Camp Wedding

More silly than scary, this horror comedy is more Meatballs than Friday the 13th, a playful stalker mystery that nevertheless is not quite a spoof of horror movies. The madcap storytelling keeps the characters and audience guessing with modern twists, satirizing fad diets, our dependency on our phones, and our natural inclination to overinterpret text messages and social media posts. The setup has fun by knowingly piling on horror cliches like the sleepaway camp being at the site of Indian massacres, witch burnings, and having at least one unexplained camp attendee disappearance. It's a small budget effort with a limited cast and a single setting. Good for a slumber party with friends who don't like anything too scary.

I'm willing to bet dollars to pennies that these other reviews were bought and paid for by people tied to the movie. This film was one of the lowest of low budget trashterpieces I've seen in a good decade. The practical effects look like someone fired the makeup artist and just sent one of the interns on a Dollar Tree run and gave them a promotion for a few hours. The acting was so ridiculously thespian that I was waiting for the house lights to come on mid-film. And the editing...why do low budget films feel the need to hang onto long dialog pauses? Edit that stuff out and move to the next line and/or scene already. The humor had a few small puns that exerted a snide chuckle here and there but it was mostly sophomoric at best; we're talking freshmen level National Lampoon here. Don't get bamboozled, folks.

Yep. This was a super cheesy flick.

Was there even one drop of blood? I don't think there was.

However, there was a lynched Cabbage Patch doll, a Teddy Ruxpin, a walkman, cassette tape, polaroid camera and a gluten-free knife.

This was just a no.

The only reason I'm giving it 2 stars is because it did a good job at making the cell phone screens and conversations easy to see and read. That's a little thing that gets on my nerves but they did a decent job with it.

Everything else was a big NO.

The movie was fun and the acting was decent but the characters were annoying. The ending wasn't satisfying and it felt rushed. The beginning of the movie showed so much promise but overall I was let down. There are some really funny parts but that's just about it.

But this wasn't funny. It was just dumb. And I'm not even a snob when it comes to humor. I liked Scary Movie. I liked Scary Movie 2! This movie was just too low and gross.