Slumber Party Massacre II
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Leonard Klady of the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' compared the film's supernatural elements to ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' (1984), adding: "Writer-director Deborah Brock simply fails to give her film style or wit. The grisly shenanigans are as inane and illogical as the rationale behind making this effort".{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-16-ca-9632-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Klady, Leonard|title=Movie Reviews : 'Slumber Party Massacre II'|date=October 16, 1987|access-date=April 4, 2018}} ''[[TV Guide]]'' awarded the film |
Leonard Klady of the ''[[Los Angeles Times|LA Times]]'' compared the film's supernatural elements to ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'' (1984), adding: "Writer-director Deborah Brock simply fails to give her film style or wit. The grisly shenanigans are as inane and illogical as the rationale behind making this effort".{{cite web|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1987-10-16-ca-9632-story.html|work=[[Los Angeles Times]]|author=Klady, Leonard|title=Movie Reviews : 'Slumber Party Massacre II'|date=October 16, 1987|access-date=April 4, 2018}} ''[[TV Guide]]'' awarded the film 2/4 stars, noting that it follows in the "vaguely [[feminism|feminist]] tradition" of the first film, adding: "The rockabilly killer is probably the most entertaining slasher ever to grace the screen—sort of like [[Elvis Presley]] playing [[Norman Bates]], complete with musical numbers".{{cite web|work=[[TV Guide]]|title=Slumber Party Massacre II|access-date=April 3, 2018|url=http://www.tvguide.com/movies/slumber-party-massacre-ii/review/118080/|author=TV Guide Staff}} {{rating|2|4}} |
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In ''The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s'', Scott Aaron Stine writes: "You can't get much more of an insufferable viewing experience than this slasher flick-cum-musical".{{cite book|author=Stine, Scott Aaron|year=2003|publisher=McFarland|title=The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s|page=278|isbn=978-0-786-41532-8}} |
In ''The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s'', Scott Aaron Stine writes: "You can't get much more of an insufferable viewing experience than this slasher flick-cum-musical".{{cite book|author=Stine, Scott Aaron|year=2003|publisher=McFarland|title=The Gorehound's Guide to Splatter Films of the 1980s|page=278|isbn=978-0-786-41532-8}} |
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