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Aug 29, 2022 · A former summer camp caretaker, horribly burned from a prank gone wrong, lurks around an upstate New York summer camp bent on killing the teenagers responsible for his disfigurement. Director: Tony Maylam | Stars: Brian Matthews, Leah Ayres, Brian Backer, Larry Joshua. Votes: 22,300
Bunks and showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens. Director: Robert Hiltzik | Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet. Votes: 38,103 | Gross: $11.00M
- Friday the 13th Part 2. Amy Steel, John Furey, Adrienne King. 612 votes. Friday the 13th Part 2 picks up the bloody baton of its predecessor to deliver another chilling chapter in the iconic slasher series.
- Halloween II. Jamie Lee Curtis, Donald Pleasence, Charles Cyphers. 660 votes. Following directly from events depicted in John Carpenter's original Halloween masterpiece, this sequel once again pits Laurie Strode (played by Jamie Lee Curtis) against Michael Myers after surviving his attack four years prior.
- Friday the 13th. Betsy Palmer, Adrienne King, Harry Crosby. 694 votes. Friday the 13th is the seminal slasher film that launched one of the most enduring horror franchises in film history.
- A Nightmare on Elm Street 1984. John Saxon, Ronee Blakley, Heather Langenkamp. 738 votes. A Nightmare on Elm Street is a quintessential 80s slasher film that introduced the world to one of the most iconic horror villains, Freddy Krueger.
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Friday the 13th
The movie that started the whole 1980s slasher craze as well as the trope that it’s pretty much impossible to go camping without being murdered. Purposely capitalizing on both the gore of Halloween (1978) and the summer-camp setting of Meatballs (1979), the film was sold to investors based on nothing beyond the idea that it would take place on Friday the 13th. It also made back $77 for every dollar that it cost to make and led to a torrent of sequels and copycats. But if you’re looking for Ci...
Happy Birthday to Me
The plot in a nutshell: Just as a girl achieves “cool girl” status at her school, all the other cool girls start dying. If you’re looking for a movie — possibly the only one in world history — that shows footage of actual brain surgery along with someone getting killed with a kebab, look no further than Happy Birthday to Me.According to a blurb on a promotional poster: There’s also more disco music than a slasher movie should probably have. According to an IMDb reviewer: “Sure, it’s phony, bu...
Pieces
This exploitation film is as shocking and violent as it is absurd and stupid. narrative is pedestrian as hell, but damn, the execution. Alex McLevy of The A.V. Club explains the campiness of the film quite well: “[Pieces] manages to luck into that ideal combination of over-the-top bloodshed, gratuitous nudity(of both male and female types, though the latter is, as expected, the mainstage show), and unintentional absurdity for which enthusiasts of the genre are perpetually on the hunt.”
- Chrissy Stockton
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Summer Camp Nightmare isn't a terrible movie, but it is terribly dated, suffering from a big dose of '80s cheeze: the music and fashion is hilarious, particularly during the camp talent show, with the only black character performing a rap (more John Barnes than Ice-T), three teen bimbos giving Bananarama a run for their money in the lack of ...
May 1, 2024 · Part deranged monster movie, part summer camp horror, all frightfully fun, Madman is a classic 1980s slasher that is perfect to simply turn one's brain off to and enjoy.
Aug 7, 2021 · Slasher 15 is back, and this time, they’re out for blood in the new slasher throwback, Bloody Summer Camp! For the third film in his directorial filmography, David Kerr (Curse of the Slasher Nurse 2017) and his production team takes us camping in true ’80s horror fashion: No phone, no social media, no internet. Just you, nature, and murder.
