This movie started out good enough. I thought it was going to be your standard camp slasher. But some scenes & characters quickly changed that. It turned into a movie that was part slasher, paranormal, parody, & a little comedy.
The Good: 1. The death scenes are well done & realistic. Some are shocking & unexpected.
2. Most actors are believable in roles 3. Ben. Just Ben. He should've been in it more.
The Bad: 1. Reactions to their friends/ family getting murdered were calm sometimes. They just stood & watched or maybe one person helped.
2. Mike. Just Mike. You'll see.
3. Comedic moments that weren't funny & plain stupid. That's why I started thinking it was a parody.
4. Most of the counselors blended together together into a basic white boy. I had to look them up before this review to verify character names. That means that I didn't connect with most of them. No character development or poorly done.
Here's an abbreviated version if you like to know details.
We start off at a summer camp owned by the McAllister family: Grandpa Gilbert, Mom Heather, Younger Adult son Peter, & Older son Shawn. Heather & her dad run it, while Shawn is the handyman/driver/fixer, & Peter is a camp counselor. There are several other counselors, including Peter's girlfriend Lauren and her gay brother Ben. The rest are friends of the family or it's just a summer job (Danny, Veronica, Mike, Dylan, & Ashley).
At the end of summer, Shawn takes the bus to drive the kids to meet their parents, since the camp is so far out. While he's doing this, Gilbert leaves to take a break from being at the camp. Heather, her sons, & other counselors stay back to clean the camp & celebrate after. The counselors end up doing their yearly ritual of trying to summon a camp ghost at the bonfire. It's all for fun & 'obviously' has never worked. But this time, they decide to all hurt themselves with a pricked finger, so that the ghost (who was a nurse at the camp decades ago) will hopefully appear to heal them. 🤣 It apparently doesn't work so most of them go to the lake to party.
At the lake, Danny finally gets the nerve to hit on his crush. She turns him down & goes back to the group. Danny approaches her and SMASHES her head in with a big rock. The other counselors are flipping out & finally someone stabs Danny to stop him. While this is happening, Shawn's bus breaks down on a dirt road beside a corn field. He gets out to fix it & the kids all run into the corn. I immediately thought that the ritual must've worked because the kids were acting strange.
After this, the counselors are basically trying to not get killed by the kids, who are controlled by the ghost nurse. Anyone who comes to help, like Shawn, Gilbert, or cops gets trapped at the camp. The ghost short circuits electronics, like phones and cars. The family & counselors try to figure out how to stop the ghost, but by the ending I don't think they did. If you watch, you'll also learn of the nurse's backstory before she became a ghost. It was worth a watch, just for the death scenes and Ben. Lol Maybe if the ghost nurse was in it more, I'd want to rewatch it. That definitely would've improved the movie I think.
The Good: 1. The death scenes are well done & realistic. Some are shocking & unexpected.
2. Most actors are believable in roles 3. Ben. Just Ben. He should've been in it more.
The Bad: 1. Reactions to their friends/ family getting murdered were calm sometimes. They just stood & watched or maybe one person helped.
2. Mike. Just Mike. You'll see.
3. Comedic moments that weren't funny & plain stupid. That's why I started thinking it was a parody.
4. Most of the counselors blended together together into a basic white boy. I had to look them up before this review to verify character names. That means that I didn't connect with most of them. No character development or poorly done.
Here's an abbreviated version if you like to know details.
We start off at a summer camp owned by the McAllister family: Grandpa Gilbert, Mom Heather, Younger Adult son Peter, & Older son Shawn. Heather & her dad run it, while Shawn is the handyman/driver/fixer, & Peter is a camp counselor. There are several other counselors, including Peter's girlfriend Lauren and her gay brother Ben. The rest are friends of the family or it's just a summer job (Danny, Veronica, Mike, Dylan, & Ashley).
At the end of summer, Shawn takes the bus to drive the kids to meet their parents, since the camp is so far out. While he's doing this, Gilbert leaves to take a break from being at the camp. Heather, her sons, & other counselors stay back to clean the camp & celebrate after. The counselors end up doing their yearly ritual of trying to summon a camp ghost at the bonfire. It's all for fun & 'obviously' has never worked. But this time, they decide to all hurt themselves with a pricked finger, so that the ghost (who was a nurse at the camp decades ago) will hopefully appear to heal them. 🤣 It apparently doesn't work so most of them go to the lake to party.
At the lake, Danny finally gets the nerve to hit on his crush. She turns him down & goes back to the group. Danny approaches her and SMASHES her head in with a big rock. The other counselors are flipping out & finally someone stabs Danny to stop him. While this is happening, Shawn's bus breaks down on a dirt road beside a corn field. He gets out to fix it & the kids all run into the corn. I immediately thought that the ritual must've worked because the kids were acting strange.
After this, the counselors are basically trying to not get killed by the kids, who are controlled by the ghost nurse. Anyone who comes to help, like Shawn, Gilbert, or cops gets trapped at the camp. The ghost short circuits electronics, like phones and cars. The family & counselors try to figure out how to stop the ghost, but by the ending I don't think they did. If you watch, you'll also learn of the nurse's backstory before she became a ghost. It was worth a watch, just for the death scenes and Ben. Lol Maybe if the ghost nurse was in it more, I'd want to rewatch it. That definitely would've improved the movie I think.