Fat Chance

I wish I knew why people think they should make movies when they don't have a story, don't have decent actors, don't have a budget, and don't have the ability to make a movie look in any way like a legitimate, watchable movie should look.

Could the person who wrote the positive review please ask them? I ask this because you obviously know someone in the cast or crew, because no one else would give this mess a rating over 3 stars.

Some low points... the opening sequence seems to have nothing to do with the movie... the concept of someone murdering contestants in a reality type show is tedious now, and simply lame here... the acting is better not discussed, because there's not enough of it to comment on... no one in this entire movie is likable... WAY too long.

Cheap, poorly acted, boring, overlong, cringe-worthy, probably bad for your health to watch. Otherwise, great stuff.

Part of me was semi-intrigued, being someone who is no stranger to horror/comedy/thriller films and has liked quite a lot and the idea interested me somewhat despite being ridiculous and potentially distasteful. A large part of me was apprehensive though, having heard it was not good and that it looked like one of those cheap and overdone films with a muddled tone.

Which, when watching it, was what 'Camp Massacre' (aka. 'Fat Chance') essentially was. It is not just not a good film, it's an intelligence insulting waste of time. If it was trying to entertain, scare or both, 'Camp Massacre' failed abysmally on both counts, making the film a terrible chore to sit through. Am not hating or trying to be malicious, it is just my genuine stance on a film that didn't do anything for me as well as many others.

Acting, from particularly the leads, is both overplayed and stiff. In all fairness they were hindered by hammy direction, constantly awkward and limp dialogue and that the film has no interesting or likeable characters whatsoever.

Script is childish, flabby and even improvisatory-sounding. The story is not much of one and takes forever to get going, when it finally does it is not for long and it is too late to care. The opening is irrelevant and the whole concept is predictable and tedious, not to mention much more distasteful than it sounded on paper, this is likely to offend anybody overweight or trying to lose weight because things can go too far.

Unfortunately, the comedy is completely witless, childish and so overdone it gets exhausting. The more horror-like elements are a long way from tense or suspenseful, generating little interest even. The kills were not creative and would go as far to say they were too tame, while the things there to by the film's definition "spice things up" came over as gratuitous and abused.

'Camp Massacre' is a cheap looking film that even makes the scenery look tacky. Can't remember anything about the soundtrack.

Overall, terrible with only a few okay shots (too far and between) rising it above irredeemable quality. 1/10 Bethany Cox

Probably 40 minutes or so could have but cut out to make it a shorter but less boring film. It seems to be super low budget which adds a lot of charm. There is room for a sequel that could be good. The general plot line is novel and decent.

Don't expect Robin Williams in a Mel Brooks film and you'll be fine. Yes it's is technically a slasher film, but it's more like a slightly graphic Scary Movie than a Friday the 13th with jokes. The opening is relevant to the movie no matter what some have said.

So you get semi-grizzly murders, not so serious performances from some actors and pretty good ones from others, Al Snow doing a comedic role excellently, and some attractive women. Last but not least, you get the lovely Bree Olson in a shower scene. (That alone was worth the wait to find this movie.)

The bottom line is really simple. I believe it was never intended to be a blockbuster, award winning story. I believe it was made to entertain the audience. And it succeeded. This was worth the time to watch.

The plot.

Ten obese men appear on a competitive reality show geared toward weight- loss.

As contestants disappear in the night it becomes apparent that a killer is on the loose.

OK so the spin is that they are fat.

Movie opens with a girl getting psycho'ed in the shower. Has nothing to do with the film as far as I can tell. IMDb sez this had a $100,000 budget. The production values are decent for that but did everyone work for free? And what did you pay Bree Olsen? White powder?

Honestly, All these obese men were hard to take.

And it's revealing anything to tell you that Buckethead is the killer. You find that out from the get go and it's really lame.

The one good review that is published here HAD to be from someone who worked on the film.