callanvass Courtney, the younger sister of the survivor from the first movie is now a mature adult, but is suffering from major issues of her own. Her sister is in a mental institution and Courtney keeps having vivid hallucinations about a wannabe rocker with a drill shaped like a guitar. Courtney convinces her Mom to go stay with her friends for a Slumber Party, but her friends get killed off by the killer she sees in her dreams. Is Courtney going crazy? Or is the killer actually real. This is entertaining cheese of the highest degree. It is NOT a good movie, it's terrible, but that's the point! I had a blast with this movie and I'm not afraid to admit it. This is purportedly a sequel, but it doesn't feel like it. The only connection is Courtney and her sister. I'm a guy that hated the first movie and the third sequel, but I love this one. It does a great job of making you wonder if it's reality or all in Courtney's head. I also enjoyed all the horror homages! Sally Burns is a homage to Marilyn Burns of Texas Chainsaw Massacre. Courtney & Mrs. Bates (homage to Psycho) We even get Officer Krueger & Voorhies! How cool is that? They even changed the neighbors from the original to "The Craven's" There is some decent psychological stuff here from the killer. It tried to be more than just a cheesy slasher, while keeping the cheese level delightfully high. I appreciated that. This is also filled with everything you love about 80's horror movies! It's filled with gore, nudity, silliness, and hot chicks. And, of course, the dated dialog! I loved it. Gorehounds will be pleased. We get some gory drill deaths, a handburger (No. That's not a typo!) lots of blood and a lot of zitpuss! (yuck) Crystal Bernard makes for a likable lead. She's easy on the eyes and gives a good performance. I liked her a lot. I liked Kimberly McArthur as Amy, too. Why didn't she survive? She was credible and sympathetic. Atanas Ilitch is a hoot as the Driller Killer! This guy was clearly having a blast in his role. He has some great one-liners and I cracked up several times from his performance. "Rock and Roll never dies baby!" Juliette Cummins is one of my favorite horror hotties! Who cares about her performance. In all seriousness, she did fine. Joel Hoffman is one of the most annoying horror characters ever! He was awful as T.J and I wanted to shove my fist down his throat to shut up that annoying voice of his. The ending is actually well done, even if it's confusing. It leaves it up to viewer interpretation. I enjoyed myself thoroughly! I'm a lover of cheesy horror and this one is near the top of my list. How on earth does the original have a higher rating than this movie? I'd rather have my nuts clamped than endure the first and third movie, but I'll watch this one again for sure. Avoid the first and third like the plague! Buy a few beers and have a ball with this bad boy. 5.5/10

Boba_Fett1138 Well, you have bad horror movies and you have BAD horror movies. And this one is BAD alright! You also have bad horror movies that actually becomes good and enjoyable to watch because they are so bad but no, this movie unfortunately is not one of those. It's such a silly movie, in which also not an awful lot is ever happening. The movie is like one big boring drag, until the driller-killer finally first shows up, which is really late into the movie. The movie however after that soon also turns from silly to sillier.The Slumber Party Massacre movies are perhaps the only chick-flick horror movies, also not in the least because all of them (expect for part IV, that from I have heard is more porn than horror.) are directed by female directors. So expect lots of jumping around, dancing, crying, yelling, silly laughing and halve naked men. It's sort of a nice touch for a change to see an horror movie made as a chick flick. It puts a whole other light on the slasher genre.The movie only gets its trills from the dream sequences, that are well made and provide the movie at times with a good surreal like atmosphere but real problem with those dream sequences is that they EXACTLY show what will happen all later in the movie. How stupid is that. So nothing in this movie will really come as a surprise anymore, also especially of course when you have seen the first movie you will know what is going to happen all. The movie however is letting you wait for so long until these things are finally happening all that you will have difficulties keeping interest throughout.The driller-killer himself is this time definitely more interesting and entertaining than the one in the first movie. This however in this case also means that a lot of the mystery and suspense of the character is taken away this time. Horror likely wise not a great move of course. But oh well, he still is the highlight of the movie, thanks to the wonderful enjoyable campy over-the-top acting by Atanas Ilitch. Silly, silly, silly. Oh and before I forget, the ending makes this movie even sillier.3/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/

