6.2 | / 10 |
Users | 0.0 | |
Reviewer | 3.5 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
Linda, Tracy, and Chris are a trio of teenage girls who decide to celebrate the last day of high school by having a slumber party at Linda's house. A few guys also show up to further enhance the merry festivities. However, things take a turn for the worse when a homicidal maniac who has just escaped from a mental hospital crashes the bash.
Director: Stephen TylerHorror | 100% |
Video codec: MPEG-4 AVC
Video resolution: 1080p
Aspect ratio: 1.33:1
Original aspect ratio: 1.33:1
English: DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 (48kHz, 24-bit)
English SDH
Blu-ray Disc
Single disc (1 BD)
Slipcover in original pressing
Region A, B (C untested)
Movie | 1.5 | |
Video | 3.5 | |
Audio | 4.0 | |
Extras | 4.0 | |
Overall | 3.5 |
My first exposure to 1988’s “The Last Slumber Party” was ten years ago, when the team at Rifftrax added the feature to their catalog of comedy. The movie was a perfect fit for mockery, finding director Stephen Tyler’s general inability to assemble a film inspiring perhaps one of the most consistently hilarious offerings in the company’s history. And now, in 2024, a rewatch “The Last Slumber Party” has to happen, only this time without jesting, facing the goofiness and technical limitations of the endeavor sans help from trained riff professionals. With this picture, all the extra goofing around helps, as Tyler looks to add to the tradition of slasher cinema, only he can’t master any of the technical challenges facing him. It’s a long 72 minutes with unlikable characters and production blunders, while suspense is not present in this amateurish genre exercise.
The AVC encoded image (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation for "The Last Slumber Party" opens with an information card from AFGA explaining that the feature was "restored from the only surviving film elements." This includes additions from a "faded 16mm workprint" and a video master. Such changes in quality are noticeable, almost jarring at times, but the bulk of the viewing experience works with the OCN, which carries a pleasingly film-like appearance, with heavy grain. Detail reaches about as far as possible here, providing some skin particulars on the cast. Interiors are open for study as the action heads around the home, and while exteriors are rare, they retain some depth. Color is inconsistent due to source limitations, but most of the movie preserves original intent, with distinct primaries on household decoration and costuming. Blood red remains vivid. Skin tones are mostly true. Delineation is satisfactory. Damage is present throughout, but nothing is too extreme.
The 2.0 DTS-HD MA supplies passable dialogue exchanges. Age is present, along with the various sources used to create this Blu-ray, hitting some mild points of damage. Intelligibility isn't threatened, unless there's a soundtrack cut playing, with the extreme volume of metal tunes drowning out conversations, but this appears to be an inherent issue. Other musical moods are subdued, with a basic synth sound supporting moments of suspense.
Slasher formula is present in "The Last Slumber Party," which deals with the one-by-one killing of party participants, leaving a last survivor to…walk around the house some more. There's a nightmare sequence to pad the short run time as well. Tyler has no idea how to end the movie, adding to viewer woes as the feature runs out of things to do long before the end credits hit. "The Last Slumber Party" is nonsense, and horror fans tend to grade on a curve with this kind of stuff, leaving the film best suited for those who can't get enough of bottom shelf entertainment. However, even the bravest of genre knights may be shocked at how aimless and clumsy the effort really is.
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