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Cheerleader Camp [VHS]

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3 star:		(12)
2 star:		(7)
1 star:		(3)

 

 

This one is not bad. It's worth watching more than once.

Honestly, more of a comedy than scary--but a weird twist ending that was interesting.

The death scenes were bloodly for the most part. The plot is funny in spaces, character reaction not suitable for the scary situation.

If you want a comedy with a few stabs once in awhile with boobage in your face, then this is for you...a serious horror movie, no way.

Favorite scene: when the sheriff gets it! (I won't spoil it for you).

This movie has so many great memories for me, i remember when i fitrst saw it. It has Lucinda Dickey from BREAKIN'& NINJA 3 THE DOMINATION and Betsy Russell from TOMBOY & AVENGING ANGEL and it is a total gore fest with some of the funniest moments i have ever seen in a camp slasher movie. I recommend this to all summer camp slasher and Friday the 13th fans, it is without a doubt the funniest and most entertaining one you will ever see. The DVD is coming and i can't wait to get it and replace my many viewed vhs copy.

The world of horror flicks branches into many sub-genres; slasher flicks, zombie flicks, and one of my personal favorites, the summer camp movie. Movies from this genre follow the simple plot of teens going to a summer camp, and with that taste of freedom, drinking, sex, and such youthful shenanigans occur. At some point, a mysterious killer appears and starts taking youths left and right. This movie does nothing to expand on this theme, but it's a ripping good time. The main twist of this flick is that instead of a regular summer camp, it's a cheerleader camp. The nudity is gratuitous, the gore factor is pretty light (as compared to many other horror movies, but amusing enough)and the laughs are plentiful. Not necessarily a must see for connisseurs of trash cinema, but definitely filling and worthwhile a viewing or three.

I think this is one of the most fun chessy horror movie from the 80's. Betsy russel the head cheerleader suffers from hallucinations of killing's. Filled with gore and a unbelievable plot cheerleader camp is defintely for those who love horror movies from the 80's like me.

Great cheesy 80's film. You've got to see this one to believe it. Leif Garrett in a horror film? Bring out the 'queso' dip! See this one JUST for the cheese factor - and if you're straight, get it for all the T&A...blah blah blah.

I think Amazon.com should do something against these gratuitious 1000+ word reviews. Eveyone thinks they're Roger Ebert these days. Sheesh.

A new camp called Camp Hurrah just opened for cheerleaders who are practing for the upcoming all-state finals show. One of the newest girls named Alison begins to have horrific nightmares that drive her mad and there's a maniac on the prowl waiting for any victims, could it be Alison or any of the other cheerleaders doing it?

Fun and cheesy 80's made slasher comedy with hot chicks, nudity, and some good kills like the shears scene even though it's low on the splatter-meter. Some Playboy and Penthouse beauties like Teri Weigel, Rebecca Ferratti, and Krista Pflanza star as the gorgeous cheerleaders who show it off even for the viewer, the acting sucks but for a b-movie it's a fun and light-hearted slasher flick worth seeing.

This DVD has decent picture and sound with some fine extras like trailers, alternate title sequence, audio commentary, photo gallery, and poster-and-still gallery.

Also recommended: "Scream", "Terror Train", "Scream 2", "Sleepaway Camp", "Sleepaway Camp 2", "Sleepaway Camp 3", "Friday The 13th series", "Halloween Series", "Madman", "Bloody Birthday", "Urban Legend", "Final Destination Trilogy", "High Tension", "Club Dread", "The Prowler", "A Nightmare on Elm Street", "Freddy Vs. Jason", "The Burning", "Jeepers Creepers" and "Return to Horror High".

This is your stereotypical 80's slasher film. If Chopping Mall is your kind of movie, then this one is for you. With Leif Garrett, this movie actually has someone you will recognize. Typical low budget stuff with enough gore and boobs to keep you interested for most of the film. This follows the usual formula as teens in Cheerleading camp get bumped off one by one, with the big suprise reveal at the end. This one is just okay. If you are a huge fan of the 80's horror, then pick it up, if not, you should rent it first.

Cheerleader Camp is a typical slasher flick, but a lot of fun. It has a cute little twist at the end. I like the characters, the film was done well. The lighting, sound etc. indicate that it was produced seriously and not like some slasher flicks I've seen. Of couse there's some nudity, some grisly deaths, humor and a mystery murderer, plus it's mindless fun. Exactly what I like.

