101 Films Giving Slumber Party Massacre Films A 4K Release

101 Films are set to release the  iconic slashers The Slumber Party Massacre (1982) and Slumber Party Massacre II (1987), released in the UK on 4K UHD and Blu-ray for the first time.

Conceived as a parody of the slasher movie, The Slumber Party Massacre was eventually shot as a
straightforward horror, leading to some uniquely dark humour both intended and otherwise. The more
overtly comical Slumber Party Massacre II was the first of several sequels in what was the first horror series to be exclusively written and directed by women, providing a fresh perspective within an historically male-dominated genre.

They will be releases as Title 040 on the 101 Films Black Label. They will come with  the extensive special features include commentaries with directors Amy Holden Jones and Deborah Brock, a documentary on the making of the Slumber Party Massacre and an interview with actor Rigg Kennedy, as well as the original R-rated cut and extended unrated cut of Slumber Party Massacre II. This limited edition release also features newly commissioned artwork and a limited edition booklet with new writing on the film; ‘Holding a mirror to the male gaze’ by Sarah Appleton and ‘Teenage Dreams: The Slumber Party Massacre II’ by Keri O’Shea, all presented in , ‘rigid box’ packaging.

THE SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE

It’s going to be the slumber party to end all slumber parties. With her parents away, Trish (Michelle
Michaels) is planning a weekend of high jinks fun for her high school basketball team friends – a slumber party at her house. She’s not sure if she wants to invite the newly arrived and talented Valerie (Robin Stille) but someone who is definitely coming is Russ Thorn. Locked up in a mental institution since 1969, Thorn, the nastiest of the driller killer nutcase, has escaped and is heading back to town intent on more bloody mayhem. This night no one’s going to get much sleep – there’s potato chips, drinks, dope, severed heads, blood and gore-a-plenty.

Special Features:
• Sleepless Nights: The Making of the Slumber Party Massacre
• Audio commentary with director Amy Holden Jones and actors Michael Villella and Debra De Liso
• Interview with actor Rigg Kennedy
• Trailers
• Alternate title sequence
• Still gallery

SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE II

The only sane survivor of The Slumber Party Massacre, Courtney (Crystal Bernard) dreams of the drill
murderer returning. She can’t shake the horrible feeling that she and her friends will be viciously
tormented and brutally butchered. Again, and again the nightmare returns. No one believes her, until it’s too late. The drill killer returns, reincarnated as an evil rocker, he methodically stalks them one by one and violently gores them to death … can anyone survive Slumber Party Massacre II!

Special Features:
• Original R-rated cut
• Extended unrated cut
• Audio commentary with writer / director / producer Deborah Brock, producer Don Daniel and
story editor Beverly Gray
• Sleepless Nights: Revisiting Slumber Party Massacre II
• Trailers
• Still Gallery

The Slumber Party Massacre  I and II will be released 18th November on Limited Edition dual format 4K UHD and Blu-ray from 101 Films [buy /pre-order now].