Sequel, obviously, to 1982's 'The Slumber Party Massacre', 'Slumber Party Massacre II' picks up 5 years later. Courtney, the younger sister from the first film, is a senior in high school and now played by Crystal Bernard. Her and her mother are mostly okay, but older sister Valerie never recovered and is now in a mental institution.
Courtney and three friends are in an all girl rock band, they go to spend a weekend practicing at one of their fathers new home at a golf resort in the desert; unchaperoned, it's not long before boys arrive, however it is long before the killings start. Teasing, slow and horney. Courtney has bad dreams and hallucinations, premonitions of a leather jacketed rocker coming to get her, visions of Valerie trying to worn her.
Such a different take, I appreciate the try but the film is tentative and non commetal, frustratingly so. The first killing is around 52 into a 75 minute movie. While the original wanted to be 'Halloween', this one wants to be 'Nightmare on Elm Street', tonely and logically at odds with its predecessor. A bit of a mess, didn't care for it. *
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