Biography

Michael Villella was born on April 8, 1940 in Dearborn, Michigan, USA. He was an actor, known for The Slumber Party Massacre (1982), Amazing Stories (1985) and Wild Orchid (1989). He died on November 23, 2024 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Villella often met fans on the convention scene, keeping the memory of Thorn's drill-wielding on-screen murder spree alive in the hearts of horror-movie enthusiasts.

Studied under Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler.

Michael Villella was an American film and television actor.

Hie had appearances in the erotic thriller "Wild Orchid," starring Mickey Rourke and Carré Otis, and its sequel, "Wild Orchid II: Two Shades of Blue.".

He was perhaps best known for playing power drill-wielding serial killer Russ Thorn in the 1982 film The Slumber Party Massacre. Villella became an immortal part of the slasher lexicon. He brought realism to the blood bath, distinguishing himself from the other masked killers of the post-Halloween slashers. Slumber Party Massacre was somewhat of a parody of those early thrillers, indulging and exaggerating the explicitly phallic weaponry while making its teen victims actual girls who like spending time with each other.