Motor Home Massacre

This film could have been a return to form for the slasher genre. With a plot similar to so many of the 80's slasher gems, I had at least some hope for this film when I popped it into my DVD player. Sadly, those hopes quickly vanished as I began to watch amateur,sloppy film-making at it's worst. And that is really too bad, because with a better director and production team, and certainly better actors, this film could have been decent. Hell, I could have made this a better film with everything I noticed that was wrong.

The plot is simple slasher cliché: a group of friends take a motorhome trip for the weekend, only to come upon a campsite, where the night before a couple was brutally butchered. They are told since they *may* be suspects, that they need to stay put. It isn't long before they begin getting picked off one by one by a ridiculous looking masked killer. The filmmakers seem confused about what kind of film they really want to be making: a comedy? a slasher film? a drama? This leads to many scenes that could have and should have been suspenseful becoming a laughable mess. Suspense is lacking throughout the entire film, particularly in key scenes when suspense should have been crucial. The setting of the film is actually pretty creepy, and a better director would have capitalized on that. Instead, most of the film's action takes place in well-lit areas that seem to be right off the side of the road. There are virtually NO stalk sequences, which should be a staple to any good slasher flick. There are also some pretty large plot holes and goofs...the most obvious being the disappearing and reappearing vest and tie combo of the main male lead. From reading other reviews here, I am glad to know I am not the only one that noticed that. Which leads me to wonder if the director and editor even watched the film after they shot it. After all, if I and others could spot this on our first viewing, it should have been painfully obvious to the crew. And the scene at the end where this same male lead gets attacked and hacked on the chest and arms about 2 dozen times with a large machete, only to appear with just a few spots of blood on his arms is just TOO ridiculous to ignore.

The acting is pretty bad, from every one involved. Laughably bad, at some points.

It's really sad that this film COULD have been a lot better. With a name like "Motor Home Massacre," slasher fans should at least expect to see a decent movie. And what takes place in this film is hardly a massacre.........Please don't waste time or money on this unless you want to witness how NOT to make a slasher film. A huge disappointment. 2 out of 10

I expected nothing from this film other than a way to help me recover from my three-day 35th birthday celebrating, a day I spent watching films in bed. I expected even less from it once that horrible "I'm a trucker" main titles song was played. The Roger character was the worst of the bunch for he was so over-the-top obnoxious and revolting that he'd not be anyone's polar-opposite friend at their age. Therefore, the very set up that these "types" (wigger, sexist pig, dweeb) would be still be friends as adults is ridiculous.

You have to understand that this is actually a comedy, which became evident once the dweeb fantasizes that when the girl in bed slowly, teasingly lowers the bed sheet, she reveals not her breasts but a report card featuring two A+'s.

However, it's a very trying film to sit through. I think I stopped it at one point to check e-mail. Even for low-budget, there are scenes which are just so stupid they're not even bad-enjoyable. Case in point: the convenience store scene. This seemed written by two 14-year-olds. Dreadful. And note how the owner tells them how there was a murder "last night" and concludes his tale by stating that "they never found out who did it." Ah, speed investigations...

In fact, I'd be surprised if the script HADn't been written by various persons for there seemed to be different styles of writing. In contrast, a tied-up-in-bed scene produces an amusing conversation during the fishing-out of a pocket knife from the male's pants.

Justin Geer, who played the dweeb, was fun to watch, for he actually can act. Tanya Fraser, the black girl whom is twice befriended, was good, and game even when being referred to as "tar baby." She has a very funny scene later in the film involving one of the blondes and a frying pan.

The film gets better, in its bad-self way, as it nears its conclusion for it becomes simply ludicrous and over-the-top. (If one wishes to be let in to the RV before it drives away, perhaps going to the FRONT of the RV where, you know, the WINDSHIELD is, is better than pounding on the back of it.) It's played as a joke by the remaining cast, and if you're drinking and/or toking with friends, you'll chuckle. This is simply a film one cannot take seriously as horror or as a full-on comedy, but I find myself liking it, in a limited way. I'd watch it again with friends on "Bad Movie Night," but skip past certain scenes.

So I consider this one of the worst movie's I have watched. It is so bad that it is funny to watch. I really can't believe Lionsgate produced it. Like people said, their are mistakes like a guy outside of the motor home in a button sweater and going inside with a vest and tie on.... like they shot it in different days. I could be wrong.... it could of been put in their on purpose. People say good gore? The gore is completely fake looking. The acting was yet horrid... good looking girls but they really couldn't act. There are scenes that are just like a soap opera like (girl "when did you pick these flowers?"...guy "right before sunrise baby, when I gave you breakfast in bed!) The things people say at times in it are completely dumb. However I do brag about this movie for how bad it is that people must watch it. Want a good laugh? this is one that will make you laugh

This movie is not worth anyones time. I do not know how Lions Gate produced it and lived. Please ban this from the shelves. If you like this movie then you like it for a laugh. After laughing so long at mistakes then it just sucks. Please do not waste your money. I would not even give this film a 1 .. It is the worst film I have ever seen. Lions Gate produces great films but everyone makes mistakes and this is one of them. This movie has many errors that the director and editor should explain what they were thinking about when they did it. The acting is also completely horrible. Benji and Sabrina are the only plausible actors. Also, what is with the white gangster going smart?

Wow this movie was probably one of the worst movies i've ever seen. It's really not hard to please me when it comes to movies because i like all kinds of movies. Horror and Dumb humor movies probably being my favorite.

I actually found this movie REALLY funny. I still thought it was terrible and i couldn't believe that blockbuster would actually rent out a movie THAT bad. The cover looked like it would be cool and i thought it sounded pretty good from the summary on the back. I laughed through the whole thing though. The ending was terrible and the facial expressions on their faces. I actually paused the TV on their faces making those stupid looks and took a picture. It was like they were trying really hard in the beginning of the movie and then just gave up at the end and decided to make it a comedy ending. (although their trying really isn't good at all)