Phantoms of the Firehouse, presented by MUBI: THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE | IN-PERSON (10/28)
Phantoms of the Firehouse, presented by MUBI: THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE | IN-PERSON (10/28)
Chicago Filmmakers (map) | Saturday, October 28 at 8:30PM Central
THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE (USA, 1982)
DIRECTOR: Amy Holden Jones
PRODUCERS: Mark Allan, Roger Corman, Amy Holden Jones, Aaron Lipstadt
STARRING: Michele Michaels, Robin Stille, Michael Villella, Debra De Liso
Total Run Time: 77 mins
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Amy Holden Jones turned down an editing job on E.T. to direct this movie. She made the right choice. Written as a commentary on the inherent sexism of slashers by feminist icon Rita Mae Brown (but shot completely straight), THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE is a terrific inside joke that also delivers the goods as a skid row photocopy of Halloween -- complete with a killer who gets figuratively castrated when the tip of his power drill is hacked off. With its stylized photography, plot points that involve pizza, and endlessly cool homemade synth score, THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE is a drop-dead masterpiece of subversive trash-horror.
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