BLOODY NIGHTMARE (CHEERLEADER CAMP)
Cheerleader Camp
Registi
Cast
Betsy Russell
Alison Wentworth
Leif Garrett
Brent Hoover
Lucinda Dickey
Cory Foster
Lorie Griffin
Bonnie Reed
George Buck Flower
Pop
Teri Weigel
Pamela Bently
Rebecca Ferratti
Theresa Salazar
Travis McKenna
Timmy Moser
Vickie Benson
Miss Tipton
Jeff Prettyman
Sheriff Poucher
Krista Pflanzer
Suzy
Craig Piligian
Detective
William Johnson
Chief Ronnie
Troupe
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Stale late 80’s slasher starts kinda goofy, but turns serious
High school students in SoCal go to cheerleading camp in the remote Sequoia National Forest where they tragically start dying one by one. Who’s the killer? Will any make it back alive?
"Cheerleader Camp” (1988) is a whodunnit slasher that mixes cheerleading antics with elements of the “Friday the 13th” flicks and “The Burning” (1981), not to mention “Sleepaway Camp” (1983). “Body Count” (1986) also comes to mind.
I had a bad attitude at first because there was some campy humor along the lines of “Friday the 13th Part III” (1982) and “Friday the 13th Part V” (1985), mostly revolving around the overweight character and the female camp director, not to mention the Englund-like Handyman, albeit less so. In other words, I thought the movie was going to be a full-on joke, but the comedic bits only revolve around those characters and the flick takes a dark turn in the second half.
Also, it actually deals with some pretty heavy themes despite being an 80’s slasher with a dash of sex humor. For instance, there are reflections on anxiety, competition/rivalry, relationship abuse, alcoholism, deception, manipulation and false testimony.
I was halfway through when it occurred to me that one of the male characters was Leif Garrett, the former teenage heartthrob of the late 70s. Here he is at 26 (during shooting) playing a high school student and he’s effective enough.
Lorie Griffin stands out on the female front as Bonnie. You might remember her from her memorable role in “Teen Wolf” (1985). The female cast is decent—also including Rebecca Ferratti (Theresa), Betsy Russell (Alison) and Vickie Benson (Miss Tipton)—but the director evidently didn’t know how to shoot women (no pun intended).
So, this is worthwhile enough to check out if you like 80’s slashers, but you have to roll with its hackneyed shortcomings.
The film runs 1 hour, 29 minutes, and was shot in Bakersfield and Sequoia National Forest, California, which is about an hour’s drive northeast of there.
GRADE: C+
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