Skeebo reviews PKF - Slumber Party Massacre

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Skeebo reviews PKF - Slumber Party Massacre

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Here’s an opening disclaimer. I made a stupid mistake and bought the “wrong” version of this video. Originally it was offered as a full version from The Basement and a slightly cheaper edited version with the hardcore sex content cut out at the straight PKF store. Stupid me, I didn’t notice that the versions were different and thought I was a smart shopper for getting the cheaper one. It looks like the PKF version is no longer available from Nicheclips, maybe for this very reason, but buyers should still make sure they’re getting the version they want.

Overview: Five girls at a slumber party are watching The Cell while the killer sneaks into the house. Houston goes to a bedroom and at 4:10 the killer grabs her and hand strangles her on the bed. At 8:15 she’s dead, and the killer hides her body in some laundry when Emily comes up the stairs. The killer ambushes Emily and hand strangles her on the carpet. At 13:10 she’s dead and he carries her into the bedroom. At 13:45 he tosses her on the bed, strips her, and fondles her. At 15:15, he pulls himself away, unsatisfied. We get about twenty seconds of body pans before he leaves. At 16:30, Heidi gets ambushed and strangled on top of the washer/dryer. At 19:50 she’s dead, and the killer carries her back to the bedroom and lays her beside Emily. He strips and fondles her for about a minute. At 21:40, he ambushes Keeley and hand strangles her on the carpet. At 26:30 she’s dead. He strips her and starts loving her up, but gets interrupted. He carries her into the bedroom and tosses her on the other side of Emily. For about forty seconds we get some body pans on the three dead girls on the bed. At 29:30, Summer discovers the room full of bodies and runs. At 29:45, the killer catches up and tosses her to the ground to strangle her. At 32:50 she’s dead. He whips her clothes off and carries her to the bedroom, where he lays her out over the other girls. At 33:30 he starts fondling and then screwing her. At 34:15 we cut to the killer lying amongst the girls, and the camera draws back until 34:40, when we fade to credits.

Stranglings: There are five stranglings in the video, so I’ll just give my general thoughts without have to run through them. I think Keeley’s scene was the best. The scene plays out very nicely, with Keeley struggling vigorously and looking delicious. Heidi and Emily also struggle well and look adorable in their jammies. Summer has great expressions, but she just sort of flops around rather than struggle very realistically. The Houston scene was the weakest for me, with a rather mediocre struggle. It’s not bad, but I would have been fine if this one had been left out. Due to the number of victims, the stranglings are fairly brief, but don’t feel rushed. I don’t require really long, drawn-out stranglings, so this was fine for me. All told, there’s three really good stranglings, and two that might be more or less appreciated depending on your taste.

Sex/Fondling
: The killer spends most of the video being denied the opportunity to get very far with each victim. He grinds each girl’s hand against his crotch as he kills her, then strips and fondles her body, but doesn’t get much beyond light petting for each of the first three girls. He gets pretty erotic with Keeley, and in the full version he apparently starts to get a necro BJ, but in this version we just see the killer from behind sitting on Keeley’s face. Finally with Summer he gets all the way. I like the way he whips her clothes off with one swipe and then throws her on the body pile for some sex. Unfortunately in the sex scene in this version is very abbreviated, and the camera focuses too much on the killer during the short time that it lasts. For me, I wanted a lot more from this scene, so it’s very frustrating. Ultimately, while a good amount of time is spent with post-mortem fondling, this is not the video, or at least the version of the video, if post-mortem sex is what you’re after.

Other: I really like how the killer keeps adding victims to the bed, building himself a collection of hot bodies in various states of undress. The girls look deliciously lifeless and all have great death stares, making quite a scrumptious scene. The presentation is a little like a horror movie, with some occasional cinematic camera tricks between the killings. I especially liked the hint of a subtle “party music” soundtrack as the smirking killer brings Keeley’s body into the bedroom, as if he’s bringing a third guest to his necro party.

Overall: I really like this video a lot, but the lack of a big sex finale is a big let down for me. Honestly if you don’t want sex content in your video, then you’re probably not going to get much out of all the fondling content in this version either. In that case you’re probably better off getting a video that is more kill-centric from start to finish. Still, the stanglings, body piles, and fondling are still a big feast that I’d give an 8.5 all told. If the meal had been seasoned to perfection with a little more sex in the end, I think it could have easily been a 9.5.
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Re: Skeebo reviews PKF - Slumber Party Massacre

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Thanks for the review. I am constantly surprised that it keeps getting such good emails and reviews. It was the movie that almost was not finished. Let me tell you the story....

