Not even 30 seconds into the movie, and I already knew what I was in for here. I mean, CGI scenes that looked like they were taken out of "World of Warcraft" and pointless nudity, that pretty much set the standard for the entire movie henceforth. Yet, I still opted to give this 2019 horror comedy from writer and director Dustin Mills a chance.
Needless to say that I had, of course, never heard about "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party" prior to sitting down to watch it. But I have to say that I was initially intrigued and lured in by the movie's cover. But of course I had no idea what I was in for.
The storyline in "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party" was pretty straightforward, but cashing in on essentially every classic horror trope, and borrowing heavily from the "Evil Dead" movies. If you sort of think "Evil Dead", but with an excessive amount of pointless nudity and none of the comedy that "Evil Dead" had, then you essentially have "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party".
The acting performances in "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party" were fairly okay, taking the script and the premise of the movie into consideration. Suffice it to say that the ladies in the movie were cast not for their extraordinary and outstanding acting talents, but for their willingness to do full frontal nudity on the screen.
The dialogue in the movie was not particularly great either. Obviously you're not in for an evening of Shakespearian theater here. However, there were an abundance of references to and from the "Evil Dead" and "Army of Darkness" movies and well as from "Poltergeist", which actually helped to make it bearable to sit through the ordeal that is "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party".
While I am not a prude, I have to say that I don't find excessive nudity, much less pointless nudity, in movies as being properly entertaining. And "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party" had a lot of nudity in it, and it was hard to sit through the movie and take it seriously, as I had to look hard for things in the storyline to cling onto. Nudity doesn't constitute entertainment, unless you're an immature pre-teenager, I suppose.
Some of the effects in the movie are actually fairly okay, and do help to make it bearable to sit through the movie. And then some of the effects were just insanely horrible to look at. And isn't it amazing how someone can die from being struck by a soft pillow? Yeah, that just makes so much sense.
I love how the movie doesn't take itself seriously, especially with one of the girls commenting upon unnecessary nudity in movies catering to 12 year old boys and idiots. Yeah, pretty much exactly what "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party" was. But it is sort of amazing how movies such as this actually get to see the light of day.
"Slaughterhouse Slumber Party" from writer and director Dustin Mills was definitely not a great or outstanding movie in any way. But I am sure that there is an immature audience out there ready to gobble this movie right up. If they had opted to gone for a movie without the excessive amount of nudity, then "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party" would have been a much more enjoyable movie and bearable movie to sit through.
If I have to find something positive about "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party", then it was the obvious nods and homages to "The Evil Dead" movies and "Army of Darkness". There definitely was a love for the Sam Raimi movies and Ash Williams character (played by Bruce Campbell) from writer and director Dustin Mills.
My rating of "Slaughterhouse Slumber Party" lands on a very generous four out of ten stars. Semi-watchable, if you can get past the pointless nudity, but hardly a movie that will ever grace my screen a second time.
