The Slumber Party Massacre

I've heard a lot of stories about this film: that it was directed and written by a feminist of the 70's; that it stood as an allegory for Women's Rights, or in this situation, P*ssy Power and the S.C.U.M manifesto; that Amy Jones' main proposal was to present her victims as developed characters and not pieces of meat. However, after finally viewing Slumber Party Massacre, I wasn't impressed one bit, and did not identify these redeeming qualities mentioned above.

The film depicts a group of beautiful teenage girls planning for a weekend slumber party. Two male characters decide on panty raiding the party, as well as picking up a few assets; however, what they don't know is a drill-welding sadistic murderer has just escaped from prison and he has a few plans of his own.

A large percentage of the film features some brutal scenes, and sometimes reaches the point of gratuity. Overall, Slumber Party has a few chills but mainly works under a hackneyed slasher-flick foundation (i.e., who is the most foolish? Who will be the survivor(s)? Will the killer be a sequel? etc.) Nevertheless, it's a very violent and foolish film (nice try Amy) but if it's a overall feminist statement the director was trying to make, why does she have to resort to the sophomoric horror commonplaces that we are sick of. And of course, this film was followed up by 2 sequels.

Rating: 1 star.