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It's
end of the year, and to save her handful of problem students from
flunking, teacher Jessica (Felissa Rose) suggests a camping trip
to the ominous Camp Twilight, scene of a brutal murder 30 years
ago, for credit - and not really having much choice, students
Maria (Brooklyn Haley), Johnny (Cougar MacDowall), Kevin (Harris Sebastian), Danny
(Dondre Tuck), Sydney (Hayleigh Hopkins) and Tory (Angela
Gluchowski) agree to it disapprovingly, and their disapproval only
mounts when they learn it will be an electronics-free weekend. On the
other hand of course, it's three boys and three girls on the trip, and you
know what that might lead to - and it's really Jessica who sets a bad
example here, getting it on with principal Warner (Barry Jay Minoff), a
married man, while accompanying teacher Miss Monique (Tracy Lear) just
oozes sex appeal, something only augmented by the low-cut dresses she
tends to wear. However, all of a sudden, she's gone. Soon enough, Sydney
is as well. and when she turns up again, she's dead. And from here it's
not long before it becomes obvious there's a masked killer on the loose on
the premises, and he just kills off people left and right, starting with
the bumbling rangers (Steven Chase, Dave Sheridan) who were to protect the
kids and their teachers. And now Jessica and principal Warner have their
hands full trying to keep the situation under control, but the killer just
butchers people left and right, until it's Maria and Johnny as the last
two standing - and they're in for a nasty surprise ...
It's guest stars galore here, with Linnea Quigley as one of the
killer's victims, Camille Keaton and Vernon Wells as D.A. and
detective on the case, respectively, Jessica Cameron as principal
Warner's bitchy wife, and Chalet Lizette Brannan as young Jessica.
So ok, this is a film that is definitely not
re-inventing the wheel, and it's obvious it has never set out to -
basically it's a slasher movie that goes out of its way to tick all the
boxes. That doesn't mean it can't be fun though, and Camp Twilight
really is, as it's carried by a fine cast of characters who really put
colour to the proceedings and work well as an ensemble, there's plenty of
humour that goes well with the horror and doesn't feel like taking cheap
shots at the genre, and even if the final resolution doesn't come quite as
surprising as intended, it's well executed - as is the whole movie,
amounting to some good genre fun.
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