Teenage Slumber Party Nightmare

A group of teen girls are hounded by an infatuated stalker (Massage Parlour of Death's Kirk Munaweera) who harasses them with creepy phone calls and love notes, and once he stumbles upon a mask and electric drill, they'll either reciprocate his advances or pay the ultimate price for their rejection! A retro-style throwback to horror movies of the late Seventies and early Eighties, 'Teenage Slumber Party Nightmare' is B-movie director Richard Mogg's fifth film, and he delivers 74 campy minutes of the girls getting drunk, watching porno, talking about boys, and then fighting for their lives against the killer. It's greatly inspired by the teen horror classic 'Slumber Party Massacre', and there's some nice little nods to the original 'Halloween' as well.

The film is essentially carried by the three girls, and Kaitlyn Yurkiw, Lauren Richardson and Hillary Kaplan all bring great personality and energy to the flick. All the gorgeous ladies have that beautiful yet relatable girl-next-door quality that retro horror followers find so appealing, and their welcome ample cleavage on display never becomes too crass or revealing. A large amount of the movie is made up of long scenes with just the girls talking for minutes at a time (and it looks like they ad-libbed the majority of the dialogue), so some viewers may find a few spots get a little tedious or uneventful. But the girls have a wickedly immature sense of humour, a very natural chemistry together and likable interaction with each-other, so despite some dialogue meandering on from time to time, one of them will randomly offer something so awkwardly laugh-out-loud funny that it's impossible not to love them! Add in cheesy yet perfectly appropriate practicable gore effects, memorable deaths in the finale, a simple yet effective soundtrack of mostly eerie synth drones, enough sexual innuendo to make Leisure Suit Larry blush, and, most important of all, dancing and pajama party pillow fight montages (and bless you Richard for leaving in Hilary's accidental butt shot - with her permission, of course!) and you've got a perfect night of trashy guilty pleasure viewing covered!

As with the Bluray/DVD release of his previous film 'Massage Parlour of Death', Richard provides a wealth of extras including bloopers, raw footage, breezy interviews with some of the cast and trailers, and a 'making of' segment where he discusses not only the inspiration for the killer but talks honestly about wanting to make a better work than his previous movies. But best of all is his lively commentary where he discusses everything from his thoughts on screen nudity, shooting on a minuscule budget and use of profanity, to simple pleasures to keep your cast and crew happy.

Richard provides plenty of bright colour to give the movie a visually interesting look, his dorky sense of fun and warped sense of humour is still firmly on display, and he's constantly honing and improving his craft with each film, especially evident in some nice subtle reflective moments - the scene near the end with the girls playing a game of 'Quarters' with the soft dissolves and warm piano score is really lovely and restrained (as well as a nice tribute to 'Blood Lake'), and the moment where the stalker takes in the environment that the girls were recently in is unsettling. 'Teenage Slumber Party Nightmare' is Mogg's best film to date, another great title for SRS Cinema, and fans who understand and relish the low budget, do-it-yourself horror movie mentality should have a great time with this! 8/10