Starring: Fia Alverez, Dan Wilcox, Tom Shoemaker, Jacob Wolf, Ashley Hanna,
Emma Manion, Scott Neagle, Ben Pawlik, Julianne Smolinski
Directed by: Tanner Barklow, Jefferson Craig, & Thomas Hughes
Story: Six teenagers faces the music at Camp Blood
Review:
I have never seen anything like this before in my life. I'm used to seeing low
budget movies and I just so happen to like musicals. But I've never seen a low
budget 'horror' musical before. This is a first for me, perhaps there aren't that
many out there. I have to tip my hat off to the cast and crew behind this project.
Not only did they come up with something different, they also came up with a fun
short that has been marked into my brain. This isn't something that you can brush
off after a first viewing. To my knowledge Camp Blood: The Musical was written in
eight hours back in March of 2005. It had a budget over 200 dollars, which went
mostly to t-shirts and beer. The songs were recorded in one day and the video
itself was shot in less than two. It goes to show you that you don't need to have
the big bucks or best of equipment to come up with something enjoyable. Camp
Blood: The Musical is just that, enjoyable. Although it's not perfect it has it's fair
share of laughs and good music. Perhaps this could be the start of a new horror
trend. Who wouldn't want to see their favorite classics turned into Broadway
shows? Actually now that I think about it, that would be very weird.
In the movie we follow a group of teenagers who are about to spend their summer
over at camp blood. The kids wear the same yellow colored t-shirts preparing for
whats going to be their last summer vacation. Alright, let me stop myself there for
a second. I can't really explain the plot, so I'm not going to waste time by trying to
give out every single detail about the story. To be honest it's really simple. Just
read the title, it should explain everything. All you need to know is that there are a
group teens who are slowly being killed off by a mysterious person. Just think of
every 80's horror movie cliché and you get the idea behind Camp Blood: The
Musical. The teens drink, do drugs and get killed off. It's all very simple, but from
the title you know there's added twist; MUSIC! The kids are happy, they sing
songs, they fool around and then they get killed off. The formula isn't that
different. It's a musical, and a damn fine one at that. Camp Blood is a half an hour
long movie that pokes fun at the slasher genre. The setting is really nice, it's all
filmed on location. It's campy to say the least, but the setting makes it realistic.
It's all natural, no additional lighting or sound equipment was employed. It was all
filmed as it was. The movie is a lot of fun.
Speaking of fun, there is so much to enjoy about Camp Blood the Musical. For
starters, the music itself is good. The songs are catchy, the lyrics are funny and
they all make complete sense. Well maybe except the love tracks, I didn't get
those at all. Some of the songs are tacky but funny as hell. I loved the lyrics a lot
and they really did fit the situation. There are just some scenes in the movie that
feel out of place. One minute you're watching a horror spoof, the next you're
watching a low budget romance. The love songs were nice but they slowed down
the pace of the movie. I can't complain too much about that anyway. The movie
runs at a good thirty minutes, I think. So most of the movie goes by really quickly.
The movie is as straight forward as it can get. You wont get any back stories on
the characters. The movie focuses greatly on the current situation. There are
death scenes, the blood is visible and it's all fun to watch. The movie plays around
with characters and clichés. If you're familiar with the 80's slasher films then you'll
get this movie right away.
I think I've said about enough. Sorry to make this review short but I really don't
have much to say when it comes to Camp Blood the Musical. I enjoyed it, I
thought the idea of it was funny from the start. It's a fun watch I'll give it that, but
it's something I only need to see once. Everybody needs to see this, it's not the
"greatest movie of all time" but it's a lot of fun trust me. It's low budget but it
doesn't suffer from the lack of funds. I'm sure that this wasn't made to knock our
socks off. Camp Blood The Musical is an enjoyable short movie that has plenty of
laughs and good tunes. I give credit to everyone involved with the making of it,
especially the actors. They sing and dance on film, you gotta give them credit for
it. I would love to see this as a full feature. Perhaps we will, the future can hold
many things. There is plenty of room for movies like this. We don't see too many
of these often. You would think that the budget and idea for Camp Blood would be
dull or unpleasant. That's not the case at all, this is a fun movie overall. I mean
c'mon, a horror musical? Who wouldn't pay to see that?
