The Slumber Party Massacre
New World Pictures | Release Date: November 12, 1982 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
51
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 8 Critic Reviews
Positive:
3
Mixed:
4
Negative:
1
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75
The A.V. ClubNoel Murray
What Slumber Party Massacre lacks in style, originality, and satire, it makes up in entertainment value. It’s blessedly unpretentious. Read full review
70
VarietyStaff (Not Credited)
Out of traditional horror material consisting of red herrings, sudden shock movements into frame, etc, helmer Amy Jones develops some very stylish sequences. Read full review
63
Chicago ReaderDave Kehr
One of the better Halloween carbons, thanks to an unusually appealing cast and generally good pacing by director Amy Jones. Read full review
60
IGNR.L. Shaffer
It's not high art, that much is certain, but the original Slumber Party Massacre is a fun, gory good ride riddled with scares, flesh and humor. Read full review
60
The DissolveScott Tobias
Though the sequels to The Slumber Party Massacre venture into outright sex comedy, Jones tries the more effective tack of playing the slasher stuff straight and inserting clever visual jokes when she has the opportunity. Read full review
50
TV Guide MagazineStaff (Not Credited)
While Jones' direction is nothing special, the script by Brown does have its share of male ego-deflating laughs--mainly some obvious Freudian jokes--and actually takes some time to develop the victims as characters instead of mere gore-fodder. Read full review
40
Time OutStaff (Not Credited)
Despite the unlikely script credit for Rita Mae Brown, Jones's debut feature is little more than a Halloween clone, reliant on buckets of blood and sudden surprise rather than suspense. Read full review
30
The New York TimesJanet Maslin
The fact that Miss Brown and Miss Jones have obviously tried to inject a little satire and innovation into the genre just makes the ultimate vulgarity of their film all the more disappointing. Read full review
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