 
A group of
murders have taken place at a cheerleader camp
forcing the place to be shut down for two years
and once it reopens a juvenile delinquent goth
girl Nikki (Roxy Vandiver) is forced to
attend after being released from jail as a part
of her rehabilitation.
Life doesn't seem good for her since she clashes
with the popular girls there lead by Rachel
(Julin) as well as the head stuck up cheerleader
camp counsellor Lindsay (Amy Morris) who has a
good eye on her for breaking any rules.
What these girls weren't aware of before going to
the camp was that the killer was never caught and
many locals arounfd the area warns them all that
they will never survive.
This killer seems to do away with these
cheerleaders one by one mainly using an axe as a
weapon.
Nikki and the other survivors become allies in
order to try and survive the night that this
killer wearing a goofy mask is having fun by
slaying these campers away as everyone is a
suspect and no one is to be trusted.
While hearing about the title and
seeing the box cover you kinda wonder if it's one
of those typical bad camp movies you see these
days that has a weak plot and bad acting which it
seems to start out that way with the prologue on
two teens making out near a tree which seemed so
wooden on how you watch them perform and then the
killer does them in raising his axe in the air
and explosing a full moon outside which I thought
was a nice cool touch to the film.
Then we see a nagging mother taking her daughter
and her friends to the cheerleader camp which
seemed badly written on how everything was done
and odd moments like the mother not paying
attention and swerving her car after someone
nearly crosses a muddy dirt road in the rain
which was supposed to be a jumping moment but
wasn't quite there. Yet you are in suspense
wondering if this vehicle will crash into a tree
or not.
Then there's a moment with a snobby cheerleader
walking to the camp ignoring her Mom when she
tells her that she loves her which seems
disturbing that she is trying to be loving and
this bitch doesn't care but yet she becomes the
first victim to be killed after the camp reopens
since what has happened. However this killing
looked fake but yet the killers hands and feet
are only revealed which the uniform he's wearing
looks like a Michael Myers outfit which seemed
quite cool.
Then the fun starts with a fruitcake cheerleader
camp counsellor named Lindsay intriducing herself
to everyone which was well written in a tongue in
cheek type of fashion. It kinda looked like some
similar elents that was used in the awful 1987
flick Cheerleader Camp but more
entertaining. It was pretty bad but so bad it's
good. Then there's the camp owner named Mrs.
Haddenfield, which was a perfect last name
thinking about the cult classic 1978 flick Halloween in, talking about the rules which at times was
hard to be taken seriously by what she tells
them. At the same time the moments looked
strictly told.
Then there's more good stuff you see in this film
like a caretaker named Jake who seems violent
with his work in which we need someone like this
as a suspect to the slashings but yet we all know
it would be too obvious that he'd be the killer.
Some of the mysterious killings seemed quite
phony looking in which you see a plump
cheerleader calling towards someone behind a
cabin area and then she goes behind the cabin and
you hear the sick slaying that this killer does
which I was thinking to myself "C'mon this
needs to be more convincing."
The story picks up in a better fashion as one of
the cheerleaders boyfriend sneaks into the girls
cabin in which the rules that there were no
visitors allowed and he tries to hide from the
bitchy Rachel which offers some laughs with the
lines that were told in the film.
I also loved the make out scene with the
boyfriend and girlfriend making out in a washroom
outhouse area which seemed very realistic and the
writing used here was more improved compared on
to how the story started off. Of course he
doesn't have a condomn on him so she asks him to
get one from his car and right away you think to
yourself that this is a bad idea as he will be
the killers next victim to slay. In order to
survive a horror film never go outside alone in
the dark for anything cause you're almost
guaranteed to die.
There's even teenagers smoking dope which we need
something like that for a teenage slasher film
especially if it's taking place at camp. I got a
good laugh by all that was happening there along
with Lindsay catching them in the act which
leaves a good sinking feeling that they're gonna
face some consequences. Yet it's hilarious with
what she does afterwards whenever she takes the
stuff away from them that they're not allowed to
do as the rules that they need to follow. Alot of
the story here showed some great timing with the
dark comedy. I just laughed my ass off.
