My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (film series)

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My Super Psycho Sweet 16
Directed by Jacob Gentry
Written by
  • Scott Thomas
  • Jed Elinoff
Produced by
  • Alexander A. Motlagh (1)
  • Scott Thomas (23)
  • Jed Elinoff (23)
  • Chris White (3)
Cinematography
  • Thomas C. Bingham (1)
  • Eric Maddison (23)
Edited byMatt Blundell
Music by Ben Lovett
Production
company
Pop Films
Distributed by Paramount Home Entertainment
Release date
2009–2012
Running time
252 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

My Super Psycho Sweet 16 is an American slasher film franchise that comprises three films, and was produced by MTV. Each film follows Skye Rotter, a teenaged outcast, and her friends who are stalked and murdered by a psychopath during a sweet sixteen birthday party.

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Background

Director Jacob Gentry worked on the film with his long-time friend Alex Motlagh. Gentry was not a fan of reality shows, figuring they are "the lowest form of entertainment you have". But once he started watching the series My Super Sweet 16 that the producers were trying to base the first film on, he had a realization that it's the perfect scenario for a horror film. Gentry went on to say he's aware that the film "is clearly in the "slasher genre" where there are rules viewers expect will be followed. It's like playing the blues, you want to give it your spin but you don't want to interrupt the formula too much. You still have to play the blues. In this case, we don't want to reinvent the wheel". [1]

Films

My Super Psycho Sweet 16 (2009)

Madison Penrose, spoiled throughout her life, convinces her rich parents to re-open a nearby rollerdome for her Sweet 16 birthday party. The rollerdome once closed because a series of brutal murders took place at the locale, and, of course, the killer returns to wreak havoc during her party.

Birthday Theme: Madison Penrose (Julianna Guill).

My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 2 (2010)

Skye Rotter is on the run, having fled the Roller Dome massacre from the end of the first movie. With nowhere left to turn, Skye heads to the quiet town of Mill Basin and the mother who abandoned her years ago. There, she meets her younger half-sister Alex and Alex's manipulative best friend Zoe. Skye hopes she's finally found safety in her new family, but she's about to learn she can't outrun her past. While her friends Brigg and Derek desperately try to locate her, the same psycho from the first film comes to town with one bloody mission: to turn Skye's upcoming birthday into a Sweet 16 she'll never forget, turning a weekend rager into the savage setting.

Birthday Theme: Skye Rotter (Lauren McKnight).

My Super Psycho Sweet 16: Part 3 (2012)

Having endured the torment of high school and survived the bloodbath at the Rollerdome, Skye Rotter is ready to break free of "Psycho Skye" and head to college for a new life. But before Skye can truly escape her dark past, there's still one last party she has to attend - her estranged sister Alex is having her Sweet 16, and someone has made certain the Lord of the Rink's bloody legacy lives on. One way or another, the party will end here.

Birthday Theme: Alex Bell (Kirsten Prout).

Cast

Key
CharactersFilms
My Super Psycho Sweet 16 My Super Psycho Sweet 16:
Part 2
My Super Psycho Sweet 16:
Part 3
200920102012
Skye Rotter Lauren McKnight
Lauren EichnerY 
Madison Penrose Julianna Guill Flashback
Alex Bell  Kirsten Prout
Brigg Jenner Chris Zylka
Derek McNameraMatt AngelFlashback
Charlie RotterAlex Van
Olivia WadeMaia OsmanPhotograph
Chloe AndersonSusan Griffiths
Kevin DonaldsonJoey Nappo
Lily McFaddenLeandra Terrazzano 
Mr. PenroseRic Reitz 
Mrs. PenroseKathleen Batson 
Party PlannerChad McKnight Flashback
Zoe Chandler  Stella Maeve
Molly Jennifer Sun Bell 
Courtney Ramirez  Gina Rodriguez  
James "Jams" Feldman Devin KeatonFlashback
Carolyn Bell  Myndy Crist
Ted Bell  Robert Pralgo
Nathan Stillo  Ryan Sypek
Sienna Brooks  Jillian Rose Reed
Nico Velli Niko Pepaj
Leo Fincher  Ben Winchell
Ami Cyrus Onira Tares
Brynn Stone Autumn Dial
Brigg's Dad Roy McCrerey

Crew

Crew/DetailFilm
My Super Psycho Sweet 16 My Super Psycho Sweet 16:
Part 2
My Super Psycho Sweet 16:
Part 3
200920102012
Director Jacob Gentry
Producer(s)Alexander A. MotlaghScott Thomas
Jed Elinoff
  • Chris White
  • Scott Thomas
  • Jed Elinoff
Writer(s)Scott Thomas
Jed Elinoff
Composer Ben Lovett
Director of photographyThomas C. BinghamEric Maddison
Editor(s)Matt Blundell
Production companyPop Films
Distributor Paramount Home Entertainment
Release dateOctober 23, 2009October 22, 2010March 13, 2012
Running time84 minutes85 minutes83 minutes

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