Slumber Party Massacre

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The Slumber Party Massacre

Credits
Title:	The Slumber Party Massacre
Directed by:	Amy Jones
Written by:	Rita Mae Brown
Produced by:	Roger Corman; Amy Jones; Aaron Lipstadt; Mark Allan
Music by:	Ralph Jones
Cinematography:	Steve Posey
Edited by:	Sean Foley
Production
Distributors:	Santa Fe Productions New World Pictures
Released:	November 12th, 1982
Rating:	R
Running time:	77 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
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The Slumber Party Massacre is an American horror film of the slasher subgenre. It is the first installment of a series that yielded two direct sequels, and two spin-off films. The movie was directed by Amy Jones with a script written by Rita Mae Brown. It was produced by Santa Fe Productions and distributed through New World Pictures. It premiered in the United States on November 12th, 1982.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Telephone repairwoman

Pam

Paper boy

Notes & Trivia[]

The Slumber Party Massacre, Slumber Party Massacre (1982), The Slumber Party Massacre (1982), and Slumber Party Massacre, The all redirect to this page.
The tagline to this film is "Close your eyes for a second... and sleep forever".
There are a total of nineteen credited cast members in this film.
This movie was filmed in July, 1981. It was shot in Los Angeles, California. Scenes from Trish's house were filmed at 3662 Mountain View Avenue. Scenes of the high school were shot at Mark Twain Middle School in Mar Vista. ^[1]
The Slumber Party Massacre, as originally conceived by feminist Rita Mae Brown, was intended as a satire on the slasher genre. Producers re-worked her script however to make it a straight-forward horror movie, much to Brown's lament.
Director Amy Jones passed up a job to edit Steven Spielberg's E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial to direct this film.
Valerie is watching the movie Hollywood Boulevard in this film. The movie was made in 1976 and was also produced by Roger Corman.
This is the first credited acting work for Robin Stille. She also appears in Sorority Babes in the Slimeball Bowl-O-Rama.
This movie was released on the same day as Alone in the Dark and Creepshow.
Composer Ralph Jones is the husband of director Amy Holden Jones.
Producer and production manager Aaron Lipstadt also plays the role of the pizza boy in this film, who is one of Russ Thorn's victims.
This movie is listed at number 47 on the 50 Best Horror Movies You've Never Seen documentary in 2014.

Credits[]

Director Amy Holden Jones is credited as Amy Jones in this film.
Director of photography Stephen L. Posey is credited as Steve Posey in this film.
Actress Michelle Michaels is credited as Michele Michaels in this film.
Actor Michael Villella is credited as Michael Villela in this film.
Actress Debra De Liso is credited as Debra Deliso in this film.
Actress Gina Smika Hunter is credited as Gina Mari in this film.
Actor Joseph Alan Johnson is credited as Joe Johnson in this film.
Actor Rigg Kennedy is credited as Ryan Kennedy in this film.
Actor Pamela Canzano is credited as Pam Canzano in this film.

Body Count[]

Note: As no details are supplied, this database is not including the original five victims of Russ Thorn, which led to his arrest in 1969.

Victims[]

Mary - Drilled in the head in the back of her work van.
Linda - Sliced down the arm then drilled in the head off-camera.
David Contant - Drilled through the neck.
John Minor - Decapitated off-screen.
Diane - Drilled through the head off-screen.
Pizza boy - Eyes gouged out off-screen; presumably with a drill.
Neil - Stabbed multiple times in the chest and abdomen.
Jeff - Stabbed in upper chest then drilled later.
Jackie Cassidy - Slashed across throat with drill.
Kim Clark - Stabbed in stomach with knife. Stabbed a second time in chest.
Rachel Jana - Sliced across abdomen with drill
Russ Thorn - Hand cut off w/abdominal slice with machete by Valerie; Impaled by Trish.

Survivors[]

Others[]

This section includes characters who had no direct or indirect interaction with Russ Thorn, and thus cannot be considered survivors.

Recommendations[]

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References[]

↑ IMDB; The Slumber Party Massacre (1982); Filming locations.

[1] IMDB; The Slumber Party Massacre (1982); Filming locations.

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