I love a good bad cheap movie ("The Giant Claw" remains one of my all-time favorites) but this one is just trash. It's the cheapest, most poorly-written, poorly-acted, poorly-edited piece of crap I've seen in many, many years. On top of all that, it's just plain BORING... and you really can't get around that obstacle, which is what makes watching it just plain no fun, even for those who enjoy watching terrible movies. While ALL the acting is atrocious, the guy who plays the doctor deserves special mention for being considerably beneath the skill level of his co-stars. (I note that this is his one and only film credit... hardly surprising.) The only thing that made it survivable to the end was the Rifftrax commentary. Please, please, please avoid, unless you have Mike, Kevin and Bill holding your hand the whole way.
... View MoreDismal, just dismal......... when it comes to slasher flicks I really do hope that there aren't any worse then this, but if there are, well then that's quite a shame.Reviewing The Last Slumber Party...... what a pleasure, here goes. After seeing this flick not a single positive thought comes to mind, however if you ever have the urge to see the worst example of the slasher film genre - this is it: The Last Slumber Party. It's a pathetically lame movie, the worst of it's kind and a failure on all levels, however, at the same time it's also an excellent example of not just shoddy film-making, but rather a tour-de-force of all things bad in movies. Which in it's case only intensifies the longer it goes and by the movies end you should have by then, developed a healthy amount of hatred for it and the reasons for that are many. Let me cite some of those reasons.Right from the very start the movie opens up with an utterly tasteless opening credits sequence, in which every other word is displayed in hot pink, in addition to that you'll hear some lame 80's glam-rock band blaring away. So factually speaking before you're even through the movies open credits you're -already- up to your ears in a sea of tasteless dreck, but the worst is yet to come. And what of the actors, you say? Well I think you'll quickly deduce the fact that the films cast is comprised, almost entirely, of a small gaggle of dumb horny teens (do I have you cringing yet?), yet another clue as to what level of film-making one can expect to see from The Last Slumber Party - oh but the movie has just begun. The film's "teen cast" is just plain terrible and the adult actors are just as bad; especially the guy who plays the doctor, I've never seen anyone less charismatic then him. The dialog of this movie, just listen to it, could not sound any more amateurish or juvenile (though it can be pretty colorful, I won't lie), even illogical at times. The film's script is simply littered with copious amounts of generic slang and over-used clichés and before long their lingo (i.e. drivel) becomes incredibly redundant and tiresome. From a purely visual perspective the films cinematography and editing tends to get worse and worse as the movie goes, several scenes near the end for instance are definitely under-lit, not to mention the camera that they used was obviously having focus issues, which is a problem on and off throughout the whole movie. But if there's one aspect of The Last Slumber Party that's worse than all others, it would have to be in how it was edited. This movie is simply one of the worst examples of film-editing you're likely ever to see and as a result this movie has little in the way of logical flow and it gets unbelievably repetitive before long. The movie looks as if it were edited by someone who no longer had a functioning long-term memory (as if their mind was fried due to years of drug-abuse), because there are all kinds of issues with the plotting and continuity; so much so that for the most part the movie is nothing more than a jumble of lame, poorly-shot scenes that contain little in the way of logic and even less coherency. Especially near the end where several scenes are either blatantly out of sequence and/or repeated multiple times, however the editing is highly questionable throughout the entire movie.Oh yeah and not to forget this gripping foot-note, which involves orange juice! That's right, if there's one thing that stands out in this pathetic movie, more so then anything else, it would have to be the abnormal and inordinate amount of importance that's placed on WHETHER OR NOT the doctor (at his wives request) will remember to buy: Orange Juice! Seriously, I'm not making that up and do try to keep in mind that this is supposed to be a slasher film or a "horror" film. Come to think of it, this movie IS a thing of horror - but not for any of the reasons it's makers intended it to be. The suspense runs thick, oh so thick, will the doctor buy orange juice or will he not. Well, you'll just have to wait and see.The Last Slumber Party isn't just the worst slasher film, but also one of the worst movies period. But I suppose if you were to completely shut-off your brain you might be able to enjoy this movie, but really this truly is movie-making at it's most dire.This is a bad movie by even Rifftrax standards, it's that bad.
... View MoreI want to start my review off in a positive manor, so let me just say I did enjoy this film. However, I didn't enjoy it for the right reasons.The Last Slumber Party was written and directed by Stephen Tyler (not of Aerosmith). I say written and directed very loosely, as well, because it seems to me like very little effort was put into this film, which is not uncommon, especially in the 80′s. However, little is excusable here. This film centers around a group of teenage girls on the last day of school, throwing a slumber party that a homicidal maniac decides to crash. Not an overly complex or original plot, although countless other films manage to pull it off much better. The acting in this film is atrocious. The characters have zero depth with the exception of a few small lines lifted from "Halloween." It's hard to give victims less character than your garden variety slasher movie, but this film does it. The editing and pacing are also quite bothersome for me. The editor must have also felt it necessary to use the same footage of the killer walking towards the camera over and over and over.This isn't a great way to spend a Saturday night, if you want to be scared, but if you want to watch a b-movie with your friends and have a good laugh, I fully recommend this movie.
... View MoreWow! You have every possible element in this movie. The year is 1987. 3 Teenage girls have a slumber party. Their immature boyfriends stop by to try and scare them. twists and turns! JOKES! but its really funny, the mom of the girl who is having the slumber party is at home as well. ORIGINALITY! the worst actor in the film by far is the Dad, who is a doctor. Oh the orange juice. The best acting however is done by the killer himself.Far better than Sorority House Massacre! As if thats too difficult for you to believe. But of course we still should say thanks to Slumber Party Massacre for being the true creator of the slumber party slasher craze.
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