Camp Blood First Slaughter
A direct-to-DVD slasher with a found-footage gimmick.
Camp Blood First Slaughter is a 2014 American direct-to-DVD slasher film written and directed by Mark Polonia. The film follows a group of college students who venture into the woods for an assignment and are systematically murdered by a masked killer. It is part of the Camp Blood series and employs a found-footage gimmick that critics noted was inconsistently applied.
- Release year
- 2014
- Country
- United States
- Format
- Direct-to-DVD
- Genre
- Slasher
- Director
- Mark Polonia
- Writer
- Mark Polonia
Lore & Background
Camp Blood First Slaughter was written and directed by Mark Polonia, who also helmed other low-budget horror films. The plot involves a college assignment that sends students into the woods, where they are killed one by one by a masked figure. The film features a cast including Kelsey Kaufmann as Christi, Houston Baker as Victor, and Joshua Pollitt as Harvey, among others.
Reader's Guide
The film received largely negative reviews. DVD Review noted that the filmmakers tried their best with limited resources but failed to achieve the 'so bad it’s good' quality they aimed for. Bloody Disgusting criticized the flat acting, character stupidity, overuse of CGI blood effects, and the abandonment of the found-footage premise, pointing out inconsistencies such as perfect camera angles when the camera is dropped and the inclusion of killer POV shots and cliché video glitches. Despite its poor reception, the film represents a continuation of the Camp Blood franchise and exemplifies the challenges of ultra-low-budget horror filmmaking.
Did You Know?
- The film was released direct-to-DVD in 2014.
- It was written and directed by Mark Polonia.
- The cast includes Kelsey Kaufmann, Houston Baker, and Joshua Pollitt.
- A review from Bloody Disgusting criticized the film for forgetting its found-footage premise.
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