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| The Last Slumber Party | |
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| Directed by | Stephen Tyler |
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| Cinematography | Georges Cardona |
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| Distributed by | United Home Video |
Running time | 72 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
The Last Slumber Party is a 1988 American slasher film directed by Stephen Tyler and starring Jan Jensen, Nancy Meyer, and Joann Whitley.
Summary
[edit]It follows three teenage girls whose slumber party is infiltrated by a psychopath who recently escaped from a local hospital.[2]
Cast
[edit]- Jan Jensen as Chris
- Nancy Meyer as Tracy
- Joann Whitley asLinda
- Danny David as Tommy
- Lance Descourez as Billy
- Paul Amend as Scott
- David Whitley as Dr. Sickler
Release
[edit]The Last Slumber Party, made in 1984 on a two-week shooting schedule in suburban New Orleans,[3] was released directly-to-video in 1988 by United Home Video. VCI Entertainment released the film on DVD in 2004 as part of a double feature with Terror at Tenkiller (1986).[4] In 2024, the American Genre Film Archive (AFGA) released the film for the first time on Blu-ray.[1][5]
Reception and legacy
[edit]In his 2015 book The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s, writer Scott Aaron Stine compared the film negatively to The Slumber Party Massacre (1982), deeming it an ineffective "rehash".[2] In the same year, journalist Erik Piepenburg of The New York Times noted similarities between both films as well, but profiled the film in an article on underrated "final girls" in slasher films.[6]
The film was spoofed by RiffTrax, consisting of Mystery Science Theater 3000 alumni Bill Corbett, Michael J. Nelson and Kevin Murphy, on July 18, 2014.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Last Slumber Party". American Genre Film Archive. Archived from the original on April 28, 2024.
- ^ a b Stine, Scott Aaron (2015). The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland. pp. 176–177. ISBN 978-1-476-61132-7.
- ^ Meet Us At THE LAST SLUMBER PARTY: A Conversation With Jan Jensen - Bleeding Skull
- ^ "The Last Slumber Party / Terror at Tenkiller DVD". Blu-ray.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2023.
- ^ Vinegar Syndrome
- ^ Piepenburg, Erik (October 22, 2015). "In Horror Films, the 'Final Girl' Is a Survivor to the Core". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 7, 2021.
- ^ "The Last Slumber Party". RiffTrax. 19 September 2014. Archived from the original on April 28, 2024.
