people just don’t say “fork it over, shortcake” anymore

the girls at this slumber party: let’s try not to get murdered 
me last weekend at my last slumber party after one shot of grey goose: i just don’t know what i’m doing with my life 😔 now let’s yell about the state of american politics for a while

Brevity in my recent logs is only because of lack of time at the moment. Hopefully I can return to these pages in the future to add thoughts.

Extremely underrated feminist slasher. Classic in my opinion.

Watched at Alamo Drafthouse Cinema Kansas City as part of their Terror Tuesday series. It was a blast. Had never seen it projected. Must be the Shout Factory restoration. Looked great.

There is literally no scene in cinema history better than when they eat the pizza off the corpse.

The Slumber Party Massacre is, at least to me, one of the best 80’s slasher jams—clever as fuck and FILLED with tongue firmly planted in cheek intentional humor (if you don’t see that or are unable to comprehend that than you’re an idiot—sorry), great kills, and a creepy bird-like killer who needs no mask while stalking with his penis power drill.

When I first started branching out from the super well known slasher films of the era that’s where I discovered movies like My Bloody Valentine, The Prowler, The Burning, and The Slumber Party Massacre. I love this flick and it’s absolutely one of my top ten favorite slasher and one of the best movies with "massacre" in the title. I adore the sequel as well, but there’s just something about this movie that I can’t get enough of.

Slasher royalty in my eyes.

"he's dead all right...so cold..."
"is the pizza?"

Every so often online and elsewhere i see people attempting to assert the objective aesthetic power of films as if some films are simply better or more l33t than others and i have always resisted that framing of movies because i argue that each movie's value comes from how the individual experiences it affectively in that viewing and in subsequent viewings the power and relationship of that movie to the viewer and its involvement within the viewer's life takes hold and starts to build into an ongoing organic interchange so it doesn't make sense to evaluate films according to some kind of objective criteria outside of specific instances of viewing except this movie. this is the best movie ever made. i am sorry. i don't make the rules, i am just, like, their helpless interpreter or something!?! <3

Everyday Is Halloween (1978)

That drill seems to mean something. Like it's a drill, but it also might be something else. I can't quite explain. It's almost like it's a symbol, meant to imply some other object or idea that for some reason we can't see on-screen. I don't know, I could be imagining things. Maybe sometimes a drill is just a drill.

I have seen this movie SO. MANY. TIMES. but today was a rainy day and for whatever reason I like watching this during heavy rain so I revisited it again.

It’s such a great slasher that maybe isn’t quite as well known as the genre staples, but totally holds its own with those bigger guys. It brilliantly walks a line between silly and dark with clever jokes and funny scenes peppered throughout. The body in the refrigerator and the pizza eating are absolutely classic. This is basically one of those R.L. Stine YA novels given the grownup treatment and I am HERE. FOR. IT. Plus, you’ve got Brinke Stevens in her first role and you can clearly see how she would go on to become a scream queen. 

I love these strong 80’s vibes except that scene where she’s making Kool-Aid.....how did we ever think that much sugar was ok?!

Bananameter: 🍌 life goes on after all 🍌

great and quotable feminist slasher that i highly recommend for spooky season. it’s better to watch this in a group. every male character in here is just the worst lmao

Na das war ja mal eine Überraschung. Ich habe einen Totalausfall erwartet aber einen richtig gut gemachten Slasher bekommen, der hält was der Name verspricht. Klar, in vielen Szenen eifert man Halloween nach, ohne dessen Klasse zu erreichen. Dennoch, die Charaktere sind nicht zu nervig und es kommt sogar Spannung auf. Das hier und da etwas Humor durchschimmert ist auch nicht schlecht. Alles in allem eine sehr positive Überraschung. Teil 1 ist wesentlich besser als der Nachfolger.

Never gets old. All shot in my hood, women empowerment, kills, synth score, what’s missing here?

É uma bagunça, mas bem divertido.
Comer a pizza em cima do cadáver do entregador morto foi o ápice, depois disso eu estava completamente entregue ao que viesse a seguir.

I don't quite know what to say, I feel like it wanted to say more about the genre than it did in its final product.

Going Into this movie  I was like mmmmmm no, but I’m glad I watched it. Maybe a new favourite of mine, super fun

Ok but like.... this was a super fun movie to watch..... I’m just taking a star away because the killer was meh imo

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Yeah I’m not gonna lie, this movie is very short, and there isn’t much story of characterization, it’s a damn slasher movie. The kills are pretty good and the main characters make dumb decisions but forgivable ones. Tbh I think this could have been another 10-15 minutes longer to let the movie breathe a little but the brevity of the movie didn’t change my thoughts on the movie much. There are a good amount of kills, and most of them are good for the budget this movie had, but like most 80’s slasher films there are cuts all over the place to make them look as realistic as possible. The characters are all forgettable and aside from a couple of cool lines, the only thing I’m going to take away from this movie is the killer, and maybe a couple of the best kills along the way. Very rewatchable though.

Chicken soup for the classic schlock enthusiast's soul.

Tag urself I’m the girl eating pizza off the dead pizza guy

#52FilmsByWomen Film 8 (for Women in Horror Month)

The fact that the film has three final girls, instead of one, is proof enough that this isn't just another misogynistic horror film, despite the inclusion of gratuitous nudity in the first act (apparently by request of producer Roger Cormon).

On the surface it's a very cheesy slasher film, but it's also full of some interesting feminist metaphors with the girls fighting back against the dominating male villain with the phallic drill.