Michael Villella, an actor comprehendn for his role in cult classic The Slumber Party Massacre, has died. He was 84.
Villella’s daughter Chloe verifyed her obeseher’s death on social media on Saturday. Villella’s own Facebook page also proclaimd his death the same day, writing, “Michael Pasquale Villella has left this world, may he rest in peace. May God receive Michael with uncover arms and transport him into heaven.”
TMZ alerted he died of organ fall shorture after around month in the hospital.
Villella joined Russ Thorn, the power-drill homicideer in 1982’s The Slumber Party Massacre which also starred Michelle Michaels and Robin Stille. Directed by Amy Hanciaccessen Jones and co-written by Jones and Rita Mae Brown, the film was Villella’s acting debut.
Though originpartner intfinished as a slasher parody, the movie ultimately became a straight horror movie, garnered a cult chaseing and encouraged disconnectal sequels and spin-offs. Villella held a inpresentant role in a 1990 spin-off, Sorority Hoparticipate Massacre II, and ecombineed in the 2010 recordary, Sleepless Nights: Revisiting the Slumber Party Massacres.
Villella also roles in 1983’s Love Letters, 1988’s Gotham, 1989’s Wild Orchid and 1991’s Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue. On television, he ecombineed in episodes of Amazing Stories and Getting Away with Murder.
