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With this review I draw to a close my nightmare that has been the Slumber Party Massacre trilogy, unless of course some sick bastard decides that a fourth one would be a good idea, and I bloody glad about it.
It has been quite a while since I have seen such an inept collection of movies. The Sleepaway Camp movies are high art in comparison, but they did have the advantage of being set at Summer Camp, which will always gain extra points in my book!
Back to this series though, and a quick mention of the first two. Part 1, although not completely terrible, was an incredibly average movie. The sequel? The less said about that the better. I’m sure that you could have fun watching it as long as you have been consuming vast amounts of alcohol before, during and after it.
On to Part 3 then. Could this bring the series to an end on a high note? Or would it plunge the series further down into the abyss?
Well, it all depends on how you look at it really. It is better than the second movie, it would be hard not to be, however it is still an incredibly generic run-of-the-mill slasher. There is just nothing really memorable about this movie. The Burning had the maniacal Cropsy, complete with gardening shears. The Friday the 13th series had Jason (for the most part) with his machete and hockey mask. These were characters that stuck in the mind, whereas Slumber Party Massacre 3 has yet another idiot with huge phallic drill, that will fade from your memory just as soon as the credits roll.
On to the story then, what little there is of one anyway.
It starts with a group of kids playing volleyball on the beach, which is just a good excuse to show a little flesh early on. Whilst playing, a sinister looking young man sits down and starts staring at the girls. Ooh could he be a maniac?
One of the girls there chats up a different fella, and lets on that they are having a party, and he is welcome to join them. Ain’t life grand? Of course it is. However, upon leaving the beach one of the girls clumsily drops her diary, which is picked up by? Who the hell knows, but of course it will come back into play later.
So, the girls have a party and get straight to the stripping and the “Do you mind if I change my clothes down here whilst you all watch?” Because that is what happens at these parties don’t you know? There are passing attempts to rustle up food and drink, but that is just an excuse to get a few of them out into the garden where the grill is. Cue strange noises etc etc.
Eventually the lads turn up, some by scaring the girls, another one by pretending to be a pizza delivery boy. It’s all very exciting stuff, honestly. Actually it is just a good way to boost the potential body count, which pretty much starts straight away.
There you have it, that’s your plot. Come on, what did you honestly expect?
From here on in it is just about the kids trying to escape from the driller killer. That should be easy, but this house appears to be the suburban equivalent of Fort Knox. There just isn’t anyway for these stupid kids to get out.
I’ll be honest, this was another poor movie, that once again has tried to inject some humor into the horror, and once again it has failed. I was laughing along with it, probably not at the moments I was supposed to though. This works better as a straight horror movie, and probably would have been a far more enjoyable experience had the acting, script and direction been just slightly above horrendous.
I don’t expect miracles when watching a slasher movie, I mean they aren’t exactly complex movies, however, a little tension here and there wouldn’t have gone amiss.
Slumber Party Massacre 3′s only real saving grace’s are some of the murder scenes. Some are relatively bloody, such as the feet amputation by chainsaw. Whereas others did raise a chuckle from me, electrocution by dildo anyone?
A few worthy murders and some gratuitous nudity aren’t enough to save this movie from a two star rating though. Usually the killers have some sort of motive behind their murders, but here as in the previous too there isn’t really one. Well, not one that really works or makes any real sense, watch for yourself though and you’ll see what I mean.
As bad as this movie is, you probably could have some fun watching it with a group of drunken buddies, if only to laugh along with it for all the wrong reasons.
A very quick mention about the lack of extras here. Just trailers and Cast biographies again, no more, no less.
If you have read this review, as well as the reviews to parts 1 and 2, you might be thinking these movies are so bad they must be good. Well believe me, they aren’t, so don’t say I didn’t warn you.
