Courtney, the younger sister of the “new girl across the street” in the first film is all grown up now, but suffers from nightmares about the Big Wet Incident.
5 years after the release of “The Slumber Party Massacre” we finally got a sequel, the biggest shock was that it took this long!
I was really looking forward to this sequel, the first film blew me away with it’s blood and humour and if I’m honest was expecting more of the same. Apparently I was expecting way too much.
It’s not the film is bad, don’t get me wrong it is awful, but it slots into the category of so bad it’s good. I think it was so far off the mark of what I was expecting that it completely caught me off guard and threw me off what was going on in the film, not that there is to much as the plot is thinner than paper.
The one thing that truly turned me off this film was the dream sequences, they are just too wacky and the killer is too camp to find him scary at all. All the singing just flushes any chance of having a genuine badass villain, he may look cool but he certainly doesn’t act it.
The movie does have some redeeming qualities though, it has some great effects, gory death scenes and for you fans of the flesh there’s plenty of that too. There’s also a high amount of Horror cheese and that’s never a bad thing, ever.
If you like cheap, dumb, gory fun then this is the film for you but as a sequel this film admittedly does fall flat.
Miscellaneous facts about the film:
The two cops are named Officers Voorhies and Kreuger as a nod to slasher-film characters Jason Voorhees and Freddy Krueger.
The dead pigeon used in the film was an actual, frozen dead pigeon supplied for the film.
Many characters in the movie have names in homage to other horror movies. Not only Officers Krueger and Voorhies, but Courtney’s last name is Bates. The neighbors from the original have been renamed the Cravens instead of the Deverauxs in homage to Wes Craven. One of the main characters is named Sally Burns because Marilyn Burns played Sally Hardesty in the original The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974).
This movie was filmed under the title “Don’t Let Go.”
This film was presold to Europe before the script was even written.
Producer Don Daniel had been a radio DJ and in addition to appearing on screen as a neighbor provides the voices of DJs in the film.
Juliette Cummins (Sheila) and Heidi Kozak (Sally) are both alumni of the “Friday the 13th” series. Juliette had previously played Robin in Friday the 13th: A New Beginning (1985) and Heidi would go on to play Sandra in Friday the 13th Part VII: The New Blood (1988).
The UK video certificate was rejected by the BBFC in 1988 after the distributor refused to make the (heavy) cuts requested.
The punk rock band The EverDead recorded an album entitled “Slumber Party Massacre II” which was inspired by this film. The cover art even portrays a drawing of the killer with a guitar drill as featured in the movie.
There was a consideration to have the same actor play both Matt and the killer to “show two sides of the same coin”.
Cindy Eilbacher ran out of the room crying during her audition for the part of Valerie.
Director Deborah Brock had a confrontation with executive producer Roger Corman regarding the catering; Corman finally agreed (more or less) to see things her way when she made a wisecrack that caused him to laugh. Brock says that if a person can get Corman to laugh, then it makes things easier in these types of negotiations.
In order to get word out about his presence on set, without arousing his suspicions, the cast and crew would use the code name “Jennifer” when referring to executive producer Roger Corman.
Atanas Ilitch was the first person to audition for the part of The Driller Killer; director Deborah Brock was still obliged to look at other actors for the role, but in the end came right back to Ilitch as the best choice.
Former “Playboy” Playmate Kimberly McArthur had it stipulated in her contract that she wouldn’t do any nudity.
Juliette Cummins hurt her knee after she fell for real while running outside.
The driving scenes were shot without permits.
The Nest (1988), also a Concorde picture, used the same condo for its scenes. As a result, the crew of this film was forced to contend with a roach problem.
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