The Slumber Party Massacre

Routine early 80’s slasher in the Los Angeles burbs

The original script was written as a parody, but that was changed when production began and it was shot as a serious slasher. Perhaps this explains why I busted out laughing on at least four occasions. The amusing pizza-eating scene and the refr...

Which one was this? I can't really remember. I do, however, know it was the movie where they hire a lot of women and require them all to take their clothes off.

The difference is, this one was written by a feminist for reasons probably only she can explain.

I recall a shower scene in there som...

Nothing real stand out about another slasher born out of the success of Halloween (and Friday the 13th, which was made for the same reason), but still watchable enough. 2.75/5

The Slumber Party Massacre is the feminist slasher that laid the groundwork for everything Scream would later get praised for. Written by feminist author Rita Mae Brown, it takes the typical slasher formula—a half-naked woman, a deranged killer with a power drill—and flips it on its head. The phalli...