Before I get to my Camp Blood 8: Revelations review, I just wanted to give a quick update on my Tubi Continued… challenge. At the beginning of the year, I said I wanted to watch 365 movies on Tubi in 365 days. Well, after 11 months (334 days), I have watched 323 movies, putting me 11 movies behind schedule. I plan on making up the difference this month. Will I be able to complete the challenge? Follow along, dear readers…
In what purports to be the eighth entry in the Camp Blood series (it’s actually the tenth, but hey who’s counting?), a coach (Phoebe Dollar from Goth) and her all-girl volleyball team are on their way to a match when their car breaks down near Camp Blood. The killer clown this time out has a demented incestuous mother (stand-up comedian-turned porn star Sally Mullins) who goads him into killing. The girls stupidly split up and soon become targeted by the flipped-out family.
Written and directed by Dennis (Ouija Nazi) Devine, Camp Blood 8: Revelations starts off with a team of bikini-clad girls playing volleyball on the beach, and let me tell you, there are certainly worse ways to kick off a movie. It also has a great theme song (by “The Lobotomommies”) and often feels more like a real movie than a Camp Blood sequel. Because of that, it lacks some of the down and dirty fun of the series.
There’s more intentional humor this time around, but no real laughs to speak of. The film also suffers from some weak elements, like the Final Girl having the ability to communicate with the ghost of a Hindu holy man (who winds up not being much help anyway). Speaking of communicating, having the killer clown talk (a lot) doesn’t work at all. There’s also a potentially interesting plot twist halfway through that ends up going nowhere.
The cast is game, which makes up for some of the movie’s shortcomings. The usually annoying Shawn C. Phillips tones his schtick down and is kind of amusing as a “survivalist” living out in the woods. Mullins is also a hoot as she has a habit of showing off her boobs every chance she gets. It was nice seeing Dollar in something like this, although they don’t really make the best use of her talents. Best of all, Video Vacuum favorite Veronica Ricci pops up during the post-credits set-up for another sequel.
You could always take care of the other Caesar and Otto movies, they're on Tubi.
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