Anchor Bay did the digital transfer. I was very pleased with my DVD. If it's Anchor Bay, expect a quality transfer.

How could a slasher movie from that glorious decade of the '80s, one named Cheerleader Camp, be anything less than pure brilliance? Oh, let me count the ways. For starters, the film makers tried to mix in a lot of teen sex comedy elements into this, which utterly destroys any possibility of suspense or scariness. Then they tossed in (or hauled via flatbed truck) a huge fat guy who moons the camera for a solid minute. Just what I want in a movie called Cheerleader Camp. NOT!

The movie basically has four parts. In the first, the glorious cheerleaders arrive at the camp, meet a few people, then go to their cabins and generally look fabulous. This part is good, except of course we've got the fat guy mooning, and then there's that '70s disco god Leif Garret, the high-school cheerleader with the badly receding hairline. We get to see him sticking a sock in his underwear. Ah, Cheerleader Camp.

In the second part, they switch to full comedy mode. Most scenes do nothing to advance the plot, but are just dumb, time-wasting comedy sketches, like some rip off of Porky's or something. There are a lot of dream sequences, so when a murder takes place, we don't know if it actually happened or not.

The third part is the cheerleader competition, which is pretty lame. The fat guy (he's a cheerleader, LOL) trips over his own flab and our girls lose. They spent the first part of the movie talking about how important the competition was, but now it's just funny to them. This is the kind of awful nonsense that ruins this movie. The characters have no motivation, they don't care, why should we?

The fourth part is a bunch of running around in the woods, again ruined by the fat guy who is now in full comedy mode. It could have been suspenseful and really quite good, there would have been absolutely no effort required to make it so, but they went out of their way to wreck it with their insipid attempts at humor.

Overall, as a comedy it's not funny, it's just incredibly juvenile and stupid. As a slasher it's not scary or suspenseful. It's basically as pathetic as it gets. The cheerleaders - the female ones - are great looking, and that's the only thing keeping this mess from getting the one star rating it deserves. My compliments to the writer, producer, director, and everyone else involved in creating this thing. They took a concept that it would be almost impossible to screw up, and via sheer ineptitude, drove it straight into the toilet.

Here's another one from the late 80s batch of slasher flicks that go a bit more for the comedy than horror. In fact, this movie in particular is recognized as a half slasher, half sex comedy. The problem with the sex comedy half is that it's not funny. Not to mention the nudity is strangely minimal. The problem with the slasher half is that it almost seems more like an afterthought, as though this movie started out as something else. The slasher thing is sprinkled throughout and there's a dissapointingly low body count....and the body count there is isn't very impressive in the gore or creativity departments.
So, with all of this working against the movie, oddly enough the film is still entertaining! It should be a total failure considering, but it isn't.
The story has Leif Garrett leading a group cheerleaders, one of them his girlfriend, Alison, and taking them to a cheerleader camp(if such a thing really exists). At camp, the girls are supposed to compete or something. They also seem to train a bit too. Mostly they bicker and get into rivalries and other assorted cheerleader drama. Leif is getting a bit fed up with Alison not giving up the goods, so his eyes(and other body parts) start to wander. Alison is having murderous nightmares that seem to be giving her "issues". This plot point is really never explained. Usually if a character is having some oddball dreams/premonitions, it's at least explained to a certain degree, whether it's from a past trauma or whatever.
Well, as you may have guessed, cheerleaders(mainly of Garrett's group) start getting picked off by an unknown killer. By God, could it be Alison??? How about the lecherous Leif? The snooty camp director who is conducting private cheerleading sessions with the local sheriff? The jealous team mascot? The fat clownish guy? Or maybe the old standby, the perverted handyman, here played by genre favorite George "Buck" Flower? Well, I can tell you right now that about a half hour(or less) into this, and it's not very hard to figure out.
The bulk of the nudity is handled by Teri Weigel, who went on to stardom in the porn world, and from what I've seen, I do prefer Teri's later performances if you know what I mean. She probably has the goriest of the deaths, but that's not saying much.
But as I said before, I did find the movie strangely enjoyable. But be that as it may, I wouldn't suggest Cheerleader Camp until you've seen the best of what the genre has to offer. Cheerleader Camp definitely isn't the worst though. There can only be one Last Slumber Party, ya know?