I must have watched a different film to the one many others have reviewed. Caught this by accident as I watched and enjoyed the opening scene and then Kevin Bacon arrives, so I had to continue.
Scanning some of the reviews, there are many complaints about 'exploitation' and offensively stereotyping. ??? It seems fairly obvious the film is playing into tropes and adapting to stereotypes which have existed in the 'summer camp'/teen horror genres for however many decades (but which would have existed without any of these characters).
In part it's a bit of a pastiche of these two genres, rebalancing the scales, but I'd have to assume it's the pointed psychological horror nested inside in a traditional horror/slasher flick which is meant to get the mind moving. If it's a traditional slasher flick that you are looking for, this is not the one for you.
Solid if not great cast and fairly solid acting. Rounding up to an 8 (but a 6 or 7 would be fair). Even though aspects could be viewed quite darkly, it is also hopeful and at times, tends towards the parody in it all.
Slightly less 'nudity', and this should really be a tween/teen Saturday afternoon movie on some Kids TV channel (Oh, the moral panic, won't someone please think of the children).
I think this film did. I'm glad I wasn't stuck watching the film many of other reviews have described, it sounds like they had a terrible time of it all. Plenty to recommend!
Scanning some of the reviews, there are many complaints about 'exploitation' and offensively stereotyping. ??? It seems fairly obvious the film is playing into tropes and adapting to stereotypes which have existed in the 'summer camp'/teen horror genres for however many decades (but which would have existed without any of these characters).
In part it's a bit of a pastiche of these two genres, rebalancing the scales, but I'd have to assume it's the pointed psychological horror nested inside in a traditional horror/slasher flick which is meant to get the mind moving. If it's a traditional slasher flick that you are looking for, this is not the one for you.
Solid if not great cast and fairly solid acting. Rounding up to an 8 (but a 6 or 7 would be fair). Even though aspects could be viewed quite darkly, it is also hopeful and at times, tends towards the parody in it all.
Slightly less 'nudity', and this should really be a tween/teen Saturday afternoon movie on some Kids TV channel (Oh, the moral panic, won't someone please think of the children).
I think this film did. I'm glad I wasn't stuck watching the film many of other reviews have described, it sounds like they had a terrible time of it all. Plenty to recommend!