High School Slumber Party

Alicia Silverstone in 1995 looking for clues? Count us in! Our true crime expert Alexander Schroeder is back to talk about the appropriately titled True Crime, also starting Kevin Dillon. Despite Alex's best efforts, True Crime is a hard case to crack and may leave you with a bit more questions than answers. 

Brian welcomes his slumberers back for a part 2 of 2 sleep over with guests Kate Hudson and Mike Manzi as they continue their wine fueled conversation on 1983's Valley Girl staring Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman. Kate continues championing director Martha Coolidge's vision for Valley Girl from her soap box before descending into a fun tornado of chaos in which she tells us how Valley Girl changed her life forever and mentions Keith Coogan a ton of times despite him not being in this film. Also, find out which Valley Girl star reached out to fact check us on some of the errors in part 1!

Like oh my God! Our two most seasoned guests Kate Hudson and Mike Manzi hop back in the sleeping bag to talk about the early 1980's teen classic Valley Girl staring Nicolas Cage and Deborah Foreman in part 1 of a 2 part conversation. Directed by Martha Coolidge, this totally awesome film deserves way more credit that it gets today so be prepared for Kate, Mike and Brian to hop on their soap box for this one! Also listen for some soundtrack talk and an Afterschool Special tangent! If you think this episode is bitchin', part 2 is going to be even more awesome this Friday.

¿Qué lo que primos? It's a cousin reunion on High School Slumber Party as Brian's cousins Pumkin and Michael Conrad Tavarez stop by to chat Netflix's Vampires vs. The Bronx. This new film by director Oz Rodriguez (no relation) inspires a lot of Dominican and NYC pride in the cousins as they talk about their heritage, gentrification, representation and of course everything that makes Vampires vs. The Bronx so fun. Also, Michael shares how he's brought Dominican street food to Dallas, Texas with his pop-up restaurant; Picadera DFW. 

Joe Two has returned with the gift that keeps on giving; a Lifetime movie! She's Too Young, staring (somewhat surprisingly) Oscar winner Marcia Gay Harden and Alexis Dziena follows the lives of teenage girls and their parents as they deal with drugs, alcohol, parties, peer pressure and of course syphilis. Slumberers, there is a good choice you watched this film in health class! Find out what Joe and Brian think of this Lifetime classic.  

We love watching the movies that inspired the movies here on High School Slumber Party and Over The Edge certainly belongs in that category. Returning guest Galen Howard hops in his sleeping bag to chat about a film that inspired the likes of Kurt Cobain and Richard Linklater. We also chat Matt Dillons film debut, urban planning, soundtrack choices and youth in revolt!

It's Election Day on High School Slumber Party as veteran guests Kyle Reinfried of Foodie Films and Danny Kim step in the booth to debate Alexander Payne's Election. This dark comedy stars Ferris Bueller himself Matthew Broderick, Reese Witherspoon as the ICONIC Tracy Flick and Chris Klein in a debut performance. Danny, Kyle and Brian are here to break down what makes each character in the film so unique and great. Also, find out about a real life student-teacher rivalry between one of our guests and stay tuned for a very special announcement after the episode. 

Come little children as the Sanderson Sisters (played by Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy) have returned to wreak havoc on Salem once again in the cult classic; Hocus Pocus. Brian (somewhat reluctantly) welcomes his wife Nicole DeLuise to the podcast to chat about why she loves this movie so much and why she thinks it continues to put a spell on its viewers today as a Halloween favorite. 

Returning Halloween experts Shawnee Mead and Dan Colon are here to talk about the film the made it fun to be a vampire, The Lost Boys. Staring Jason Patric, the two Corey's (Corey Feldman and Corey Haim), Jami Gertz, Kiefer Sutherland and so many more, The Lost Boys is everything that's wonderful about Joel Schumacher. We talk about all that and more (including lots of sexy sax talk and Tim Cappello tales) for this October fan favorite!

Joey Lewandowski and Austin Wolf-Sothern step into their respective sleeping bags and burry the hatchet (or the "Bratchet") at the slumber party in order to talk about Detention. This film, directed by acclaimed music video director Joseph Kahn; is one of the wildest ones we'll ever discuss on podcast. With easter eggs to make any teen film enthusiast laugh, blood and guts, bears riding spaceships, people turning into flies, time travel and a whole lot of heart, Detention might not be for everyone but it's wonderful enough to bring Joey and Austin together once again.