Off the back of the success of John Carpenter's Halloween, there was a boom of teen horror movies

through the 1980s, many of which focused on a group of teenage girls being menaced in their home

by a deranged stranger. One of the most interesting of these teen splatter movies was The Slumber

Party Massacre, a film which, due to Roger Corman's producing, included much of the schlock and

male gaze that one might come to expect from this subgenre, but also being written and directed

by women, it was doing something smarter and more subversive that audiences might have initially

expected. Meanwhile, 10 years later in the early 90s, director Fred Walton decided to cash in on

the glut of teen horror movies that had dominated the previous decade by making a long-awaited sequel

to his 1979 classic When a Stranger Cools. This was a cheap made-for-TV sequel about a young girl

being stalked whilst babysitting, and it didn't appear to bring anything new or interesting to the

table, but with its returning cast members and Fred Walton's incredible control of pacing and

tension, it's since become considered among horror fans to be one of the most chilling and fun

horror sequels of the 1990s. Join me as we continue exploring the evolution of home

invasion, and we discuss the slumber party massacre and when a stranger calls back.

Welcome back to the evolution of horror. My name is Mike Munter, and as ever I am your host.

In this podcast, we explore and dissect the history and the evolution of the horror genre

one sub genre at a time. We are currently in the middle of our ninth season exploring the

evolution of home invasion movies, and this is part 13. This week, as that intro suggested,

it's a really fun pairing. We are going to be talking about 80s slasher classic, the slumber party

massacre, and early 90s, not so classic, when a stranger calls back. So joining me to discuss

these two brilliantly weird movies, I've got a brand new guest. You may recognise him as a

regular contributor on Stevie Webb's Brain Rock podcast, and it's a pleasure to finally get him

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