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Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Great movie. Not sure what people expected but I found it highly entertaining.

The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

For me, this is a movie that's just about perfect. There's a good blend of comedy, drama and it's full of surprises. It's a horror movie at heart, but not in a serious way. I love the concept and execution behind it. The acting is great. The actors pull out the right emotions and are very believable in their portrayals of their characters. Taissa Farmiga is especially good as Max and nails the emotional turmoil and struggle she's going through with her performance. The film looks great, the FXs are excellent and it flows at a nice even pace. The song choices they chose are perfect. There isn't much I don't like about the film. The only area it might have felt a bit more genuine in the time period of film it was the lack of Nudity or Gore. Those were staples of that time period. I get it, they were trying to appeal to a larger audience, but it just seems a bit suspect those were two things that were absent. No, it doesn't have to be there to make the film work, but it's also a huge part of that era. Other than that, this film pushes all the right buttons.This currently sits at number 18 on my all-time favorite horror movies list. While it's not a true horror film, it has enough elements that I qualify it as such. A pseudo-horror if you will. If you love 80's slasher fare or horror in general from that decade this one's worth checking out. My Rating: 8.5/10

OK, so, this isn't the Godfather.It's still a great movie. But, I also like Zombeavers, and Return to Nuke em High, so maybe I am not a "main stream" cinephile. The bloopers at the end are also rather chuckle inducing, it's worth sticking around to see.It made me cry, but deliberately, not like other movies that make me sad because of how terrible they are. It made me laugh, also deliberately. It's slasher camp is perfect and it's story is rather interesting. It has a twist, but also lacks the partial nudity I would have preferred (oh the 80's). That does however mean its semi-family friendly.

With October coming up I started looking round for a Horror Comedy that a friend would enjoy.Getting to the end of the first page of Horror Comedy movies on Amazon UK,I stumbled on an awesome looking recent Slasher Comedy (!) that I've not heard anything about,which led to me starting the final countdown.The plot:Since the death of her mother Amanda Cartwright, Max Cartwright has kept her distance from her mums Scream Queen past in the Slasher classic Camp Bloodbath. Encouraged by her friends,Max goes with them to a special screening of Bloodbath 1 and 2.During the screening,audience members drop booze and cigs that set the cinema on fire. Desperate for an exit,Max finds a machete from the Bloodbath baddie on the floor,and cuts the screen. Stepping out,Max and the gang find themselves in a strange place.As they try to make sense of things,a van drives up with Max's mum playing Nancy.Jumping in,the gang soon enter a real Camp Bloodbath.View on the film:Restricted by the studio over how much flesh and blood could be put on show,director Todd Strauss-Schulson & cinematographer Elie Smolkin impressively gather other knives to hack into the Slasher spirit. Driving into the camp, Schulson and Smolkin surround their body bags pit with endless fog lining the walls and lush bursts of yellow clothes and fresh green grass giving the flick a summer shine. Lining up the hapless gangs for the big Camp Bloodbath baddie, Schulson takes a dip into the Giallo sub-genre via splashing the camp in vivid,ultra-stylised red,blue and yellow filters,and smoothly- delivered whip-pans going in search for "The Final Girl."Experiencing Horror "cultdom" themselves by one being the star in Near Dark and the other co-writing this as a tribute to his dad Jason Miller,the screenplay by M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller wickedly turn all of the Slasher traditions on their head,by pushing everything from the sexually eager jock to the good old Christian Final Girl just that bit into the absurd,where the cliché 80's dialogue is hilariously crushed by a broken 4th wall. Keeping the Slasher mystery itself simplistic with some sly nods to past flicks,the writers superbly blend a taking apart of the genre, (from the "party girl" being unable to stop herself from stripping,to the gang being unable to escape a slow motion run with the killer) with an excellent amount of heart,as Max rips out all the horror staples to find her mum in the pages.Switching from sassy mum to dancing Scream Queen,the sexy Malin Akerman gives an amazing performance as Nancy/ Amanda Cartwright,thanks to Akerman giving Nancy a playful,flirty shell which unexpectedly cracks into something heartfelt,as Cartwright destroys the image of the Slasher "dumb blonde." Trying to avoid becoming a Slasher killing set-piece, Taissa Farmiga gives a delightfully sweet and brash performance as Max,who prepares herself to be a Slasher movie's Final Girl.

I went to watch this movie expecting very little, but not long after it started i could already see this wasn't going to be an ordinary slasher movie by any means! The movie transitions between comedy, drama and even action quite seamlessly, though make no mistake, this is most definitely a comedy! It also constantly avoids and follows several clichés, i didn't expect it to work so well but it did! The soundtrack is great and apart from a few things that could've been done a bit better there really wasn't much for me to complain here!It would be great if there was a sequel though, sadly, i doubt it, i can only hope!