Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.

I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Actress is magnificent and exudes a hypnotic screen presence in this affecting drama.

Arriving at a special summer camp, a musically-inclined teen finds that the chance to reprise the last role her mother played has now earmarked her for death when a vicious serial killer begins targeting the others at the cast, forcing her to unmask the killer before it's too late.This one wasn't all that bad of a slasher effort. What really makes this one work nicely is the interplay between the musical numbers and the more slasher movie aesthetics. Due to the vast majority of the first half being built around the setup for the initial play, complete with all the traditional backstabbing and drama that occurs in such productions, this one really piles on the musical attributes by not only providing plenty of solid musical interludes to carry this one along. That way, when the film moves into the slasher aspects in the second half, this one has quite the steady background to build off of which generates some really enjoyable slasher set- pieces. The first attack, where the killer emerges from behind the video-screen and launches an attack on the lone figure on the stage of the theater, gives this a strong start to lead into the scenes of him backstage during the performance killing them off in a series of solid ambushes in the coatroom, a fine bashing in a steam-filled shower and a brutal brawl in the kitchen which is all rather fun overall. That really leads into the rather fun finale where the series of battles back-and- forth across the camp give this a nice bit of action while also managing to feature the fun performance being played during this chase backstage that gives this some dual action scenes with some comedy and a nice bit of action with some solid gory kills thrown in. Alongside the somewhat zippy songs being sung that aren't so terrible, these all hold off the film's somewhat minor if rather problematic issues. The biggest factor holding this one down is the issue of the musically-inclined first half that really keeps the slashing to a real low-point. Hardly anyone is offed much less attacked during the first forty-five minutes or so, and it does manage to really feel it with the extraneous scenes of the groups' backstage politics and backstabbing that carries so much of these scenes without really featuring any of the more traditional slasher sequences beyond knowing that a killer is present. This can make for a somewhat challenging start here for some who aren't expecting that kind of layoff for a slasher film and it does make the film a struggle to get through. The other issue here is the fact that there's such a low body-count here that it never really develops a chance to make the killer threatening by keeping him on the sidelines for such much of the film and then rushing through the finale. While some might not enjoy the musical aspect of a horror film that much, beyond these issues, the film doesn't really come off that badly.Rated Unrated/R: Graphic Violence, Graphic Language and a mild sex scene.

A horror comedy slasher musical might not sound that great for many but I found it to be rather entertaining.For the record it's not non-stop singing although there is a lot of it so if you're allergic to musical numbers then perhaps this is not for you.It's pretty cool though that the killer sings heavy metal songs while slashing people up, and yes it gets real bloody at times which looks real neat and make it more fun.The acting is fine, nothing amazing but they do what their characters asks of them to do... Minnie Driver who has top-billing here is only in it or about 13 minutes so if you want to see it just for the sake of her, well don't expect too much of her... Meat Loaf is in it more, which is fine cause he is a pretty good actor other than that the cast is fairly unknown, Douglas Smith some might recognise from 'Big Love' and he's good too.A little drawn out here and there and some songs are better than others but overall amusing movie that I would watch again.

It's nothing new really. A horror movie with a lot of singing and dancing. Mix a bit of comedy in there and it might be your cup of tea. The actors give it their best. Sounds like most are either capable (singing-wise) or are being helped in a nice way. The choreography is nice I suppose, though no Bollywood fan will get too excited about any of that. Though not every Bollywood fan would like his song & dance mixed with blood of course.The horror sort of works, though it is pretty predictable (and sort of "easy" to put it mildly). Jokes do not work as they should though and the characters feel very flat indeed. The fact that it doesn't take itself too seriously makes it more watchable than if it wasn't.

This is, by far, one of the worst movies I've ever seen. It's only second to the queen of bad movies, Spring Breakers. The main actress looked like she was doing this role to feed her crack addiction. I noticed something different in this movie from all the others. The murdering of young teens. Most slasher films I've seen usually don't have 13 and 14 year old kids being murdered.... I'm not sure if this film is pioneering a new generation of slasher films like from back in the day or it was just terribly made. I just find it hard to believe I managed to watch the whole movie. Although, I do see it as a skill of mine to make it through piles of garbage, like this movie. I can't believe someone actually paid to have this movie made. Although I can't say I was sad to see the singing children go. :)