Psycho Sleepover (2008)

2008

Slasher comedy

Troma Entertainment

Web: http://www.troma.com

Reviewer: Bob Estreich

Psycho Sleepover was directed and written and produced by Adam Gosselin and Adam Deyoe.

All the stereotype characters are here in this happy little spoof – firmly virgin teenage maiden, sex-deprived boyfriend, demented axe-wielding killer in a clown suit, shallow mindless girls in minimum clothing, and, of course, buckets of blood.

The town of Murderton is being threatened by a serial killer. Debbie (Rachel Castillo) has accidentally brutally murdered her demanding boyfriend with a knife and an axe over his constant but unsatisfied demands for sex. (“Yes, for the last time, I probably don't have any STDs”). It has turned out that she is a serial killer. So was her Dad.

Some years late her girlfriends have decided to have a sleepover, during which they will sort her out with a boyfriend for the big dance at the weekend. Of course, all the immature boys from the school hear about it and indulge in a bit of peeping and masturbation, so there are plenty of targets around for the coming slaughter. There is all the usual insensitive teenage girlie stuff with lots of boobs, as the girls appear to have only invited Debbie so they can make fun of her. You know they’re going to pay for this.

Debbie reveals her secret crush on her psychiatrist and they invite him to the sleepover. In his haste, the psychiatrist accidentally leaves the gate open at the mental hospital and all forty of the deadly inmates are loose, including the masturbator in the bear suit.

The house is soon under siege by homicidal maniacs who are doing their best to lower Murderton’s population. Inside the house things are no better. One of the girls tells Debbie “we have sleepovers, then we kill our boyfriends”. The psychiatrist “kills to keep others from killing”. Is everyone an insane killer? Well, yes. Even Debbie must kill mercilessly to survive. The party degenerates, as these things do, into a boob- and blood-fest. After all, what would you expect from a Troma release?

The film is actually quite funny and well made for a low budget effort, with lots of twists and turns to the plot. Working out just who is the villain will keep you watching until the very end, and until then you will probably guess wrong anyway. You can forgive some of the slow moments in the plot and the juvenile dialogue, because overall it’s a good romp. It’s everything we have come to expect from Troma, so give it a try.

This review will appear in Volume 2 No.3 (2009) of the digital and print edition of Synergy Magazine.

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