Camp Fear (1991) (V)

Director:

Thomas A. Keith

Writer:

Thomas A. Keith (writer)

Genre:

Horror | Sci-Fi

Plot:

Some sorority sisters opt for camping in the woods with a handsome professor instead of a Palm Springs spring break...

Plot Keywords:

Druid | Sorority | Sacrifice | Sorority Sister | Abduction

Cast

Vincent Van Patten	...	Professor Hamilton
Betsy Russell	...	Jamie
Peggy McIntaggart	...	Tiffany (as Peggy Sands)
Mike Diamant	...	Frog
Jim Elk	...	Indian
George 'Buck' Flower	...	Wino (as Buck Flower)
David Homb	...	Bill
James Kratt	...	Ace
Mindy Myer	...	Mellissa
Nels Van Patten	...	Speedy
Tiny Ron	...	The Druid
Mark Twogood	...	Gas Jockey
Sherman Augustus	...	Dancer #1
Derick LaSalla	...	Dancer #2 (as Derick J. La Salla)
Shannon Burkey	...	Dorm Girl

Also Known As:

The Millennium Countdown (USA) (video box title)

Runtime:

86 min

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

USA:R

Trivia:

This is actually the sequel to "Cheerleader Camp" that later changed to "Millenium Countdown" when Paramax took over the production after Prism studios bowed out of the initial production.

Quite a silly movie.

Ridiculous but somewhat amusing B horror about anthropology professor Vincent Van Patten, who takes four sorority girls, including squeeze Betsy Russell, into the mountains to look for ancient artifacts. What they find are 1) a dopey motorcycle gang and 2) a towering, heavily made up druid (played by seven foot tall Tiny Ron) looking for human sacrifices.

I guess you can't fault a movie too heavily when two minutes in we get shot after shot of bare breasts, as well as shower scenes. Give director Thom Keith credit for that. But the point seems to be to get this sort of thing out of the way so he can concentrate on the main plot of the movie. In any event, it's positively stupid and probably in no way meant to be taken completely seriously. We even get a brief glimpse of a hilarious Loch Ness Monster type creature. What is particularly fun is watching the surviving bikers teaming up with our studly hero to help save the day.

Tiny Ron is enjoyable as the grunting and growling antagonist, and it's nice to have Betsy Russell on hand as one of the girls. An undeniable highlight is having scene-stealing, inimitable old pro Buck Flower as a hopeless, disheveled drunk (often muttering warnings about "devils and demons"), the kind of role that he could have played in his sleep by this point.

I admit that this one was a little hard to stick with (I could have done without that musical number / dance sequence), but it's still fairly enjoyable junk.

5/10