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"cannibal campout" film review

 “What's more disgusting than a pile of 100 dead babies? One live one on the bottom eating its way out.”



Guerrilla filmmaking is at its finest in this 80s’ teenage cannibal flick! “Cannibal Campout” is a cheap horror film that follows a group of teens being terrorized by a group of 3 cannibals, who they had two separate chances to totally avoid, but if they did that we wouldn’t have a movie would we.

Within the first 10 minutes, we are introduced to our pretty uninteresting main characters, and we’re told that one dead baby joke every dude says to prove his “edgy” sense of humor. The group of teens is warned of people who recently went missing in the area they are headed, and even have a run in with the three cannibals, but still are adamant on having a good camping trip. 

This movie was filmed guerrilla style so no permits were actually received and the director/main character had to make sure none of the cast was shot by a confused officer. From what we can assume, all the budget was put into the gore and the mask the one cannibal wears, which is a good decision since that guy's mask is so sick it really makes up for some of the other bad choices. As for bad choices, I’m not sure if there was a script or if they made it up on the spot, but I choose to believe the latter. The dialogue between our victims is pretty horrendous and I don’t want to believe someone sat down and wrote that. 

Despite the dialogue for the victims being awful, the three cannibals actually eat up every scene they’re in. The standout to me was the one in the blue and white button down who I’m really disappointed never acted in anything bigger since he really picked up the slack for the victims. There are some pretty cool kills in this too, clearly cheap, but nonetheless entertaining and somewhat satisfying sometimes.

Despite what negative things I have to say, it’s really a love-hate relationship with this film. It’s not all that great, but it’s also a decently fun watch. So if you’re looking for an easy but fun watch, check out “Cannibal Campout.”

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