Camp Slaughter
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Movie Reviews of Camp Slaughter
Movie Review: great stuff
Summary: 5 Stars
i initially got this because i was interested in matt dallas' earlier work, but i ended up totally impressed by the movie as well. it's roots are in 80s slashers, with a bit of a modern twist that makes it vaguely hilarious in a good way. it's really well done, even with a slightly odd twist ending. one of my favorites : )Movie Review: People you need to get this movie
Summary: 5 Stars
This film had me dying of laughter on the floor, don't get me wrong it did have good scary scenes and the death scenes are great. People you need to get this movie.Movie Review: Amusing and clever surprise.
Summary: 4 Stars
Camp Slaughter (Alex Pucci, 2005)
Camp Slaughter (aka Camp Daze) is the first real out-and-out slasher flick that isn't part of a series in well over a decade. And not to put too fine a point on it, it may well be the best slasher flick that hasn't been part of a series since the original Friday the 13th; it's certainly the best slasher-flick spoof to come down the pike since 1981's Student Bodies. That said, the market for this movie is going to be those of us who were teens in the eighties and couldn't get enough of low-budget godawful slasher films; everyone else will probably wonder what all the fuss is about. If you're one of us, though, you're going to love this.
The plot: four modern-day young-and-beautifuls get lost in the Maine woods. While spending the night in their car, they witness a slasher killing someone. The next morning, the body is gone, and they find themselves embraced by the rather retro members of Camp Hiawatha, which was probably a scary enough place back in the eighties. They're soon told the reason everyone looks so weird: it's because camp Hiawatha is under a curse, reliving over and over the events that took place when a killer eviscerated the place (if you'll pardon the pun) in August 1981. The counselors know what's happening, and they believe the young-and-beautifuls, being outsiders who have wandered into the repetitive scene, may be able to break the camp out and finally put the souls to rest.
This is great stuff-- though, like I said, you already have to be a fan of the genre to get a lot of the in-jokes. It's what Scream might have been had that film not tried to take its postmodern angle so seriously; good, stupid fun where you, as the viewer, know the filmmakers are laughing with you, not at you, but (unlike the similarly brilliant Club Dread) stays enough on the horror side of the fence that the laughs are uncomfortable more than once. Camp Slaughter walks a balance, and does it well. More than that, buried under the deconstruction of the slasher film mores, there's a brain here. You may have to dig to get to it sometimes, but it's well worth the effort. *** ½
Movie Review: Not so awful for direct-to-DVD
Summary: 3 Stars
So, let's start with comparisons to Friday the 13th--some a direct rip-off of the film that so obviously inspired this one:
--film opens with a full moon
--counselors singing
--lurker walks through dark cabin while kids are asleep
--1st kill: cam freezes on girl's face; screen goes white
--opening credits: logo comes at screen, breaks glass
--opening credits: director credit comes at screen; screen goes white
--"The Present" appears at bottom of screen in next scene
--kill: strap around head, tightened with wooden stick. Direct rip from F13: A New Beginning
--2 folks speared to bed with pitchfork. General rip from F13P2
--in flashback, boy drowns while counselor sleeps nearby
Ok, ok, I'm a dork, but F13 is my favorite horror flick. I know that the writer/director of Camp Slaughter (aka Camp Daze)was intending an homage to F13, but some scenes in the film step over that line to blatant copying. Other than that, it's a fair horror flick given the low budget and mediocre--if sometimes atrocious--acting. Great early-1980s look. The premise is decent, but I wish a little more care had been put into the execution.
Movie Review: Not that bad!
Summary: 3 Stars
Okay, I know I'm in the minority here, but I honestly didn't think the movie was that bad. Maybe I just had low expectations. Don't get me wrong. This is definitely not the best movie ever, but I don't think it is the worst either. Yes, the acting is amateurish and some of the camera work is awful, but I thought the overall story line was interesting and some of the death scenes were cleverly staged. It reminded me a lot of some of David DeCouteau's films with its subtle (and not so subtle) hints of homosexuality and gratuitious shirtless guys. If you have a good sense of humor and don't expect too much, this film is worth viewing.