We had just finished shooting Termination Training that day. The girl had been sitting around in blood for the better part of 4 hours....over 8 hours of prep and production had already gone by. This was meant to be a sleepover and a wrap party (the first and only I ever attempted), but I had on the schedule one more movie "Slumber". It was 9pm, almost 3 hours behind schedule and the girls wanted to party and some of them, I found out later, already started.

So, I started the shoot, opting to do most of it using the natural lighting from the house rather then setting up the soft boxes. That decision, later, I am told by customers, turned out to be part of the appeal of the movie.

Trying to keep several 20-something girls happy that just wanted to relax and have fun, is hard. So, the halfway house scenario I originally intended was--poof, out the window. They all felt that if I put on a scary movie, they could be scared. So I did, and the reaction you are seeing in the movie are real. Fast forward, and first to die was Houston. But, during the strangle scene, she decided she wanted to crash at an ex's house, made a call, and all of a sudden, She had to be killed quick and figure out what to do with her body since it now could not be in my body pile--the main point of making this. Those who see this, now know what I did.

Also, a note about the hardcore content. There was not meant to be any, but what started with Houston started a theme that we applied to the rest of the movie with the girls who were wanting to allow that level of content.

So, moving on, Emily and Heidi were killed, laid on the bed next to Keeley. Then, while shooting with Summer in another room, Emily in conversation with Summer, found out that there were pay difference between girls (at the time girls that had been working longer were paid more). She freaked, wanted to quit. I calmed her down, convinced to to stay. In the meantime Houston had already left and now Heidi, unhappy with the conflict called for a ride. We got back to shooting and were still doing the Summer strangle when the doorbell rang. It was Heidi's ride, which I did not know about yet. Suddenly, Heidi was getting up from her spot playing dead on the bed, wanting to leave. Well, that would have destroyed the continuity of the body pile if one of the bodies dissapeared.

So, I convinced a now really unhappy Heidi to stay for 5 more minutes. We grabbed Summer, shot her ending body pile sequence and finishing shots. Then, Heidi left, Emily stomped off and was waiting for me to take her back to her car--parked at my studio cause she was still mad about the pay difference (I think it was $100 overall). Yes, and I did offer her the higher pay to try to fix it, but she was out of sorts and not backing down.

So, we went back, finished the strangling with Summer and were wrapped.

Now, instead of a fun party, I took grumpy Emily home and went home myself as I was exhausted.

It was the day from hell, but churned out two of the highest grossing movie from my studio. Interesting.

Oh, and all conflicts of that evening were eventually worked out. :-)

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Re: Skeebo reviews PKF - Slumber Party Massacre

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Wow, wild story John...but I have a hunch it is just one of many. :D
Just a comment about this movie...It is almost as good as it gets for me. It isn't over produced or over thought out. It has a very natural feel about it. I like the everyday average girl feel about it. Especially what the ladies were wearing, normal sleepwear that one would think girls of that age would wear.
I definitely liked the handling of the girls after they were strangled. I am glad there wasn't this immediate rush to get them naked seconds after the kill. I thought playing with them a bit where they died and carrying them clothed to the bed was awesome. As for the sexual content, who doesn't like a good necro BJ. I thought the level of sex was fine. All too often these films are becoming more porn than necro.
I also liked the concept of building a pile of babes on the bed. Each one on the bed in the awkward position they were abruptly left in. I would have loved to have seen one of those infamous PKF closing of the films where the victims are panned over back and forth a bit longer. :yes: The only thing that beats a great death stare is several death stares in the same frame. Just my 2 cents....

After hearing that story, I am now even more impressed with the girls acting. Piss off'd, tired and young and they still pulled of a great movie. Actually, that is a fantastic story to share. I mean, it's very grounding. Being on this side of the final product, we(I know I am guilty of it) the fans buying these films may get the impression that hot girls just show up to your door for hours on end begging you to film them dieing in as many ways as you can think of....Oh, and have sex with them too... :D Guess not.
Back on topic, for me this film is fantastic and offers a great deal in content for what I look forward to in future movies. Thanks John
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