The Slumber Party Massacre

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

You know the drill.

Trish invites her high school basketball teammates over for a night they'll never forget when an unexpected guest crashes the party: an escaped psychopath with a portable power drill.

Date of release
1982-09-10
TMDB
5.6 / 10 (428)
Runtime
1h 16m
Genres
Horror, Thriller, Comedy
Director
Amy Holden Jones
Collection
The Slumber Party Massacre Collection

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Budget: $220K
  • Filmed in: Los Angeles

The Slumber Party Massacre is a 1982 American slasher film produced and directed by Amy Jones and written by Rita Mae Brown. It is the first installment in the Slumber Party Massacre series, and stars Michelle Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, and Andree Honore. The film follows a high school senior who gathers her friends for a slumber party, unaware that an escaped power drill-wielding killer is loose in the neighborhood.

Production

Author and feminist activist Rita Mae Brown wrote the original screenplay, titled Sleepless Nights, as a parody of the slasher film. Producers repurposed Brown's script to make a "serious" slasher film against her wishes.

Amy Holden Jones, a film editor, wanted to direct and asked Frances Doel for advice. Doel gave Jones a number of scripts. Jones chose the script that would become The Slumber Party Massacre, then going by the title of Don't Open the Door, and decided to film the first three scenes.

Filming began in the summer of 1981. The film was shot on location in Los Angeles, California, mainly in Venice.

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