A cannibalistic doctor (Ford Austin, an actor with two makes of car as his name) turns a midget (Mighty Mike Murga) into a homicidal psycho who preys on a group of scantily clad women (whose number include Felissa Rose of Sleepaway Camp fame).Even by Troma's standards, Slaughter Party is an utterly worthless piece of trash, a painfully bad, z-grade, shot-on-video horror flick that disproves the old movie adage that any film with dwarf sodomy can't be all bad.There's lots of cheap gore and a smattering of female nudity on display, but godawful writing and direction from Fred Rosenberg and shocking performances all round (including terrible cameos from 80s scream queen Brinke Stevens, porn-stars Ron Jeremy and Adam Glasser, and Lloyd Kaufman) make this a real chore from start to finish.

Three schmucks wanting to check out a desert cave run into a delirious, nameless mad doctor (Ford Austin) instead. The doctor slaughters two of them, rips out and eats their guts, drinks their blood and then ties down and anally rapes the third guy - a dwarf named Craig (Mighty Mike Murga) - to give him "the gift that keeps on giving." I guess that gift is some kind of virus that causes insanity because Craig then begins sneaking into young women's apartments and murdering them. The sister of one of his victims, Tara (Felissa Rose), is trying to get over both the death of her sister and breakup of her relationship, so her friend Kerri (Sarah Rosenberg) drags her along on a camping trip. They meet up with six or seven other girls, immediately strip down to their bathing suits, go swimming, start partying and are attacked and killed by both the doctor and Craig (who hitches a ride there with a would-be victim). A couple of detectives (including porno actor Adam Glasser aka Seymore Butts) are on the case.According to the trivia section, this Troma release was shot on video for just 1000 dollars. Nearly all of it was filmed in the daytime and most of it outdoors so the filmmakers don't have to worry much about things such as art direction and lighting. It's also very, very stupid in that amateurish we-know-this -is-awful-and-stupid -so-we-aren't-even- really-going-to-try kind of way. The only person who seems to be taking any of this seriously is lead actress Rose, who amusingly goes all out and tries to be as dramatic (and credible) as possible under the circumstance. Dead bodies move. Lines are flubbed. People mug for the camera. Lots of fake blood is flung around. Two girls go topless (and there's a mild lesbian scene that goes nowhere). Total screen time for guest stars Lloyd Kaufman (who seems to appear in every no budget horror made these days), Brinke Stevens and Ron Jeremy amounts to probably about five minutes. The camera-work and editing are frequently awful.Every once in awhile something funny DOES actually happen, but it's hard not to laugh just a little watching a rabid dwarf clutching a knife chasing around bikini-clad girls who have a bad habit of always tripping and falling down. As the killer doctor, Austin is probably the best thing this film has going for it. The credited director is "Buck Jones Jr." NOT Fred Rosenberg as it currently says on IMDb. I think Jones/Rosenberg is an alias for Chris Watson, who's responsible for another terrible Troma release called ZOMBIEGEDDON (2003).

This film used up women like Zrinka Domic quickly, with a psycho midget stabbing and screwing. That's after a pile of bloody body parts in the first 10 minutes.At least the third blond (he only went after blonds) got to take a shower and show her titties before he struck. She escaped and ran out of the house in something that barely covered her snatch - after giving us a look at it twice during the fight.He chases her to a party where nine girls in bikinis are getting sun. One of them is Felissa Rose, whose sister was killed by him and she gives us some of her great screams. Somehow he escapes and goes on a killing rampage and the blood starts flowing.The Doctor (Ford Austin) that created the pile of body parts also shows up and things get nasty. More screams from Felissa. To little avail as The Doctor must be protected.Very little plot, little skin despite the numerous babes, lesbianism only hinted at, but lots and lots of blood - and Felissa Rose.

I am a hardcore troma fan. From Toxie to Terror firmer there is no companies whose films I look forward to more than these guys. Hell, I even enjoyed the chaotic Tales from the Crapper but this one I'm afraid just does not work.After three men head out to the desert to look for a local legend (and realize that there is more to it than myth) one of them gets transformed mentally and becomes a woman killer. The fact that the slasher is also a midget becomes the one novelty that this film provides. Although the sight of the little guy snarling and swinging a knife is good for a few laughs it is not enough to sustain the film. To provide slasher fodder the film-makers give us a group of women who are taking a vacation in that same place. Through a remarkable coincidence not only is the sister of one of the victims among the party goers but the killer dwarf who has been slaughtering people in a nearby city hitches a ride with one of his potential prey and ends up at the same spot.This film features some sophomoric sex sequences including the rape of the midget and some necrophilia thrown in but if anyone has seen a troma film before they expect that sort of silliness and are not offended but that seems to be the films major problem. They simply did not go far enough. The elements were there for a fun, insane, terror firmer-like romp but sadly the finished product just kind of sits there lifeless.As a zero budget film the acting is very hit and miss. Felissa Rose (sleepaway camp) was better at the low key moments but seemed to crank up the histrionics just a bit too much. Adam Glasser (Anal Surprise Party) seems as natural in this film as he is on the terrific series Family business and of course its always nice to see the great Brinke Stevens get another role even if it is nothing more than a cameo. Like many troma offerings the cameos lift the film over some dull stretches with Brinke's work being matched by Ron Jeremy and the brilliant acting skills of the remarkable Lloyd Kaufman.This is one of those films that seem to fall in the middle. The killer midget idea is cool but the killings are so poorly done that the novelty does not hold. The vacationing girls are cute but the directer can't seem to work up the enthusiasm to make a half-decent exploitation film. The cameos are fun but they can't justify some weak performances. In the end I recommend passing on this one unless of course you are a Troma completest but if you stumble across it on a friends shelf and you can borrow it than go ahead. At least it is short.By the way, avoid the commentary track on the DVD. It is a dull, one joke offering recorded by the killer. If you can make it through more than ten minutes than you are a far more patient person than I am.