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Michael Villella, ‘The Slumber Party Massacre’ Star, Dies at 84


Michael Villella, the actor known for playing the killer Russ Thorn in the cult classic 'The Slumber Party Massacre,' has died. He was 84.

Michael Villella, the actor known for playing the serial killer Russ Thorn in the cult classic “The Slumber Party Massacre,” has died. Villella made his onscreen debut as the drill-wielding killer in 1982’s “The Slumber Party Massacre,” also starring Michelle Michaels and Robin Stille. The film, directed by Amy Holden Jones and written by Rita Mae Brown, was originally meant to be a parody of the slasher genre but ultimately became a straight horror movie.

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