History Film / TheSlumberPartyMassacre

* BlackDudeDiesFirst: Averted. Jackie, the film's sole person of color, [[spoiler: is one of the last to die.]]

--> '''Jeff:''' What's the damage?
-->'''Thorn:''' Six, so far.

* FurnitureBlockade: Trish and Kim barricade the bedroom door with dressers. The killer instead breaks into the room through the window, and the two girls are unable to move all of the furniture to escape out the door in time to keep [[spoiler: Kim]] from being the next victim.

A 1982 American SlasherMovie scripted by feminist writer Rita Mae Brown and directed by Amy Holden Jones (who wrote the first ''Film/{{Beethoven}}'' film).

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Trish, Kim, and Jackie are barefoot for most of the movie. Downplayed in that they are at a slumber party, after all.

* {{Fanservice}}: A huge amount of it with various degrees of nudity, short-shorts, women playing basketball in said short-shorts, and slumber party VaporWear.

* {{Fanservice}}: A huge amount of it with nudity, short-shorts, women playing basketball in said short-shorts, and slumber party VaporWear.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Trish, Kim, and Jackie are barefoot. The trope is downplayed however, since they're at a slumber party.

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* MaleGaze: There are plenty of shots of female backsides and undressings. Since this movie was written and directed by women, it's likely intended as a deliberate subversion of the trope.

* WrenchWench: The nameless telephone repair woman, who is young and sexy and is wearing tight shorts. She is nameless because she's murdered by Thorn immediately after she climbs down from the roof and fends off a pair of admiring boys.

* MaleGaze: There are lots of shots of female backsides and undressings.

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[[caption-width-right:268:This started out so fun...]]

->''Close your eyes for a second... and sleep forever.''

A SlasherMovie from the year 1982, which was originally scripted by feminist writer Rita Mae Brown and directed by Amy Holden Jones (who wrote the first ''Film/{{Beethoven}}'' film).

A bunch of girls decide to have a SlumberParty with all that comes with the territory; skimpy clothing, booze, pot and perverted guys crashing it. Unfortunately, a maniac has escaped from a mental institute, and seeks to continue the deadly work that he started over a decade ago by carving them up with a power drill...

The film spawned two sequels: ''Film/SlumberPartyMassacreII'' in 1987, and ''Film/SlumberPartyMassacreIII'' in 1990. Notably, the ''Slumber Party Massacre'' franchise has the distinction of being the first horror film franchise to be completely written and directed by women. ''Slumber Party Massacre'', a contemporary reimagining of the original film directed by Danika Esterhazy (''Film/TheBananaSplitsMovie''), premiered on Creator/SyFy on October 16, 2021.

The trilogy also had several [[DolledUpInstallment pseudo-sequels/spin-offs]], such as ''Film/SororityHouseMassacre'', ''Cheerleader Massacre'', and ''Hard to Die''.

* ThisIsADrill: Thorn picks up a power drill from the telephone van where he commits his first onscreen murder, and uses it as his WeaponOfChoice for the rest of the movie.

* KnifeNut: The slumber partiers arm themselves with kitchen knives once they learn of Thorn's presence. Unfortunately, it becomes the undoing of one of them when they accidentally leave it behind.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: All of the women in the movie even when not playing basketball.