Cheerleader Camp (1988)

A group of cheerleaders become the targets of an unknown killer at a remote summer camp.

Director:

John Quinn

Writers:

David Lee Fein, R.L. O'Keefe

Stars:

Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Lucinda Dickey

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Betsy Russell	...	Alison Wentworth
Leif Garrett	...	Brent Hoover
Lucinda Dickey	...	Cory Foster
Lorie Griffin	...	Bonnie Reed
George 'Buck' Flower	...	Pop (as Buck Flower)
Travis McKenna	...	Timmy Moser
Teri Weigel	...	Pamela Bently
Rebecca Ferratti	...	Theresa Salazar
Vickie Benson	...	Miss Tipton
Jeff Prettyman	...	Sheriff Poucher
Krista Pflanzer	...	Suzy
Craig Piligian	...	Detective
William Johnson	...	Chief Ronnie
Kathryn Litton	...	Timmy's Girlfriend
Tommy Habeeb	...	Assistant Detective (as Tom Habeeb)

Storyline

Alison follows her friends to a summer camp for cheerleaders. But she is having bad nightmares. Her boyfriend has followed her to the camp but he seems to be more interested in the other girls, girls who sooner or later are found brutally murdered. Alison starts to believe that she has a split-personality who kills them.

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Plot Keywords:

teenage girl | nudity | summer | cheerleader | summer camp | 

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Taglines:

Give me a K - Give me an I - Give me an L - Give me an L

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Genres:

Comedy | Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

Japan USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Cheerleader Camp

Filming Locations:

Bakersfield, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Daiei Studios,Prism Entertainment

Technical Specs

Runtime:

89 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where Miss Tipton and the Sheriff are getting ready for sex there is a copy of Leif Garrett's 1978 album "Feel The Need" leaning against the top of the record player.

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Goofs

The lead singer in the party scene is not moving his mouth with the words in the song. He is not even holding the microphone close to his mouth through most of the scene.

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Quotes

Pop: That judge in the orange skirt... Make yer pee pee harder than a ten pound bag a' nickel jawbreakers, you know what I mean?

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Connections

Referenced in Cheerleader Massacre (2003)

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Soundtracks

Subway
Performed by Sounds of Suksexx

User Reviews

Has everything a Slasher needs.

God Bless "USA Up All Night". I was cleaning my room when suddenly a box filled with VHS appeared. I decided to dust if off and I found some movies I taped over the years. One of them was "Cheerleader Camp" when it was presented on "Up All Night".

This little slasher flick offers some black humor jokes and some decent gory death scenes.

You shouldn't care for the plot as you might have guessed. You only need to know that an "unseen" maniac is on the cheerleader camp prowling, and killing cheerleaders. Well that's until you find out -easily- the killer's identity.

Expect some cheesy dialogues, good humor, and thank God, nudity. This slasher has all the winning ingredients and that's why it's among the most see slashers from the 80's.

Highly recommended if you are into low production values, bad acting -putrid acting-, horrible music, weak direction, etc. Overall, trash cinema. Still, it's the 80's so it's great.