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Summary: A decent B-Slasher film that satisfies your needs...
Review: One of my few blind purchases. I was always curious about this series. However I think I made a mistake buying the 3rd one first. The movie is a very acceptable slasher film with some good gore... although not enough. There is plenty of T&A, more so than gore, I mean what do you expect from a horror movie called Slumber Party Massacre? The thing that sort of got me a bit mad was that 3 of the implied kills on the back of the box never happened... in fact the pictures on the back of the box, all but one, were actually in the movie. If you can find it for 5 bucks it might be worth it, but I would try and find something else. What excited me the most was the Slumber Party Massacre II preview (which somehow was a coming attraction) where the killer is a rock star, it looked hilarious so I'll definitely be picking that one up. (6.5/10)
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Summary: This time the Slumber Party is at a beach house (yawn)
Review: Predictability ends up being a virtue rather than a sin with "Slumber Party Massacre 3," the 1990 film that was the third installment of the original trilogy (if repeating the same story counts as a trilogy). A young girl has a slumber party with her girlfriends at her parent's beach house. Their boyfriends show up to try and scare them, but out in the darkness lurks a homicidal maniac with a power drill who takes advantage of the situation. This film was the one and only directorial effort of Sally Mattison, and the script was written by Catherine Cyran, which made me sit up a bit when the opening credits rolled by because I was curious as to how a sex & slasher flick that was directed and written by women was going to be different from the normal voyeuristic approach employed by their male counterparts. Now that I have seen the movie I find it hard to believe that I have gained any insights into what young women do when they play "truth or dare" by themselves. Then again, women have never been the target audience for these movies. This is just another instance when I tried to have a semi-deep thought about this film and was brought back to some semblance of reality when such thoughts spiraled out of control. Once again the soft core elements in "Slumber Party" outweigh the blood and gore of the "Massacre," but neither justifies getting this far into the series. Watching the first one twice would be better because the second time around you could read a book or pick up stuff around the room. It was a toss up as to whether this film was better or worse than the previous installment, "Slumber Part Massacre 2," and I ended up going with this one because it had more violations of my personal rules of things to do when a mass murderer is in your house and because I was rather offended by the revelation of the killer's motivation. You do not watch these sorts of movies for social relevance. Dismissing this film as a rehash of the first two is rather a moot point because if your title has "Slumber Party" and "Massacre" in it there is little reason to expect creativity in terms of the plot. The killings are your one chance at being artistic, so to speak, and there is nothing special here in that regard. The first killing is the best of the bunch and then the film deteriorates. Final Note: If there were scenes where (a) the killer went out and nailed shut every door leading out of this house and (b) the teenagers tried every door and found it nailed shut, then I must have missed them, which is strange because I do not normally fall asleep during movies. The victims in this film are definitely Top 10 nominees for stupidest teenagers in a splatter flick. There is only so many times you can yell "OPEN...THE...DOOR!" at the screen before your voice gives out.
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Summary: Seek out The UNRATED version
Review: SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE 3 is both a repeat of the original movie, using the same plot and even character names, for the first half of its running time, then unexpectedly segues into THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT territory becoming sadistic and violent. The humor of the first movie and the cheesy fun of SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II are no where to be seen as the killer rapes, beats and mutilates his victims. This can be taken in two ways: 1. it's and effective ode to the horror of early 1970's exploitation pics which does a successful job of making the viewer cringe and feel uncomfortable or 2. is just sick sadism. I actually side more with the first option. Who says horror HAS to be clean and politically correct. It's almost kind of refreshing to see movies like this can still affect a viewer -- yet not promote the violence as a good thing. My only suggestion is to seek out the unrated version if you want more graphic violence. *Note, however, this won't be a great film for everyone.
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Summary: Decent, but rather generic
Review: This is a pretty good movie, with an above average script and dialogue that's surprisingly witty and fresh for the genre. The acting, especially on the part of the lead babe (Keely Christian as Jackie), is also noticeably better than average. And there are some truly creative kills, especially the one involving a guy who's impaled with a "For Sale" sign - a true classic of the genre. But, for some reason I can't quite put my finger on, the movie just doesn't distinguish itself. For one thing, there are too many people in it. I can understand three girls being afraid to go outside because there's a killer out there, but in this movie we've got four guys and five girls at the party, so why don't they just arm themselves with kitchen cutlery and walk to the nearest safe, public building? Also, the killer is in the house for the last part of the film, and nobody can get out of the house. I mean, c'mon, open a window already. One girl manages to run through a window, and for some inexplicable reason, falls unconscious to the ground afterwards (She had her hands in front of her face as she went through, so it couldn't be from a head injury). I think it's just the lack of atmosphere - it's hard to generate much fear when you're in a fully lit, modern suburban home. As far as the nudity, there's some good stuff involving Lulu Wilson as Juliet, and some I could have done without, involving Maria Ford as Maria. The gore is about average for this sort of film. All in all, it lacks the charm and scariness of the original Slumber Party Massacre, but doesn't rise to the level of a totally fun, campy masterpiece like Sorority House Massacre II (from which several of the pictures on the back of the box are taken).
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Summary: Good Movie...but Better Unrated!
Review: This movie is extremly gory but for some reason you can only find it now in its chopped up form. If upi run across this movie uncut grab it, it will be worth it!
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Summary: as good as the original...
Review: this movie is great...almost as good as the original...check it out...all the suspense and thrills...well made and thrilling! Just get past the first 10 mins and u wont be disappointed...
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Summary: New killer...same M.O.
Review: Well, it seems that there is a new driller-killer stalking film land. Originally supposed to be a seperate flick from the SLUMBER series, New Concorde decided to squeeze some juice out of this one. Thus my review of SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE III. Jackie invites her vollyball teammates over her house for some summer night slumber party fun. Once again, the party is crashed by some horny guys. The group is having a lot of fun. However, one of the guys trys is a maniac with the huge power drill that this series is well known for. There are a lot of key suspects in the film. And you never know who is the killer (yes, the series had to resort to the unmasking crap) until it starts to get really bloody. It's good fun because of the fact that the entire movie seems like a chase scene and that happens to be a favorite of mine. Especially since they are trapped in the house and can't get help. A great things for fans to note that despite the cover's "R" rating, this is actually the unrated version with 7 extra minutes included. There is more gore and a few more scenes that have little to do with the plot. But it's fun anyway. RECCOMENDED TO FANS OF:
The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)
Cheerleader Camp (1987)
To All A Good Night (1980) CAST
Brandi Burkett............Diane
Hope Marie Carlton.....Janine
Keely Christian...........Jackie Cassidy
Maria Claire................Susie THE MOVIE: 3/4 THE PICTURE QUALITY: 6/10 Once again: Digitally Remastered, 1.33:1 Pan and Scan is the presentation, with some grain and specs. THE AUDIO QUALITY: 8/10 It's once again 2.0 Stereo. It once again, was fine on my tv but there could have been a 5.1 channel somwhere if New Concorde really cared. THE SPECIAL FEATURES: A trailer, cast bios and preview attractions from New Concorde including Emmanuelle: First Contact (!) SUBTITLES: none
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