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Overall: 6/10
Emma Manion, Scott Neagle, Ben Pawlik, Julianne Smolinski
Directed by: Tanner Barklow, Jefferson Craig, & Thomas Hughes
Story: Six teenagers faces the music at Camp Blood
Review:
I have never seen anything like this before in my life. I'm used to seeing low
budget movies and I just so happen to like musicals. But I've never seen a low
budget 'horror' musical before. This is a first for me, perhaps there aren't that
many out there. I have to tip my hat off to the cast and crew behind this project.
Not only did they come up with something different, they also came up with a fun
short that has been marked into my brain. This isn't something that you can brush
off after a first viewing. To my knowledge Camp Blood: The Musical was written in
eight hours back in March of 2005. It had a budget over 200 dollars, which went
mostly to t-shirts and beer. The songs were recorded in one day and the video
itself was shot in less than two. It goes to show you that you don't need to have
the big bucks or best of equipment to come up with something enjoyable. Camp
Blood: The Musical is just that, enjoyable. Although it's not perfect it has it's fair
share of laughs and good music. Perhaps this could be the start of a new horror
trend. Who wouldn't want to see their favorite classics turned into Broadway
shows? Actually now that I think about it, that would be very weird.
In the movie we follow a group of teenagers who are about to spend their summer
over at camp blood. The kids wear the same yellow colored t-shirts preparing for
whats going to be their last summer vacation. Alright, let me stop myself there for
a second. I can't really explain the plot, so I'm not going to waste time by trying to
give out every single detail about the story. To be honest it's really simple. Just
read the title, it should explain everything. All you need to know is that there are a
group teens who are slowly being killed off by a mysterious person. Just think of
every 80's horror movie cliché and you get the idea behind Camp Blood: The
Musical. The teens drink, do drugs and get killed off. It's all very simple, but from
the title you know there's added twist; MUSIC! The kids are happy, they sing
songs, they fool around and then they get killed off. The formula isn't that
different. It's a musical, and a damn fine one at that. Camp Blood is a half an hour
long movie that pokes fun at the slasher genre. The setting is really nice, it's all
filmed on location. It's campy to say the least, but the setting makes it realistic.
It's all natural, no additional lighting or sound equipment was employed. It was all
filmed as it was. The movie is a lot of fun.
Speaking of fun, there is so much to enjoy about Camp Blood the Musical. For
starters, the music itself is good. The songs are catchy, the lyrics are funny and
they all make complete sense. Well maybe except the love tracks, I didn't get
those at all. Some of the songs are tacky but funny as hell. I loved the lyrics a lot
and they really did fit the situation. There are just some scenes in the movie that
feel out of place. One minute you're watching a horror spoof, the next you're
watching a low budget romance. The love songs were nice but they slowed down
the pace of the movie. I can't complain too much about that anyway. The movie
runs at a good thirty minutes, I think. So most of the movie goes by really quickly.
The movie is as straight forward as it can get. You wont get any back stories on
the characters. The movie focuses greatly on the current situation. There are
death scenes, the blood is visible and it's all fun to watch. The movie plays around
with characters and clichés. If you're familiar with the 80's slasher films then you'll
get this movie right away.
I think I've said about enough. Sorry to make this review short but I really don't
have much to say when it comes to Camp Blood the Musical. I enjoyed it, I
thought the idea of it was funny from the start. It's a fun watch I'll give it that, but
it's something I only need to see once. Everybody needs to see this, it's not the
"greatest movie of all time" but it's a lot of fun trust me. It's low budget but it
doesn't suffer from the lack of funds. I'm sure that this wasn't made to knock our
socks off. Camp Blood The Musical is an enjoyable short movie that has plenty of
laughs and good tunes. I give credit to everyone involved with the making of it,
especially the actors. They sing and dance on film, you gotta give them credit for
it. I would love to see this as a full feature. Perhaps we will, the future can hold
many things. There is plenty of room for movies like this. We don't see too many
of these often. You would think that the budget and idea for Camp Blood would be
dull or unpleasant. That's not the case at all, this is a fun movie overall. I mean
c'mon, a horror musical? Who wouldn't pay to see that?
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Overall: 6/10
Genres: Comedy, Horror,
Musical
Rated:
Country: USA
Year: 2006
Runtime:
Studio:
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Musical
Rated:
Country: USA
Year: 2006
Runtime:
Studio:
Myspace Page
Online since: February 20th, 2006
Review done by: Nightmare Child
