Slumber Party Massacre II

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Slumber Party Massacre II

Credits
Title:	Slumber Party Massacre II
Directed by:	Deborah Brock
Written by:	Deborah Brock
Produced by:	Deborah Brock; Roger Corman; Don Daniel
Music by:	Richard Cox
Cinematography:	Thomas L. Callaway
Edited by:	William Flicker
Production
Distributors:	Concorde Pictures
Released:	October 16th, 1987
Rating:	R
Running time:	77 min.
Country:	USA
Language:	English
Budget:	$500,000
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Slumber Party Massacre II is an American feature film of the horror genre, with an emphasis on the slasher subgenre. It is the second installment in the Slumber Party Massacre film series. The movie was written and directed by Deborah Brock and produced by Concorde Pictures. It opened to limited theatrical release in the United States on October 16th, 1987.

Synopsis[]

Courtney Bates is a teenage girl from California. She is a guitar player in an all-girl rock band and pines for the affection of a boy named Matt. Courtney still suffers from night terrors, involving her sister Valerie, who has been locked away in a mental institution. She also has dreams of a bizarre "Driller Killer", who tries to murder her with his customized power drill electric guitar.

Courtney's friends in her band invite her to spend the weekend at a slumber party at a partially constructed condo complex owned by the family of Sheila - the lead singer of the band. Along with bass player Amy and drummer Sally, the group head off for their weekend getaway.

They spend the night drinking champagne and eating spray cheese and get highly intoxicated. This results in Sheila taking her top off and prompting a pillow fight. Two male friends of theirs, T.J. and Jeff, who weren't supposed to show up at the house until the following day, arrive early and spy on the girls through the window as they are having their pillow fight. The two barge in and spend the night.

The following day, the friends all relax by the pool, while T.J. makes an ass of himself, while also making unrelenting attempts to bed Sheila.

Courtney however, is not having as much fun as the others. She is still plagued by dreams of the "Driller Killer", which take on the form of various hallucinations, such as eating a severed "hand burger", and being attacked by a refrigerated chicken and having zit pus squirt onto her face from a self-absorbed Sally. Matt, the boy whom Courtney likes, comes over to the condo, and helps to calm her down.

As day turns to night however, Courtney's dreams about the Driller Killer become a stark reality. He manifests in the real world, armed with his drill guitar and adorned from head to toe in studded leather. Endlessly intoning some variations of "Let's Rock 'n' Roll, Babe!", the killer begins chasing the girls throughout the condo, and onto the surrounding lot. One by one, he skewers each of the partiers until only Courtney is left.

The Driller Killer chases Courtney onto the roof scaffolding of one of the unfinished adjacent condos for their final battle. Courtney eventually gets the upper hand, and the Driller Killer falls to his doom.

Despite seemingly emerging victorious, Courtney is still besieged by intense nightmares. Only this time, she is the one who is locked up inside a mental asylum.

Cast[]

Actor

Role

Courtney Bates

Mrs. Bates

Amy

Matt

Sheila

Sally Burns

Valerie Bates

Driller Killer

T.J.

Jeff

Officer Kreuger

Officer Voorhies

Car driver

Mister Damnkids

Notes & Trivia[]

Slumber Party Massacre 2, Slumber Party Massacre 2 (1987), and Slumber Party Massacre II (1987) all redirect to this page.

The original working title of this film is Don't Let Go.

Production on Slumber Party Massacre II began on June 9th, 1987. ^[1] Parts of the movie were filmed in Venice Beach, Sylmar, and Pacoima in Los Angeles, California. Scenes of Courtney's house were shot at 1049 Victoria Avenue in Los Angeles. ^[2]

Slumber Party Massacre II was released on home video in DVD format by New Concorde Home Entertainment on August 29th, 2000. ^[3]

Actress Heidi Kozak Haddad is credited as Heidi Kozak in this film.

Actress Cindy Eilbacher is credited as Cynthia Eilbacher in this film.

This film marks the directorial and screenplay writing debut of Deborah Brock.

Fun Facts[]

The tagline for this film is "Thrills, Chills, and Guitar drills".

Producer Don Daniel makes a cameo appearance in this film as Mister Damnkids.

The character of Mrs. Bates is named for Norma Bates, who is the deceased mother of psychotic killer Norman Bates from the 1960 film Psycho.

The character of Officer Kreuger is named after Freddy Krueger, who is the demonic entity that haunts teenagers in their dreams in the A Nightmare on Elm Street film series.

The character of Officer Voorhies is named after either Pamela Voorhees or Jason Voorhees. Pamela Voorhees is the main antagonist in the original Friday the 13th, while her son Jason becomes the main antagonist for most of the sequels.

Actress Crystal Bernard is also known for playing waitress Amy Tompkins on the comedy series It's a Living and as Helen Chappel Hackett on the 1990-1997 TV series Wings.

Actress Jennifer Rhodes is also known for playing a witch named Penny "Grams" Halliwell on the WB Network television series Charmed.

Actress Heidi Kozak is also known for playing the character of Sandra in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood, which is released the following year after this film.