Caesar And Otto 2: Summer Camp Massacre (2009)

⭐⭐⭐⭐ 76min. Caesar And Otto horror parody movie with Felissa Rose.

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Caesar and Otto leave town and become camp counselors because Caesar has bullied the police commissioner’s mentally challenged brother. Their father follows them to steal from the other counselors, and since this is summer camp, there is a whole lot of slashing going on.

Microbudget indie movies can be such a pain. In this one, for example, the “summer camp” consists of a white brick wall, a picnic table, two plastic barrels of toxic waste, some trees and shrubbery and a few tents. When you make a movie with such tiny production values it’s a smart move to pimp the story with some humor, and that’s what they do. Also, it’s an even smarter move to add clever ideas and fun and actual laughs, and surprisingly enough, they do just that, too. Much unlike many, oh so many other movies, this one is made with brains and dedication, and it’s actually fun to watch.

This is a comedy that actually works, and it’s part of Dave Campfield’s Caesar And Otto franchise that consists of 5 feature films and 2 shorts, which means that there is more of the same where this came from.

And do you remember Angela from Sleepaway Camp? Guess what, she is still working. I hope that she has got a day job because she seems to do only cheap indie stuff, but she’s still around, she’s fun, she’s hot and she adds some genuine summer sleepaway camp vibes to this movie.

However, I have only just watched the trailer which is much gorier than the entire movie in its youtube edit. So I guess I give it ⭐⭐⭐⭐, including a bonus for diligent indie filmmaking and another bonus for the benefit of doubt (It’s not Dave Campfield’s fault that I watched a butchered version). Be warned though that the youtube edit is good, but not that good.

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Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Foster siblings Angela and Ricky go to summer camp. And summer camp just wouldn’t be the same without some decent slasher shenanigans. 84min imdb

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So the movie starts with a freak motorboat accident, killing a family except for one child, which now is sent to grow up at the aunt’s place.

Years later, cousins and now foster siblings Angela and Ricky go to summer camp. There, people who interact with Angela have not much of a life expectancy. The first victim indeed is a pedo rapist, but then the reasons for the killings become more and more arbitrary.

In the end there is a plot twist, maybe to explain why the killer is insane and/or maybe to gross out the audience and/or to add a detail to make this movie stand out, to make it “different” and “special”. To me, this twist seemed rather forced and there is nothing really “special” about this movie. But it’s really a well done and above average slasher that deserved its success both when it comes to the profit it made and to the sequels which I will sure give a try.

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