Camp Murder

One Polonia movie always leads to another! This is Mark's tribute to the Friday the 13th with a little Halloween thrown in. I know he already made some of the Camp Blood movies, but that wasn't his own series so I get the appeal in making his own movie.

Lots of Polonia regulars and a hefty dose of gore make this a pretty damn fun and breezy 73 minutes. The mask the killer wears is actually really awesome and Jeff Kirkendall wields a weapon in the appropriately menacing sort of way.

But the most important thing is that Jamie Morgan plays a character named Roxy Rumble and she's a professional wrestler and at one point her and her boyfriend decide to play a game of how long can she sit on his face so she may be the greatest character in the Polonia Universe.

The movie ultimately feels like a proof of concept film that would be shown to investors, and not the actual public. Think if Hatchet had no budget, and the acting wasn't as good. Being someone who was a Polonis fan for over a decade, I can say that this might be his weakest film to date. Overall, it just feels uninspired and boring. The kills, while the gore effects were decent, are just consistently bland, and there was one that felt like he wanted to do the kill in a certain way, but just didn't for whatever reason. And the acting wasn't bad enough to find funny, and the dialog just felt mono throughout the whole film. There were a few funny moments, and I don't regret watching it, but he could do better.

This has to be some of the worst acting I've seen in my life. Honestly, it's probably an insult to the fine thespians in high school plays across the country to compare the actors in this movie to them. Not a single believable portrayal in the whole movie.

Camp murder is a 2021 film directed by Mark Polonia. It follows a group of people with some sort of wrestling background out in the woods when a masked killer starts slaughtering everyone.

The plot in this film is not original but then again, how original can you really get when it comes to masked camp murder type movies. The only thing that I feel is original in this plot is the strange wrestling related love triangle and murder plot involving Kyle Rappaport and Jamie Morgan. Now this is not to say that movies like this are not entertaining by any means, I'm a big fan of the Friday the 13th and Camp Blood Series after all, just not original. The plot flows well and does not drag which is a plus considering the types of movies I've watched in the past.

The acting in this film was at the standard Microbudget Grade. Though not quite at the big budget standard the acting is passable and there is nothing that would take you out of the film. It is fun seeing Kyle playing the bad guy and not just another murder victim so that gives the film a few pluses.

The production design was pretty good in this film. I really like the killer mask in this one it comes across as very intimidating. The effects on the kills come across well with a lot of practical effects thrown in. I feel as Polonia Movies go this one comes across quite well and not rushed in the slightest.

Camp Murder is an ambitious project, trying to stick out in a sea of similar films. While I don't feel the movie rises above the rest, it most certainly treads water with other solid movies of its time and is far from the bottom. You could do worse on a slasher movie night than to put this one in place.

Interesting cast of actors in this one but I actually enjoyed this for a low budget movie. Lighting and sound was above average but the soundtrack was a little irritating at times.