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The Slumber Party Massacre

You know the drill.

5.6(424)19821h 16m3

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.

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Status
Released
Budget
$220K
Box office
$3.6M
Language
English
Part of The Slumber Party Massacre Collection · 3 films
  • slumber party
  • sleepover
  • cannabis
  • murder
  • neighbor
  • serial killer
  • slasher
  • drill
  • woman director
  • satirical
  • murder spree
  • lighthearted

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • PremiereFort Lauderdale, Florida12 Mar 1982
    • TheatricalRLos Angeles, California10 Sept 1982
    • TheatricalR12 Nov 1982
  • AustraliaAU

    • TheatricalR 18+Modified version27 Jan 1983
  • CanadaCA

    • Theatrical18A10 Sept 1982
  • BrazilBR

    • PhysicalDVD21 Dec 2020
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical12Paris31 Aug 1999
  • GermanyDE

    • Physical1626 Nov 2021
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical6 Jan 2023
  • MexicoMX

    • TheatricalC15 Jan 1988

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The Slumber Party Massacre was released on 10 September 1982.

Audience reviews

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    Wuchak

    8/13/2018

    5/10

    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 refrigerator sequence are good examples. Despite this, “The Slumber Party Massacre” (1981) IS a serious slasher flick featur…

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    GenerationofSwine

    1/14/2023

    10/10

    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 somewhere. And then I remember the women running around screaming in undies that are really only worn in the bedroom. …

  • J

    JPV852

    7/1/2024

    6/10

    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**

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    griggs79

    10/15/2024

    5/10

    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 phallic drill and gratuitous nudity are there, but in such an exaggerated manner that it becomes a brilliant satire on the mal…

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