Cupid, the god of love, is burned out. He wants desperately to retire and hand the bow and arrow over to his protégé: the well-meaning, romantic, and completely hapless Ruby.
The Slumber Party Massacre wonderfully combines the suspense of its horror with its commentary on gender, creating a memorable slasher classic that began a horror trilogy entirely written and directed by women.
This short film was an overall creative success.
This documentary moves chronologically through Black representation in horror films, revealing the genre's connections to Black history.
I think these messages and the way they are presented in this small-town in Texas are increasingly more important as the internet/ social media becomes more and more critical and judgemental every day. Love yourself today and every day because as Ru Paul always says: “If you can’t love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love someone else?”
In addition to the cast being delightfully diverse this time around, the film was just loosely-plotted and action-packed enough to keep a casual fan like myself entertained. While I do agree that the writing of Cole left much to be desired for an original character thrust into a preconceived universe, none of the characters seemed particularly fleshed out in terms of personality; however, I think that's to be expected when you're watching a film literally inspired by a video game.
There is no aspect of this film that falls short, except perhaps in minor ways.
