The last horror, thriller or suspense film you watched

Summer Camp Nightmare (1987) by Bert L. Dragin

Also known as Summer Camp Massacre, which is based upon a novel named The Butterfly Revolution (1961) and tells the story of what happens when a bunch of unhappy campers ends up getting manipulated by a power hungry teenager into stand up against the grown ups and the director in order to take charge of the place.
However, what first started out as a bit of playful fun, soon turns into a nasty and unpredictable outcome, when both rape and murder suddenly appears on the daily "agenda".

I had never heard of this one before, well, until last night that is, as it was just lying around on Youtube, and it looked rather interesting. Kind of a bit of Lords of the Flies meets up with Meatballs (1979).

Anyway, I guess the film or someone surely later on tried to milk or cash in on one the slasher genre, as both "Nightmare" and "Massacre" is used heavily, or so it seems, and to be honest, it really is a poor and very misleading way of "selling" what I believe is a very different kind of summer camp movie.
Okay, the original title surely is not as striking as the ones of Summer Camp Nightmare/Massacre, but I think based on what I saw last night, it should have went for The Butterfly Revolution.


Still, I really enjoyed much of the film, I thought it was entertaining, fun at times, but also a very interesting take on the whole summer camp themed movies of the 80s, and kind of wished they would have gone a bit "darker" or further into some of the stuff that happened, but again, I really cannot complain, as I had no idea of what to expect, and thought that for such a neat little 80s film, it really should have been given a proper DVD or Blu-ray release.

6,5/10


Final Exam (1981) by Jimmy Huston

Well, they can't be all "winners".
Another film I have had lying around in my watchlist for years now, and sadly one that turned out to be a complete waste of time.
Speaking of "milking or cashing" in on the slasher craze of the 80s, this has to be one of the dullest and most forgettable titles of that classic slasher year, as it seems like the director originally made a rather "normal" teen movie, almost a drama rather than a horror film, then realized what was going on and how much money you could make by having a bit of luck and success with making a slasher movie, so sudden changes were done in the last few minutes. 

Just throw in some "random" kills, hire in some "menacing" chubby guy from the street with a bad haircut and call it a day!

Damn, this one felt like it was never gonna end, even when I began skipping forward, it felt like time stood still. 

Where The Mutilator aka Fall Break succeeded in being enjoyable thanks to a bit of charm and goofy plot/characters, the stuff going on and the people you meet in Final Exam is just one huge sleeping pill. As for those expecting lots of kills, naked chicks and so on, well, this is surely not the movie to see.
However, there is a  bit cool atmosphere going on, and I liked the locations and the whole school property, sadly the plot and everything else was a big letdown. 

I do not think it was a very bad movie, just a incredibly boring one, and with no really enjoyable or interesting characters either in sight, so I cannot give it positive rating and end up with:

4/10