • Jonathan H


    The Slumber Party Massacre is a true '80s slasher classic. Refreshingly, the film doesn't pretend to be something it's not. It incorporates all of the usual slasher cliches, but with a healthy dose of humor. As a result, it's a lot of fun. Interestingly, the… More

  • Tim S


    Ok, so the original Slumber Party Massacre is by no means one the great and legendary slasher films, but it doesn't really need to be. It's basically Michael Myers with a power drill, if you want to look at it that black and white. I kind of like it that no screen time is… More

  • Cory T


    For a film that was directed by a woman and written by a feminist, 'Slumber Party Massacre' is just as misogynistic as the slice-and-dice pictures executed by men. Glances between women can interpreted as latent lesbianism and a prurient shower scene pans up and down the… More

  • Jeff "


    The first of three slasher films involving a maniac with a power drill, The Slumber Party Massacre is basically an improved version of the classic "The Driller Killer". This is a surprising film, and watching it, I didn't expect it to be this good. I was pleasantly… More

  • Drew S


    Slumber Party Massacre is enormously underrated. Initially written as a feminist lampooning of the slasher genre, the producers asked Amy Holden Jones to play it straight, which she more or less did. That doesn't change the subversive elements, amusingly daft sense of humor, and… More

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