Let's get this out there first and foremost: if you don't have an appreciation for crappy 80's slasher movies then you will definitely despise Sleepover Nightmare. Although made in 2004 this not only plays out exactly like a slice 'n' dicer from that decade it also pretty much looks like one too as the low-budget production values deceive the eye.

Starting in true slasher movie fashion as a van transporting our baddie from an insane asylum ends-up flipping quite impressively in the air (in fact it seems writer-director Boon Collins has quite an affinity for flipping cars, or having people launched high in the air when hit by them, because he does it about three times during the course of the movie) and letting our lunatic loose.

That's too bad as a group of twenty-somethings just so happen to be having a weekend house party nearby and become perfect fodder for our long-haired, dirty, and straw hat sporting nut job who's apparently that way because years prior he caught his girlfriend cheating on him (this is shown in a cornball flashback that adds absolutely nothing to the proceedings).

So there's a whole bunch of, mostly off-screen, slayings as the promiscuous party guests start getting thinned out various ways. Soon enough though only four people remain at the house (somehow not really worried about the fact they can't find some of their friends) and end-up being stalked and terrorized by our spear adoring baddie. That's right, spear adoring. After claiming it from the stereotypical Scottish caretaker he uses it a whole bunch of times to knock-off his prey - even getting to use it in the finale during an alright scene that has him perched on top of a car stabbing in through the roof.

Sleepover Nightmare is cheap, by-the-book stuff but it does manage to bring some cheesy charm to the table. It never seems to be taking itself seriously, there's a few mildly pleasing moments (the "beer can to the head" isn't bad), and it's pretty bearable - at least until the party ends. Once the party is over and the number of possible victims is reduced it becomes quite a groaner starting with a silly as Hell scene when they first get trapped in the house and continuing all the way to the "it's not over" ending.

It's not a great movie, not even close, but when all is said and done it makes for a dopey timewaster that is best appreciated more for "crappiness" than "horror". There's enough dumb moments here to give you some unintentional chuckles (like the whole "let's rub bums" scene and the fact you can see one girl's chest heaving after she's been killed in a sauna) and it's never boring. But Mr. Collins where is all the nudity? Don't you know slasher flicks have to have nudity? (Chris Hartley, 8/15/05)

Directed By: Boon Collins.
Written By: Boon Collins.

Starring: Hayley Sales, Chad E. Rook, Kristine Cofsky, Richard Olak.