Spirit Camp (2009)
Rated R
Starring Roxy Vandiver, Julin, Katy Rowe, Kerry Beyer
Written and Directed by Kerry Beyer
The Story:
Nikki (Vandiver) is forced by her parole officer to go to a Spirit Camp with other cheerleaders who want to excel at cheerleading. Nikki has no desire to be there, and the other girls don't want her there either. Then, one by one, cheerleaders start meeting their grisly ends as a killer runs loose in the woods, just like he had done years earlier.
Kerry Beyer's love letter to 80s horror films would fit alongside any 80s horror franchise nearly seamlessly.
There are red herrings, misdirection, and buxom cheerleaders getting picked off one by one.
I've said it before, but my only real complaint with horror movies is when the killer doesn't have any real motive or backstory.
Sadly, I feel that is once again the case with this film.
I knew who the killer was pretty early on, though the first kill made it seem completely impossible, so that throws logic out the window at the end of the film.
That complaint aside, the movie was pretty fun and totally watchable.
Which is always a good thing, as far as slasher flicks go.
And yes, thankfully, as it is an ode to 80s films, the killings are not graphic gross-outs that took over the horror genre with the likes of Saw and similar films.
I want a kill, not an in-depth autopsy.
> : p
Currently streaming on Amazon Prime as of this writing.
Final Grade: C+
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