Title: Camp Slaughter
Actors/Director/Anything Worth Mentioning Right Away: This movie has Matt Dallas in it, probably before he did Kyle XY, a fact which I did not realize until after I had purchased this movie. It should also be noted that after it was filmed, the name was changed to Camp Slaughter and all new artwork was made for the DVD case. This lead there being photos of people not even in the movie on the front of the DVD telling you to watch it. Why the original actors never came back for the chance to be on the cover of this DVD, I do not know.
Introduction: I bought this movie, along with several others, as part of a sale at Games Plus. I believe it came out to be something like $3.33 for it when all was said and done.
Location: Though the main four cast members are driving at first, they eventually end up at a camp, which is where this entire movie then takes place. It could have been shot somewhere else with sets, but most likely someone just knew someone (or called in some favors) and borrowed a camp that wasn’t open and used it while shooting took place.
Plot: A group of kids, in a tricked out SUV, end up stranded off the beaten path only to awake and be thrust back into the 1980’s. It’s totally (haha, totally) a throwback to 1980’s camp movies, but with the whole people getting killed thing thrown into the mix. Anyway, after people start dying, and toward the very end of the movie, one of the characters explains the basic plot of the movie. He was supposed to be watching some kids swim or something, he wasn’t, they drowned, and now every day the camp relives that same day. People can die one day, but the next morning they’ll wake up and be fine. In order for people to get out of this twisted cycle, they need to be replaced by others. It’s kind of like that Bill Murray movie Groundhog’s Day… if the groundhog was trying to kill you.
Acting: This is Matt Dallas’ first movie (probably) and as far as I know, no one else went onto do anything of value. Don’t get me wrong, the 1980’s characters should be over the top, but this just was what it was. Not good enough acting to make you completely buy into the illusion, but not bad enough acting to where you have to laugh at it sometimes (Though you will laugh at it sometimes).
Production: It looks like your basic camp movie. If you told me this was filmed using the same skill set as, say, Wet Hot American Summer, I’d be inclined to believe you.
Sex/Nudity: Not a lot of this. And that’s a good thing.
Special Effects: Much like the acting, these were just middle of the road- nothing stands out. I don’t have a definitive scene in mind of what the best example is in this movie or that one scene you must see, but it wasn’t too cheesy or poorly done either. It just kind of was what it was, which seems to be the mediocre mantra for this entire movie.
Overall Verdict: After viewing it once, I don’t know whether or not I’d want to watch it again. If you like the Matt Dallas appeal or just want to engage in a somewhat interesting horror movie, then, sure, put this one on. It may work its way into one day becoming one of my favorites, because I can’t seem to find anything wrong with it. But I also can’t really find anything good that stands out about it either.
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