It's not half as bad as I thought it was. Though don't think that's a hearty recommendation...I just saw The Pool and suddenly thought far better of this. Bloody Murder is dumb teenage hokum. It's pretty harmless and enjoyable in it's own way, but it's not going to freak you out or shock you in any way unless you're watching it underage or something.
If you're looking for dumb slasher fodder, this is all well and good. Teenagers turn up at a camp, hang out, play dumb games and flirt a little, then get killed off one by one by a psychotic nutter in a hockey mask. Sound familiar? Yeah, I thought so. For all intents and purposes this is a low certificate teenage version of Friday the 13th III, so much so that the movie makers are lucky Sean Cunningham et al have a sense of humour about people who are 'influenced' by their work otherwise they'd probably be getting sued right about now.
You could fall asleep halfway through this movie, wake up at the end and still not really miss anything, it's that simple. You'd miss a few killings, but they're not exactly horrific anyway. One of my favourites involved a Lawn Dart and a dodgeball, but that's toward the end anyhow. I'm told Bloody Murder 2 (known as Halloween Camp in my native England) ups the ante a bit, and does away with the somewhat pathetic lack of scariness (best example is a chase scene shot in broad daylight at a snails pace, removing any adrenaline entirely), but the jury's out until I get a chance to watch it.
Despite Bloody Murder being firmly lacklustre, the movie makers and cast obviously had a blast making this, and it gives the movie a definite sense of fun lacking from most bigger movies, so it's enjoyable to watch. But as a horror movie it's a failure. Not a resounding failure, but a failure nonetheless.
If you're looking for dumb slasher fodder, this is all well and good. Teenagers turn up at a camp, hang out, play dumb games and flirt a little, then get killed off one by one by a psychotic nutter in a hockey mask. Sound familiar? Yeah, I thought so. For all intents and purposes this is a low certificate teenage version of Friday the 13th III, so much so that the movie makers are lucky Sean Cunningham et al have a sense of humour about people who are 'influenced' by their work otherwise they'd probably be getting sued right about now.
You could fall asleep halfway through this movie, wake up at the end and still not really miss anything, it's that simple. You'd miss a few killings, but they're not exactly horrific anyway. One of my favourites involved a Lawn Dart and a dodgeball, but that's toward the end anyhow. I'm told Bloody Murder 2 (known as Halloween Camp in my native England) ups the ante a bit, and does away with the somewhat pathetic lack of scariness (best example is a chase scene shot in broad daylight at a snails pace, removing any adrenaline entirely), but the jury's out until I get a chance to watch it.
Despite Bloody Murder being firmly lacklustre, the movie makers and cast obviously had a blast making this, and it gives the movie a definite sense of fun lacking from most bigger movies, so it's enjoyable to watch. But as a horror movie it's a failure. Not a resounding failure, but a failure nonetheless.