Cheerleader CampYear: 1988 Director: John Quinn Written by: ? Threat: Psychopath Weapon of Choice: Pruning Shears |
Rish Outfield's reviews
I really, really liked this one. For the VERY first time, I figured out who
the killer was before tyranist did. This is my favourite kind of horror
movie--the teen T&A slasher! This was fun, if pretty dumb. It had that
totally cute chick Michael J. Fox had the hots for in Teen Wolf in it, what
a babe! Once again, the fat guy is not only the most likable character in
the film, but is also brutally mocked and murdered solely for being fat.
Poor fat dude.
Best Scare: Hmmm, I don't remember.
I'd Recommend It To: Ditto.
The tyranist's thoughts
A refreshing break from the traditional films of this subgenre. Cheerleader Camp is actually somewhat creative and
very entertaining. The filmmakers did a fine job of getting us inside the head of the main character and keeping us
wondering if she was really capable of the macabre murders that were occuring. There were some little annoyances, but on the
whole it was a fine effort.
My biggest wish with this one was to see justice. There were so many things that made me think back to high school
and the whole life is so unfair world that I lived in. With this in mind, the movie finally serves justice up with a
smile as the killer finally triumphs over a lot of social betters. The most confusing thing in the movie was how the
two thirty year old men got onto the high school cheer squad (especially since one of them was about 100 pounds
overweight). If you don't take this one too seriously it is a treat, if you do then I would compare it directly with
Friday the 13th: The Final Chapter. It isn't the finest movie you will see,
but there are still somethings that work just right.
Sequel | ||
Owes everything to/rips off earlier film | ||
Sequel setup | ||
Bad title | ||
Bad premise | ||
Bad acting | ||
Bad dialogue | ||
MTV Editing | ||
OTS | ||
Girl unnecessarily gets naked | ||
Wanton sex | ||
Death associated with sex | ||
Characters forget about threat | ||
Secluded location | ||
Power is cut | ||
Phone lines are cut | ||
Someone investigates a strange noise | ||
Someone runs up stairs instead of going out front door | ||
Camera is the killer | ||
Victims cower in front of a window/door | ||
Toilet stall scene | ||
Victim locks self in with killer | ||
Killer is in car with victim | ||
Cat jumps out | ||
Fake scare | ||
Laughable scare | ||
Blood hits camera | ||
Beheading | ||
Killer doesn't stay dead | ||
Stupid discovery of corpse | ||
Dream sequence | ||
Victim running from killer inexplicably falls | ||
No one believes only witness | ||
Blood fountain | ||
Poor death effect | ||
Excessive gore | ||
Music detracts from scene | ||
Horror film showing on TV/in theater in movie | ||
Future celebrity appears | ||
No one dies at all | ||
Death in first five minutes | ||
Virgin survives | ||
Geek/Nerd survives | ||
Little kid lamely survives | ||
Dog/Pet miraculously survives | ||
Villain is more sympathetic than heroes | ||
Unresolved subplots | ||
"It was all a dream" ending | ||
Unbelievably happy ending | ||
What the hell? |
Total Skulls: 16
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