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   Professor                  Hamilton (Vincent Van Patten), his girlfriend                  Jamie (Betsy Russell) and his other dorm students                  go away campin out in the mountains but are                  warned by a drunken storekeeper along the way                  named Wino (George 'Buck' Flower) that evil                  demons are resenting in the area. The gang is also troubled by a bunch of bikers                  lead by Frog (Mike Diamant) but still they go on                  their trip only to discover that near a cave of                  the woods there's an evil Druid (Tin Ron) with                  his lake monster who plans to do sacrifices with                  a virgin woman due to a legend of the apocalypse                  happening before the millenium occuring.
 
   The                  beginning seemed to look incredibly trashy when                  we spot dorm girls getting up in the morning and                  taking off their clothes to try and take a shower                  as well as focusing on bathing their bodies too                  since we often see this in those typical cheesy                  low budget horror flicks. Almost reminds me of                  spotting something in Slumber Party Massacre or Sorority House Massacre on how this was all set                  out. Plus we have others whom are snobby on going                  to camp with leaving the others behind which                  needed a bit of improvement as it doesn't seem                  natural enough here.We spot a scene with the lead character Professor                  Hamilton teaching his class and using humor but                  again this seemed tway too planned out and not                  looking natural or believeable but what was all                  going on here.
 However things seemed to be entertaining                  nonetheless when someone announces a cancellation                  of a band at a pub and then starts singing                  karaoke which the music sounded groovy but the                  singer seems to be lipsynching when you watch her                  by doing all of this.
 There's a moment when some bikers try to cause                  trouble for Hamilton and his gang of women when                  going travelling up to the mountains as this was                  supposed to look a bit intense but seems to                  weaken a little with the interactions on everyone                  but yet it seemed convincing enough that trouble                  was about to happen.
 We spot a situation with Hamilton and his women                  spotting a campground with an indian warning                  about demons in the woods and not being welcomed                  there as this moment looked a bit amateurishly                  done as this moment was supposed to look serious                  and it fails to do so.
 There's a terribly long and pointless close up                  shots between Hamilton and Jamie when they're                  making out in the doos looking like they're                  taking their clothes off. Ho hum.
 We spot a moment with one of the character's                  Tiffany wandering in the woods and something                  grabs her which was supposed to make you jump but                  misses by a longshot and seemed a little too                  obvious while spotting on what's going on here.
 There's yet a good and intense moment when one of                  the bikers named Speedy getting violent with two                  women in the forest in which this looked                  carefully focused and shot by how this was all                  put together here. Also neat cheesy effects on                  some lake monster approaching and gobbling up                  Speedy as well as nice dark shots on a Druid                  approaching the two women with them screaming and                  nice misty shots as well which certainly adds a                  nice low budget touch to the horror story here.
 Well done moments with Hamilton getting tough                  against the bikers in which there's some nice                  action on all of this as well as good camera                  shots on this too within everything here.
 Nice one liners with Tiffany in a cave telling                  her friends all on what's going on here and why                  the Druid is doing all of this stuff and                  preparing for a virgin sacrifice as it seems nice                  to put into a horror story such as this one while                  we contine to watch on what goes on here.
 Perfect dark and misty camera shots on Hamilton                  being pitted against the Druid as well as good                  close up camera shots on Jamie with the terror                  happening to her as these moments looked fairly                  strong for a low budgeter such as this one.
 There's a moment with one of the bikers in the                  lake and something attacking him while being                  dragged down but this scene looked terribly                  amateurish to watch but yet we spot the lake                  bubbling with blood which looked impressive.
 A great close up moment between the Druid towards                  Tiffany with calm reasoning towards her when he                  forces her to drink something as this looked                  perfectly focused and mysterious to watch as                  well.
 There's a perfect setting when the sacrifice is                  about to happen outside of the cave with neat                  cheesy close up shots on things. Also great                  struggling moments with everyone trying to save                  the women against the Druid which looked                  pwerfully done as well as nice effects shots on                  the Druid being caught on fire and running wild                  when this happens which should entertain all you                  horror fans who are watching these moments occur.
 Bottom line is that it's a film so bad it's good.                  Starts off looking lame but it really improves                  when the horror starts to kick in like the Druid                  attacking or other creepy stuff like that. It's                  definetely a film to enjoy if you like retro low                  budget cheesy horror flicks. The Druid almost                  looked like a tame version of the character from                  Toxic Avenger but this one was way more serious                  than that flick with the odd corny humor in it.                  This flick was close to becoming a sequel to Cheerleader Camp but the makers changed their                  minds thankfully as that film was better left                  buried and forgotten. This story in itself has                  nothing on that one but a couple of the same cast                  members. That's it. Worth checking out if you're                  into enjoyable obscure horror movies.
 
