You can’t have summer without good and bad Summer Camp horror movies. Bloody Murder falls somewhere in between. We get: Summer Camp check. Murderous legend check. Counselors you don’t mind dying check. What Bloody Murder is missing is nudity and bloody kills. 

Released: 12 Sep 2000

Runtime: 88 mins

Director: Ralph E. Portillo

Writer: John R. Stevenson

Actors: Jessica Morris, Peter Guillemette, Patrick Cavanaugh

MY THOUGHTS

There’s a decent amount of kills in Bloody Murder. Unfortunately there’s little blood shown in it (despite the title of the movie). There’s a few machete kills and a chainsaw kill that’s not great. I feel this movie tried to rip off Friday the 13th but did a poor job at it.

The acting isn’t great. We get Jessica Morris (known for Haunted Casino, Decadent Evil 2, Dangerous Worry Dolls, and The Dead Want Women) as Julie, our main girl who researches the Moorhouse legend and suspects he has returned. Patrick Cavanaugh (known for ) plays Tobe, a fellow counselor in danger.

Bloody Murder starts off like a typical summer camp movie. The counselors all met and some hooked up with each other. You know, the typical teen thing. Campfire tales of a killer named Moorhouse and then pranks that are not so nice. By the next day people are starting to either disappear or get killed.

Julie is warned by a local that there’s danger all around them. At first she ignores it but realizes something is going on when her friends start dropping like flies. She starts to do some investigating and things are not what they seem. Will she be able to save herself and her friends?

I will say Bloody Murder does have some twists in it, but it doesn’t make up for the bad acting, no nudity, or lack of blood. Also, is it just me, but doesn’t the sound/music sound like it’s from a bad Lifetime movie? Should you watch it…sure, if you don’t have anything better to watch. It’s not the worst summer camp horror movie. Just go in with low expectations and you should be fine.

And now for your Forever Final Girl Exclusive…Did you know?:

• Trevor Moorehouse's mask is exactly the same as the mask seen in Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers. In that movie, two campers plan to prank Angela, by scaring her while dressed as Jason Voorhees and Freddy Kruger. The mask appears again in Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland where Angela fishes it out of the lake.

• Jessica Morris stated in an interview regarding her role as Jen that she absolutely hated this film. (Which is odd considering she did a handful of Full Moon Direct movies. LOL)

• In the opening scene, when Trevor Moorehouse starts the chainsaw, it is obviously fake. Only the sound is heard but the blade is not spinning.

• In the credits it says TREVOR MOORHOUSE As Himself

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Let’s get into the rankings:

Kills/Blood/Gore: 2.5/5

Sex/Nudity: 0/5

Scare factor: 1/5

Enjoyment factor: 4/5

My Rank: 2.5/5

IMDB: 3.1/10

Rotten Tomatoes: critics:  –/10  audience:  1.7/10

Letterboxd: 2.3/5