Revenge of the Unhappy Campers

First let me say the video cover does NOT do justice to this thriller. So, if you come across this one and are a fan of slashers, pick it up and rent it.

OK, I'm a big fan of B-movies. This is cheesy and funny and I loved it. The special effects are pretty cool. Plenty of random gratuitous breast, penis and butt shots. The last twenty minutes or so featured what I think is one of the best chase scenes between the heroine ( forgot her name) and the killers. Not rated, but if it was rated R, it would be for graphic violence, grisly images, strong language, one very strong sex scene, nudity and adult themes.

Not great, not bad, just okay. Bunch of counselors meet grisly deaths in Friday the 13th fashion. Most of the girls are strong willed, but bitches while the guys are merely fodder for the killer. Nothing new here, just fairly well done. Just watch for the different ways people die, none are alike. This movie has all the typical nudity and then some. All of the young cast takes their clothes off at one time or another. There are comedy bits here and there provided by Ms. West, plenty of gore and decent acting. Something I really didn't like about this one was the hatefulness and nastiness towards men.

There are a couple of surprises along the way, but nothing new.

This movie begins with two counselors: Vicky and Ben (Stacy Ann Wilkins and Reuben Rox) walking in the woods looking for a perfect spot to have sex. After they are done, she decides to go swimming, he goes back to the camp, the camera follows him to the cabins where we meet some of the male campers: Angel, Oscar and James (Terrence Baker, Pedro Gutierrez and Michael Cruz), we also meet counselor Ned (Christopher Williams) who happens to be smoking pot in the bathroom. Once he is finished he walks out of the cabin bumping into fellow counselor Candy (Suzanne Hart), she's on her way to the girls cabin and as she enters we can tell they are already up, all of them are in the shower: Urzula, Sue, Chelita and Minnie (Jill Meyers, Candice Sharp, Maya Tesashita, Liza Moore). This was a very lenghty shower sequence inter-cut with the guys showering at the same time.

At the dining hall we meet the camp's owner Mrs Gere (Lynne West), nurse Tina (Alison Cuffe) and two more counselors: Gus and Mimi (Kent Gregory, Deborah Jolson). As campers and counselors are eating breakfast a fight breaks out between Angel and James, counselors Ben and Gus separate them, in the process Gus is cut with a knife, nurse Tina tends to him, they go to her office and make out.

I guess all these scenes were for the audience to learn a little about all of the characters and they succeed as we quickly discover who are bitches, spoiled rich kid, the drug addict, the nice counselors, the counselors who don't give a damn, etc.

And now the body count:

1= Counselor Mimi - knife through mouth, little blood.

2= Camper Angel - off-screen stabbed in eye with icicle, no blood.

3=Counselor Ben - stomach slashed with machete, guts come out.

4=Counselor Vicky - machete on shoulder while naked, some blood.

5=Counselor Gus - ax buried in chest, quite bloody.

6= Camper Chelita - ax to the head, little blood.

7= Counselor Ned - beaten to death with shovels.

8= Camper Oscar - drowned in lake.

9= Nurse Tina - leg chopped off, lots of blood.

10= Mrs. Gere - stabbed in the stomach with knife, bloody.

11= Camper Minnie - off-screen, found dead on bed, throat cut open.

12= Camper James - hand chopped off, foot stabbed with knife, scalped with machete, very bloody.

I searched for this movie everywhere on the internet and finally bought myself a copy, I WAS NOT DISAPPOINTED. The low budget is kind of obvious at times, it really doesn't matter 'cause the film is well done. Most people seem to like the scenes with the skinny dipping girl in the blood soaked lake and the fat lady who is always eating something, but my fave scene has the nurse (AAlison Cuffy) trying to save her boyfriend (Kenneth Greg) in the woods after they are attacked and his guts come out of his stomach, I believe this was the most intense scene in the movie, other gory scenes that were good were the asian girl's (can't remember her name)head split down the middle and the cabin smeared with tons of blood.