 The acting                  is a little mixed with good and not so good                  performances. Lead actor Vincent Van Patten (Professor Hamilton) seemed to ull it off pretty                  well even if some of the scene's he had to do                  looked fairly cheesy. Tried to add some good                  humor and enthusiasm while teaching his class.                  Also does a good job while trying to be cool when                  the onscreen bikers seem threatening and                  defienetely does a good job while acting tough as                  well letting alot of great energy come out of                  him. Also does well when doing a running around                  or going into battle. He just draws every ounce                  of characteristic's into his part here driving a                  great force here. I found him to be the best out                  of the cast.Betsy Russell (Jamie) seemed to pull of her role                  okay as she adds some nice enthusiasm as the main                  character in the story adding a decent outgoing                  type of behavior as well as really drawing her                  attention to the suspense that's going on around                  her. She for sure let's out some good screaming                  when she is about to be attacked or kidnapped.                  She did what she had to do throughout her                  performance here.
 Peggy                  McIntaggart (Tiffany) got on my nerves a bit as                  she seemed a little too much with her sarcasm as                  whiney type of attitude. Seemed to try too hard                  to get into character but she wasn't overly                  terrible in her performance either. Seemed to do                  okay when acting sick while being forced to drink                  something as well as not too shabby when she is                  in a trance and acting emotionless. That's about                  it.
 Mike Diamant (Frog) seemed to have the right                  masculine looks to portray the biker leader and                  certainly draws his attention onto the screen                  while getting into someone's faces. Yet his                  menacing attitude needed to be a little more                  convincing in which he doesn't seem intimidating                  enough here. Does an okay job with his blocking                  while performing a fight and situations like                  that. Also shows a good sypathetic attitude                  towards close to the end of the movie while                  acting like a hero with what he had to do.
 George 'Buck' Flower (Wino) portrays a drunken                  paranoid idiot as he often plays these types of                  roles and usually does a good job while doing so                  but not so much here as he's way too over the top                  and gets way too carried away with his freaked                  out attitude. I'm sorry but he needed some                  coaching within his character here. Made me                  wonder if he wasn't happy in his part and was                  forced to do his performance.
 Nels Van                  Patten (Speedy) really drew attention big                  time onto the screen with his craziness and                  hyperactive behavior. Shows a perfect cackly                  laughter as he can potray a maniac quite well                  with what he had to do. Really jumped inot action                  a great deal while terrorising someone. He was                  the most energetic one out of the whole cast                  here.
 Tin Ron (The Druid) seemed to really show off his                  presence well while acting monstrous and powerful                  while getting menacing with others as this draws                  your attention. Knew on how to get into battle a                  great deal too with his blocking. Plus shows a                  nice calmness and silent motive in a certain spot                  which adds a nice versatality into his role here.
 
 Numerous actress' who play dorm                  members take off their tops with breasts exposed                  while getting ready for the day and waiting to                  take a shower. Some are exposed in the shower                  with their butts revealed too as well as their                  breasts. 
 A woman's                  throat is slit with fake looking blood splurting                  out during a sarcrifice 
 Some good guitar riffs for when the                  adventureous moments starts to occur especially                  with the bikers wanting to have some wild fun.                  Also we hear the odd hissing sounds as well as                  some cheesy ghostly synthesizer type music which                  fits in for the low budget horrors that goes on                  in the story too. There's alot of drum type                  playing for alot of the struggling moments and                  terrorising that goes on which sounded average                  and could've added more energy to what was                  happening but yet not sounding terrible either.                  There's also some cheesy classical violin type                  synthesizer playing too which didn't seem to do                  too much as well. All in all it really suited the                  story by all that was happening making the story                  enjoyable to watch.                     |