The Slumber Party Massacre

Name: The Slumber Party Massacre
Genre: Horror, Comedy
Released: 1982-09-10
Duration: 1 h 16 min
Rating: 7.2
Cast: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra De Liso, Andree Honore

You know the drill.

The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)

Timing: 1:16 (76 min)

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Release date

1982-09-10

Country

United States

Production

Santa Fe Productions (I)

Genre

Horror, Comedy

Budget

$220 000

Box office

$3 600 000

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Director

Amy Holden Jones

Actors

Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra De Liso, Andree Honore, Gina Smika Hunter, Jennifer Meyers, Joseph Alan Johnson, David Millbern, Jim Boyce
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Scenario

Amy Holden Jones, Rita Mae Brown

Producer

Amy Holden Jones, Roger Corman

Camera operator

Stephen L. Posey

Composer

Ralph Jones

Artist

Pamela Canzano

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Editing

Wendy Greene Bricmont, Sean Foley
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Short description

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.

What's left behind the scenes

Rita Mэй Brown wrote a screenplay parodying slashers and titled it 'Sleepless Nights'.
Overhead shots in the gym were achieved by lifting the operator up in a lift cradle, as the film's budget did not allow its creators to afford a camera crane.
Editor Amy Holden Jones wanted to try her hand at directing and asked for advice from Francis Doel, a writer known for her collaboration with Roger Corman. Doel gave Jones several screenplays, and Jones chose the screenplay that would eventually become 'Blood Party' (initially considered the title 'Don't Open the Door'). Jones decided to film the first three scenes from the script. Her husband, Michael Chapman, purchased equipment and supplies, hired actors at the University of California, and they shot all the scenes in their own home over a weekend, costing only $1,000. After that, Jones showed the footage to Corman, and he agreed to finance the project.
During the filming of the scene with Kim's body in the refrigerator, actress Debra Deliso had to actually climb into the refrigerator, hold her breath for 5 seconds and play dead, and do this for two takes. Fortunately, Deliso had previously been involved in sports, so she was able to cope, although she later described filming this particular scene as 'difficult'.