The Slumber Party Massacre (Jones 1982)
This film is a cult classic. Written by Rita Mae Brown who also penned Rubyfruit Jungle and was an avowed feminist and civil rights advocate it was supposedly written as a feminist response to the first wave slasher films of the late 1970s and early 1980s. However, Amy Holden Jones who directed the film may have been more interested in producing something successfully commercial and possibly deliberately within the exploitation genre. We think we see both of these strains competing in the film. And as you might imagine, that makes for a unique film!
Join us for the full discussion.
There is lots more of our podcast! Please listen, review, subscribe, and tell your friends.

SPOILERS IN THIS EPISODE
The Slumber Party Massacre (Jones 1982)
TOPIC INDEX – The Slumber Party Massacre  (Jones 1982) (times are approximate) 
0:30 – Introductions
3:15 – Discussion begins
3:15 – Marshall’s history with the film
8:30 – the film’s messaging as relatively progressive (for 1982)
15:00 – satire and filmmaker intent
24:00 – nudity in comparison
25:00 – phallic symbols
29:00 – male gaze
30:00 – kills
40:00 – grading the film using the Collective Nightmares Evolving Rubric of Social Responsibility
Related Episodes
I Spit on Your Grave (Zarchi 1978)
Related Films
Carrie (DePalma 1976)
Credits
Edited and processed with Audacity. Free, cross-platform, open source, and awesome.
https://www.audacityteam.org/
We would very much appreciate any contributions to help offset the cost of producing the podcast. Thanks! paypal.me/collectivenightmares
Thanks for listening. Please let us know your thoughts.
• www.collectivenightmares.com
• IG: @collectivenightmares
• Marshall@collectivenightmares.com
• Laura@collectivenightmares.com
“Horror films are our collective nightmares.”
Episode 112
Keywords
horror, podcast, sociology, gender, sisters, feminist, slasher, phallic symbols, queer, satire, parody, male gaze, exploitation, nudity, killer,