slayrrr666 "Slumber Party Massacre II" is a rather cheesy entry in the series.**SPOILERS**Troubled with strange nightmares, Courtney Bates, (Crystal Bernard) decides to plug away her time in a band. For her birthday weekend, band-members Sally Burns, (Heidi Kozak) Sheila Barrington, (Juliette Cummins) and Amy, (Kimberly McArthur) decide to drag her out to an under-construction condo-site to rehearse their songs for an upcoming gig. When Jeff, (Scott Westmoreland) T.J., (Joel Hoffman) and Matt Arbicost, (Patrick Lowe) decide to come up to party with them, it turns into a wild party that is soon interrupted by her weird dreams and visions acting up again. Soon, it's learned that they're real and take the form of some sort of demon who proceeds to tear through them with a power drill, forcing them to take shelter against the maniac.The Good News: This one here is a pretty nice offering with some rather decent moments. One of the main ones is the sheer 80s cheese that runs through the film. From the kooky dance numbers through the bands rehearsals to the slumber party atmosphere that soon turns into a wild group dance and eventual striptease and special effects, it feels like an 80s slasher for most of the time. These are quite fun and actually add an air of coherence to the first one, which was pretty similar in that aspect. The weapon of choice, a rather large guitar with the head made out into a giant power drill. It's cumbersome, but leads to a great visual that really allows for some great scenes. There's the sight of the killer chasing after the victims late in the film that has some nice scenes to it because of the large killing object in place. The gore itself isn't that bad for an 80s film and is mostly relegated to the drill boring through the bodies, mostly all the way through the body and out, leaving behind impressive wounds that are really dripping with viscera. The freak-outs provide even more carnage and in some cases pretty creepy surreal images. The final chase through the under-construction apartment houses are really impressive and is a great way to end the film. These here are all that make the film watchable.The Bad News: There isn't a whole lot wrong with this one, but it does have a couple of problems. The big one is that the absolute utter lack of a body count in this one. It has almost none, and the few that are killed are killed the same way, with the drill rammed through a body part, mostly the stomach. It's not original, it's not creative and doesn't have very many opportunities to distinguish itself from the other slashers out there. Rather than doing something with it, this one has nothing come from the kills as they're all done the same way and don't go anywhere, with the killing weapon being the difference, and it really would've been better had a few more got knocked off with some other form of weapon which would've been a lot better. The other thing is that the killing probably should've started earlier in the film than it does, and then had more opportunities to knock more off. Beginning the killing around the fifty-minute mark of a seventy-minute movie is problematic on several accounts. First is that there's just that short window of opportunity to get damage in, and it isn't all that great when it occurs. The other is that there's a lot of missed opportunities for most of the time, leaving it for some to appear forever for something to happen. The last flaw would be the cheese level. It might not be for some who want it to be more of a serious case film, and for it to be such less serious could be a detriment. Otherwise, this here is just decent.The Final Verdict: This one doesn't have a whole lot of flaws, but is still a watchable fun cheese-fest that has plenty to make it enjoyable. Really recommended for fans of the first one, slasher fans of the time or the plain interested, while the ones who don't have a high tolerance for the cheese will have little use for this one.Rated R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and Nudity

bryanmolinelli Not as much nudity in this one. Interestingly enough, these films are a byproduct of '80s culture, not a main point. There's something free and surreal about the classic slasher, and this one really lets its hair down with a rocker phantom drill-killer, bit fixed inconceivably into his flair guitar. Let's go this way - see this movie and think past your gut reaction to the last half. When it's over, consider the elements as they've been presented. Movie starts out very quietly, and then uses the "burp" machine to make its point - little spastic moments of hallucination, always suffered by the main character. These build rapidly into a crescendo of unlikely, unexplained events. They teeter into a final moment of couch potato misery unlike any I've witnessed in a long time. This film tries, but ultimately fails, and altogether sucks. But that's just my opinion.