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Cheerleader Camp

- Some girls would kill to be Cheerleaders.

A cheerleader named Alison is plagued by nightmares about the upcoming all-state finals and attends a summer training camp with her teammates. When a number of deaths start occurring at the camp, Alison's nightmares turn twisted and brutal, and she begins to believe that she may be responsible for the mayhem.

Release Date : 1988-06-01

Language :English

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Prism EntertainmentDaiei Film

Production Country : JapanUnited States of America

Alternative Titles : Bloody Pom Poms

Cast

Character Name : Alison Wentworth

Original Name : Betsy Russell

Gender : Female

Character Name : Brent Hoover

Original Name : Leif Garrett

Gender : Male

Character Name : Cory Foster

Original Name : Lucinda Dickey

Gender : Female

Character Name : Bonnie Reed

Original Name : Lorie Griffin

Gender : Female

Character Name : Pop

Original Name : George Buck Flower

Gender : Male

Character Name : Pamela Bently

Original Name : Teri Weigel

Gender : Female

Character Name : Theresa Salazar

Original Name : Rebecca Ferratti

Gender : Female

Character Name : Timmy Moser

Original Name : Travis McKenna

Gender : Male

Character Name : Miss Tipton

Original Name : Vickie Benson

Gender : Female

Character Name : Sheriff Poucher

Original Name : Jeff Prettyman

Gender : Male

Character Name : Suzy

Original Name : Krista Pflanzer

Gender : Female

Character Name : Detective

Original Name : Craig Piligian

Gender : Male

Character Name : Chief Ronnie

Original Name : William Johnson

Gender : Male

Reviews

Wuchak

@Wuchak

2023-04-13

**_Stale late 80’s slasher starts kinda goofy, but turns serious_** High school students in SoCal go to cheerleading camp in the remote Sequoia National Forest where they tragically start dying one by one. Who’s the killer? Will any make it back alive? "Cheerleader Camp” (1988) is a whodunnit slasher that mixes cheerleading antics with elements of the “Friday the 13th” flicks and “The Burning” (1981), not to mention “Sleepaway Camp” (1983). “Body Count” (1986) also comes to mind. I had a bad attitude at first because there was some campy humor along the lines of “Friday the 13th Part III” (1982) and “Friday the 13th Part V” (1985), mostly revolving around the overweight character and the female camp director, not to mention the Englund-like Handyman, albeit less so. In other words, I thought the movie was going to be a full-on joke, but the comedic bits only revolve around those characters and the flick takes a dark turn in the second half. Also, it actually deals with some pretty heavy themes despite being an 80’s slasher with a dash of sex humor. For instance, there are reflections on anxiety, competition/rivalry, relationship abuse, alcoholism, deception, manipulation and false testimony. I was halfway through when it occurred to me that one of the male characters was Leif Garrett, the former teenage heartthrob of the late 70s. Here he is at 26 (during shooting) playing a high school student and he’s effective enough. Lorie Griffin stands out on the female front as Bonnie. You might remember her from her memorable role in “Teen Wolf” (1985). The female cast is decent—also including Rebecca Ferratti (Theresa), Betsy Russell (Alison) and Vickie Benson (Miss Tipton)—but the director evidently didn’t know how to shoot women (no pun intended). So, this is worthwhile enough to check out if you like 80’s slashers, but you have to roll with its hackneyed shortcomings. The film runs 1 hour, 29 minutes, and was shot in Bakersfield and Sequoia National Forest, California, which is about an hour’s drive northeast of there. GRADE: C+