Camp Murder

One Polonia movie always leads to another! This is Mark's tribute to the Friday the 13th with a little Halloween thrown in. I know he already made some of the Camp Blood movies, but that wasn't his own series so I get the appeal in making his own movie.

Lots of Polonia regulars and a hefty dose of gore make this a pretty damn fun and breezy 73 minutes. The mask the killer wears is actually really awesome and Jeff Kirkendall wields a weapon in the appropriately menacing sort of way.

But the most important thing is that Jamie Morgan plays a character named Roxy Rumble and she's a professional wrestler and at one point her and her boyfriend decide to play a game of how long can she sit on his face so she may be the greatest character in the Polonia Universe.

Interesting cast of actors in this one but I actually enjoyed this for a low budget movie. Lighting and sound was above average but the soundtrack was a little irritating at times.

Camp murder is a 2021 film directed by Mark Polonia. It follows a group of people with some sort of wrestling background out in the woods when a masked killer starts slaughtering everyone.

The plot in this film is not original but then again, how original can you really get when it comes to masked camp murder type movies. The only thing that I feel is original in this plot is the strange wrestling related love triangle and murder plot involving Kyle Rappaport and Jamie Morgan. Now this is not to say that movies like this are not entertaining by any means, I'm a big fan of the Friday the 13th and Camp Blood Series after all, just not original. The plot flows well and does not drag which is a plus considering the types of movies I've watched in the past.

The acting in this film was at the standard Microbudget Grade. Though not quite at the big budget standard the acting is passable and there is nothing that would take you out of the film. It is fun seeing Kyle playing the bad guy and not just another murder victim so that gives the film a few pluses.

The production design was pretty good in this film. I really like the killer mask in this one it comes across as very intimidating. The effects on the kills come across well with a lot of practical effects thrown in. I feel as Polonia Movies go this one comes across quite well and not rushed in the slightest.

Camp Murder is an ambitious project, trying to stick out in a sea of similar films. While I don't feel the movie rises above the rest, it most certainly treads water with other solid movies of its time and is far from the bottom. You could do worse on a slasher movie night than to put this one in place.

This has to be some of the worst acting I've seen in my life. Honestly, it's probably an insult to the fine thespians in high school plays across the country to compare the actors in this movie to them. Not a single believable portrayal in the whole movie.

It amazes me the amount of horrible acting that happens in this film. I'm all for independent low budget films but at least make the dialogue flow and not cliche. The old lady in the car discussing her lady needs and the doctor confessing to a one night stand as the love of his life is beyond ridiculous. And the actors trying to play younger than their actual age, really? Trying to portray like you are in campground when I'm fact your are in someone's backyard was beyond believable.