This Blu-ray transfer looks good considering this movie was churned out by the Corman factory and it comes with several nice supplements.
-"Sleepless Nights: Revisiting SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE" (23 mins)
Great retrospective doc which features interviews with cast and crew from the SPM films as well as critics and other writers. Director Amy Holden Jones speaks a bit about her introduction into the Corman machine via some help from Martin Scorsese. Apparently she had shot some scenes from a script called 'Don't Open The Door' as sort of an audition/calling card to show Roger that she was capable of directing for him. It worked, but as opposed to being asked to shoot another film, Roger wanted her to finish that one. There's also lots of insights into the processes of the various actors and other details of the production and how it was received at the time.
-"Rigg Kennedy: The Man Next Door" (13 mins)
Actor Kennedy (who plays the next door neighbor in SPM), reflects on his earliest memories of being a performer and how he found his way into SLUMBER PARTY MASSACRE and his recollections of working on the movie. He also recites a an original poem and he gets pretty into it.
Also included is a solid audio commentary track with director Amy Holden Jones, and actors Michael Villella & Debra De Liso. There's lots of detail here starting with locations
Director Jones is obviously intelligent and very well spoken so she has a lot of interesting things to say.
The only minor downside to the track is that I found the moderator to be not the greatest I've ever heard (seems somewhat unprepared resulting in some dead air), but the participants make the best of the situation and the track is worthwhile overall.
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