Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Simple
- Violence
- Graphic
- lurid
- campy
- tense
- late night horror marathon
- cult movie night
What critics said
Critics broadly regarded this third installment as a poorly scripted, routine slasher whose plentiful gore lacked imagination and whose sexualized exploitation grew tiresome.
What sets it apart
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The central action takes place during a sleepover hosted while one girl's parents are away, with friends and boyfriends gathered in the house.
The lurking murderer attacks the partygoers with a large drill, making the weapon the film's defining exploitation image.
The film foregrounds shower imagery, nudity, underwear-clad victims, and plentiful but conventional gore.
As the third installment, it repeats the beach-to-house party setup and slasher mechanics rather than developing the earlier entries' role-reversal or imaginative elements.
Films like Slumber Party Massacre III, and why
Slumber Party Massacre
shares teen slasher conventions, a secluded party setting, disposable character archetypes, and explicit exploitation elements
The Slumber Party Massacre II
shares women-centered slasher dynamics, a home-invasion structure, and knowingly lurid genre presentation
House of Death
shares a group of young people trapped at a social gathering, escalating killer attacks, and pulpy horror-comedy energy
Sorority House Massacre II
shares late-1980s-style teen horror, sexualized exploitation, and a masked or concealed killer targeting a youthful group
Movie Details
- Director
- Sally Mattison
- Release Date
- 1990-09-07
- Runtime
- 87 min
- Rating
- 5.0 / 10 (115)
Cast
- Keely Christian
- Brittain Frye
- Michael Harris
- David Greenlee
- Brandi Burkett
- Hope Marie Carlton
- Maria Claire
- Maria Ford
- Garon Grigsby
- Devon Jenkin
Common questions
- What is Slumber Party Massacre III about?
- A group of beachgoing teenagers turns a parents-away sleepover into a bloody showdown with a lurking stranger armed with a power drill.
- What is Slumber Party Massacre III like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Slumber Party Massacre III as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as simple.
- Is Slumber Party Massacre III violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in Slumber Party Massacre III as graphic.
- What did critics think of Slumber Party Massacre III?
- Critics broadly regarded this third installment as a poorly scripted, routine slasher whose plentiful gore lacked imagination and whose sexualized exploitation grew tiresome.
- Which films are like Slumber Party Massacre III?
- Films with a similar feel include Slumber Party Massacre, The Slumber Party Massacre II, House of Death, and Sorority House Massacre II.
- How long is Slumber Party Massacre III?
- Slumber Party Massacre III runs 87 minutes.