Then the fun really gets going with the more
people being put away by this killer in which he
wears some sort of a funny mask which seemed like
a cross between Michael and Jason. Plus there's
many characters that seems like possible suspects
for the film too making it hard to trust any of
the locals around the area which makes the film
looks nice and mysterious with the locations on
the rest trying to survive the massacre. Plus
there's a thunderstorm which causes a power
outage at the camp too as this was a great touch
to the film.
Bottom line is this film is like a cheesy spoof
on something like Friday the 13th mixed with other types of elements too. It's not
as bad as it seems in which this seems pretty
well done in the beginning of the story and
during the end it opens a door for a sequel in
which I hope they make one since there were many
fun touches throughout this movie.
The acting seemed bad at first but
yet alot of these cast members seem to get with
it when the story rolled on.
Roxy Vandiver (Nikki) really brought a great
serious tough girl attitude onto the set as a
person doing probation work after being in jail
in which she really brought alot of great energy
and aggressions to her role. She certainly
studied her part quite well and never lacked a
moment in what she did in the film. She's
passable portraying a character actress. A great panicking reaction with her on a cliff not knowing what to do while she is
running away which looked highly energised.
Julin (Rachel) certainly knew on how to
portray a typical popular stuck up rich girl in
the film plus had the beautiful looks too which
was a nice bonus for the type of role that she
portrayed. She brought out some descent energy
too with everything that she did too.
Amy Morris (Lindsey) was a bit over the top
with her part as the camp counsellor at the
cheerleader camp but yet with what she did it was
necessary since she was quite a character at the
same time. She was a nice part of the story with
the comedy-horror elements used in the story and
seemed to show good timing with her bitchy and
outrageous behavior. There's a moment with her screaming
out loud out of surprise which looked comedically
performed as that was impressive even if I thought
it didn't fit the story. She acts kooky and trying to show some spunk by
what's going to happen in which this looked well
done when instructions are told at the camp. A good moment scolding others when she enters their cabin
after finding a whiskey bottle which seemed well
done with her bitchy attitude. Another scene she is snatching a cigarette away from her fellow actress and then
getting sharp with her which looked highly
energised. There's a great moment with her telling the girls after being caught smoking dope
what is going to happen which looked believeably
performed as well.
John Paul Burkhart (Brent) seemed a bit
corny with his performance as a gay male camp
counsellor but yet seemed to know on how to
portray this with the right moves and the gay
attitude which makes you wonder if he really is
like that. All in all he could be well remembered
in this film. He just seemed a bit silly that's
all.
Brandon Smith (Sheriff Todd) was quite goofy
as a redneck type of officer in the flick but yet
he certainly drew attention onto the screen quite
well with what he did in his performance making
him a perfect suspect with his aggressions in the
flick. He was a nice key member to the story in
it for sure even if his role wasn't very big.
John Lansch (Jake) was uncredited in this
film for some silly reason cause he was another
good key role to the story as the caretaker at
the camp in which he had the right masculine and
freaky looks as well as a good quietness to his
part in the flick. Oh well he knew his stuff
whether he was credited or not.
Although this fellows role was a brief supporting
role I had to mention him Phil Leggett (Mitch)
really drew attention to the screen as a stocky
but good looking guy next door with a terrific
outgoing charm along with some good wit to
everything that he did. I found him to be the
best actor in this film and it could be a
stepping stone to bigger roles in other low
budget flicks or even bigger one's. Two thumbs up
for this guy.
Sarah
McCulley does a little flash near a tree
exposing her breasts
Sarah Vandiver takes off her top to change
into a new shirt in a cabin fully exposing her
breasts. Later on her top is lifted up while
being molested by the killer with her breasts
briefly exposed.
Katy Rowe lifts up her shirt with her
breasts hanging out in an outhouse.
A person's stomach is torn open
Many bloody axe stabbings
Bloody knife stabbings through the stomach
Violent bloodsheds on people's bodies
A knife is stabbed though a girl's head
A sharp object is stabbed through a girl's eye
Blood is splurting out of a sheriff's mouth
An axe is stabbed in the back a couple times
There's some good
creepy tones in this film with screechy metal
sounds as well as some scraping noises too. Plus
there's some low violin bass type music too for
the moments with the killer. There's some metal
guitar riffs during the ending credits along with
some techno sounds too which seemed necessary for
this type of a film but wasn't in my tastes at
all.
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