Camp Blood 8: Revelations

If you expect nothing and you will get what you want

Seeing that this is apparently the 8th film in the franchise and not having watched any of the previous seven. Expected nothing based on the cast and overall plot of the film. Right from the start we see how low the budget is with its camera angles, picture quality and subpar acting. Has the feel of a homemade movie. The poster art of the film looks decent enough but doesn't represent the quality of the film.

With these low budget slashers that attempt in being serious. It is hard in taking serious considering how bad the effects are and how amateurish the acting in. An instance of the clown using a machete slightly attacking one of the women resulted in her head being complete taken off. Other stabbings looked very tame. Their deaths looked weak as they would just fall down slowly.

The highlight is possible the lead woman. The clown is completely unscary or terrifying in any way. Entirely one dimensional. There are plenty of these type of films out there that are far superior and offer anything of substance.

Okay, so truly appreciate the majestic horror of Camp Blood 8 you really need to see numbers 1-7.

Just kidding... I don't even know if there is a 1-7, but if there is I would fully expect them to be much the same as 8... schlock, pure and simple. Terrible acting, effects, plot, cinematography, lighting, costumes, sound effects, characters, really badly done gore, cheap boob shots in the spirit of pure exploitation, all set in run of the mill roadside green strips and living rooms... a truly B-Grade flick all the way. But that is completely what it sets out to be, so even as I give it a generous 2 rating as a movie experience, if you want a truly terrible B Grade flick (which to be honest is what I expected when I watched it... I mean come on... CAMP BLOOD... 8???), then you might give it a 5 for what it is.

As a trash B title it deserves a 5, I suppose. It isn't uproariously funny but it is ridiculous enough to be worth a laugh here and there... often for more unintentional reasons that intended ones. Even for B movie fans this one might be too much of a weak showing, but different strokes for different folks as the saying goes. Maybe it is the B flick for you. If you are looking for a good movie, though, steer far away from it. But I am sure I don't have to tell you that though.

I mean come on... CAMP BLOOD... 8???

I don't think this movie even deserves one star. One of the worst I've seen. Terrible acting, plot is awful.

This is even worse than Curse of Pirate Death. Or maybe not, I'm not sure, actually. But, yeah - okay - it's even worse: 1) it's more generic (Pirate Death at least had some kind of a novelty aspect to it - for a D grade slasher: the killer was a pirate, or the ghost of a pirate, or whatever he was. This killer is a combination of not one, but two worn-out tropes: killer clown and camp haunting maniac (with serious mommy issues). And 2) this movie was made more than a decade after Pirate Death. Our man Dennis really should have learned a thing or two in the meantime.

However, I would like to point out one thing (in defense, as it were, of Dennis Devine): some people (including a couple of YouTubers who make money from ridiculing crap movies) seemingly think that this movie was just randomly "added" to a non-existing series (as in: it was done for laughs). This is - of course - not the case. There is a "Camp Blood" series of (very bad) horror flicks, and I actually think Devine was approached (by someone, God knows who) to do the 8th installment in said series.

So, that part is legit - so to speak. But the bottom line is: this movie is extremely bad and - like Pirate Death - not redeemed in any shape or form by being "camp" or "so bad it's good". It's just extremely shabby handiwork on all levels. Made in five minutes - and...just WHY?

I'm genuinely intrigued by this. How does it actually work? Who paid for this - and did they get their money back? I'm kinda thinking that...yes, perhaps they actually did. I mean, it doesn't make any sense that a film maker like Dennis Devine keeps going for decades, largely churning out insanely bad movies that make zero profit...and nobody notices. Surely, his movies must somehow turn a profit (for someone). Obviously not a large profit (that seems impossible), but still: a profit.