Camp Twilight Movie Review - Slice And Dice And Run

Camp Twilight is suited for those looking for a film to go with their hard drink. Or if you just want to see a bad movie, for fun, that is.

Director Brandon Amelotte's Camp Twilight is the kind of film generally reserved for the "drinking nights." You gather your friends, pour alcohol, and put on one of those so-bad-it's-good movies. Some notable inclusions are - The Room (2003), The Fanatic (2019), Jupiter Ascending (2015), Samurai Cop (1991), and of course, Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959). The company, the mock-y laughter, and the drink keep the show easy and going. If you have seen any of the mentioned films, you know it's pointless to talk about visual grammar and stuff. To say that the framing is off will be equivalent to stating something as banal as the grass is green.

In Camp Twilight, six students are asked, no, blackmailed to go camping because of their low grades. No prizes for guessing the name of this camp. This trip will give them extra credit. Now, don't just start cursing your school, which believed in assigning more homework instead. Anything that looks too-good-to-be-true comes with a fatal caveat. Camp Twilight is notorious for serial killings. This place has witnessed various murders. As a result, security increased, which someone on the news defines as HEAVY with all the letters in capitals. Why the hell then are the students being taken there? How did the parents agree? Or even better, how does the presence of only two police officers justify the term HEAVY in capitals? And that too in a place this HUGE!

Once at the camp, the teens engage in the ritualistic spin the bottle game. There is kissing, flirting, fighting, not in a particular order. In between, someone dressed in complete black chops off lonely wanderers. Somewhere for a minute, Camp Twilight turns into a cheesy advertisement for the camp itself. It is perhaps only Felissa Rose as Ms. Jessica Bloom, who (mostly) remains consistently zestful. Her hands prefer bouncing in the air than taking rest. I wondered if it was because of the actor's familiarity with the place. Because in 1983, Felissa Rose was attending another camp named Sleepaway Camp. 37 years later, one wonders if the nostalgia had made Rose, and by extension, her character, so cheery and excited.

The six students come across as puzzle pieces. You are not exactly sure if they are best friends, just classmates or acquaintances. The film wants us to go for the first option, but I was never sold on anything. But then, tackling a movie like this with logic is as harmful as being hit by an axe. Like many so-bad-it's-good films, Camp Twilight has plenty of scenes to make you go WHAT-THE-FUCK in capitals. I laughed at a chase sequence between the killer and a student, and boy, I laughed my ass off. That should account for something, maybe.

Note: DarkCoast will release CAMP TWILIGHT onto various digital platforms (InDemand, DirecTV, FlixFling, Vudu, AT&T & Fandango) on 11/1.

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