From The Editors of The Turbot Tribune

To all those expecting a review of Deadly Intruder, we apologize. Sr. Drathmoor did not turn in his column this week.


So, instead!, we are reprinting one of his most beloved reviews: The Last Slumber Party.

Enjoy!

The Last Slumber Party

Playing at the Rialto all this week is a film that you have to see: The Last Slumber Party. This one cuts away all the extras and, hey, if it is The Last Slumber Party, you don't want to miss it. Come with me and we'll learn more about ourselves and others.

Now the plot: A madman staying in a low-security hospital room steals a surgical mask and scalpel and starts to kill with reckless, and yet controlled, abandon. Cutting a swath of dead to the head doctor's home where his daughter is having the wildest slumber party ever. In his wake, he leaves a trail of cut throats.

Shower me, sweet Hollywood! Your love is manna, pure & beautiful! The death, the dreams, the twisty and turny plot...Let's go a little deeper...

Chris, the young but heavily bagged-under-the-eye female, has a dream that actually anticipates some of the killings. Follow me...The film goes along. Then, Chris calls from her bedroom. She talks to Linda, they discuss things, then she hangs up...and falls asleep and dreams the slumber party. Then, somewhere within the party, she has another dream of a surreal nature that clues her in to what's going on. She wakes up, still in the dream, and the film goes until her throat is slit, I think. Then, she wakes up and we enter the real world of this fictional piece of thing. This is so wild!

The killer is interesting. He slits throats so fast that sometimes they don't bleed until he's finished the job. He sure is nuts. (You can tell - the eyes.) There's a strange think I like - this odd moment where he comes towards the viewers with his scalpel out. It happens six times. I almost continually don't know what to make of it. It's rather thrilling when it happens. I'm thrilled now sitting here. I'm kidding, of course. Where was I?

The other characters. The guys. Three guys. All with elaborate hair. And, there you go. Then, there's Science. Who was he? Why was he? He is intriguing. He dresses in hospital scrubs when he's a high school student seen studying anatomy. Why? Well...I just don't know. And, the other two girls. Boy, they're sure at this party! What about that Doctor? Every word he speaks you wanna know what he has to say! What a cast this is!

I wish I had the space to cover every scene but it is such a rich tapestry and we only have a limited amount of space. So much good stuff. I'm going to leave it to you to find what you need, lesson-wise. See The Last Slumber Party. If it was, it was a hell of a time.