Lawbolisted Powerful

Mjeteconer Just perfect...

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Dynamixor The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Coventry It's been eight years since I watched the original "Slumber Party Massacre" and I must have seen another couple of hundred worthless slasher movies in between then and now, so I can't really remember a whole lot about it, except that it was decent horror from the Roger Corman stable; written and directed by feminist ladies. The opening sequences of this sequel immediately somewhat refreshed my memory, though, as we start with a compilation of grisly images of the original during a nightmare flashback and the revelation that the lead girl is the younger sister of the soul surviving heroine. All ready and set for a mindlessly entertaining slasher sequel you'd think, right? Wrong! Incomprehensibly enough, writer/director Deborah Brock totally messed up the easy success formula and delivered one of the most irritating, retarded and pointless horror movies of the 1980's. Instead of visiting her older sister in the asylum, Courtney understandably prefers to spend her birthday weekend with the fellow members of her all-girls pop-rock band at a remote condo. And you know, of course, the first thing a bunch of girls do when they're all alone: dance, pour cheap champagne over each other and take off the bras! Then the insufferable prankster boyfriends show up and one girl struggles with a fiendish facial pimple. But the one major and unforgivable blunder of the film is the absence of - OR – the absurd persona of the killer. I specifically emphasize the word "or" because it's debatable whether the killer is for real or only existing in Courtney's troubled little mind. For nearly three quarters of the running time, the only "horror" situations occur in Courtney's imagination. She sees blood pouring out of the bathtub, severed hands in sandwiches, dead chickens attacking from inside the refrigerator (I kid you not) and an Elvis Presley type of maniac with a drilling tool attached to his already ridiculous guitar. Then, all of a sudden, he actually does step into the room and starts killing off Courtney's friends. If he's real, where did he suddenly come from and why? If he's hallucinated, why does he perform stupid dance rituals and sings lousy songs? Whatever he is, he simultaneously is the most irritating and the least menacing killer of the entire decade. The few good gory murders and above average make-up effects can't rescue this film from sheer idiocy. For some incomprehensible reason, the prettiest (and bustiest) girl of the bunch always keeps her clothes on, which is weird because she – Kimberly McArthur – apparently was a former Playboy Playmate of the Month. Doesn't this title imply guaranteed boobs? I wouldn't go as far to label "Slumber Party Massacre II" the poorest slasher of the eighties, since there's so much irredeemably crap out there ("Appointment with Fear", "Blood Lake", The Stay Awake" …"), but it's definitely bottom 20.

idiotboy So the original movie had a killer who escaped from a mental hospital and teleported into a phone-repair-woman's van, then preceded to kill -everyone- he saw. He wasn't completely insane, as he went to great lengths to hide every one of his victims, but there was so little apparent reason behind his motives that I actually wanted to watch to the end to find out the answer to my "wtf?" But this... this 'sequel'.. 5 years later and following the youngest of the original movie's survivors. She has her nightmares still about it, but the original killer is inexplicably replaced with the rock&roll cowboy with a totally insane enormous guitar drill. I can only assume it's a crossover of her own guitar-playing drill-massacre hallucinatory state of mind that explains this. But whatever.. That doesn't let them off the singing psycho.It all started reasonably enough. Flashbacks to the first movie to explain her state of mind, an extended introduction to all the lame characters and their setting. The oh so unexpected "Crying Wolf" to the police, etc.. And after not getting very far up the hill in the first place, it quite successfully turned right around and rolled straight back down again.OK yes, and the chase scene at the end.. The incongruity of him appearing in front of them at every point up until then mixing with his needing their blood-trail to find them was slightly odd... That was perhaps an irrelevant issue to raise when it came to the very end however... It seemed to try to make a little sense of the events, then pull that apart until it stops explaining a damned thing.I like a good, weird film. I really do! This was just wrong, though. It's a shame.. I nearly thought this was going to be fun. Bleh

andell The Slumber Party Massacre franchise has the rather unique standing of being one of the few T&A slasher films of the 80's that was often written and directed by women. When the original film hit in 1982, the phallic importance of the drill, and the lines the killer used, carried a rather cynical feminist undertone. So how could a movie that saw its killer dispatched in convincing fashion in the first film come back in a unique way? Its done very well with "Slumber Party Massacre II."First of all, let me say this: the trailer is the worst I've ever seen. If you have a chance to watch the DVD release, it includes the trailer...but to give you a run down of a couple of the lines: "When Courtney Bates and her friends get together, its more than a good time...its Slumber Party Massacre 2." Its even said in a light hearted way that made me cringe even more because I think in many ways, they meant this trailer to really sell the film.Okay, to the movie. The sister of the heroine in the first film, Courtney, finds herself plagued by dreams that, contrary to what she says, has nothing to do with her original ordeal. In the original, she saw a mass murderer with a independently powered drill kill the girls next door; in this one, its a Fonzi rip off, complete with the leather jacket, slicked back hair, and guitar- the only difference is that at the end of his guitar he has a drill.For pure horror fans, there is very little here- this film is tongue in cheek scary, and really scores more of a gore factor than a scare factor. The acting is for the most part sub par, the script is weak, and there are moments in the film which will make you cringe at how cheesy they are.When Courtney and her band go up to the lead singer's parents condo for the weekend, this driller killer leaps out of Courtney's dreams and into reality, dispatching each of the band members and their boyfriends until only Courtney is left.I'd hate to ruin the surprise, but the ending is so obviously a doll house being penetrated by a drill that all you can do is chuckle.Now this would lead most to believe that I hate this film, but actually I don't. This is renaissance 80's cheesy horror, plain and simple. Not anywhere near as scary as the first, but original for what it is, and unpretentious in its cheese.In short, if you're someone who can appreciate the cheese of some of the slasher genre of the 80's, you'll enjoy this. And watch the trailer, if you'd like to have a real chuckle- its awful! If you take 80's slasher horror too seriously, or expect you'll see something as original as "Halloween" or "A Nightmare on Elm Street," this one is not for you.

acidburn-10 The Plot = After Vicki's friends were brutally murdered at a slumber party a couple of years ago she was admitted to an asylum. Her younger sister, Courtney is all grown up now though and is getting ready to leave for a slumber party weekend with her girlfriends. What she doesn't know is that someone is all ready there, waiting for them... or is it all in Courtney's mind?Naked girls in pillow fights, a killer with a drill at the end of his guitar and weird hallucinations, wow did this sequel change the story completely or what. The first "Slumber Party Massacre" was good, this sequel however is just too strange, It definitely ain't as good as the first one, I mean the dream sequences are just weird and the killer is far from scary to be honest I found him rather stupid He looks like he was pulled out from some 80s rock band with his leather jacket and very customised guitar. I guess they tried to make it a bit more original than the first one. Either way, It's is still a very entertaining movie and if you liked the first one, you will definitely like this one as well.