Twisted Nightmare (1987)

Self-important, over-dramatic, uninspired.

Sadly Over-hyped

everything you have heard about this movie is true.

A different way of telling a story

Some old school friends each win a free weekend at Camp Paradise, the place where they all used to go on vacation together when they were younger. While there, a superhuman, growling man-beast bumps them off one-by-one (except for the couple making love outside… he kills both of them at the same time).On the slasher horror checklist, this one ticks all the boxes and then some: you got a group of horny teenagers in a remote woodland retreat, multiple kills, lots of gratuitous female nudity (all the girls gets their clothes off at some point), mullets, an old man who warns the kids "you're all going to die!, a flashback scene, an Indian burial ground and an ancient curse.So why the low rating? Well, there is not one ounce of originality in the whole thing, the kills occur mostly off-screen and are relatively gore-less (the kid having his arm torn off and the cop losing his head being the notable exceptions), the acting is atrocious (the OAP sheriff winning my award for worst performance), and a lot of the action is way too dark (except for some of the night-time woodland scenes which are back-lit with a 10000w blue lamp that can be seen from outer space).At the end, it should come as no surprise to anyone as to who has been behind the killings.3.5/10, rounded up to 4 for the party scene, which sees our happy campers making merry to some of the worst music imaginable. Those wild and crazy kids.

Paul Hunt's "Twisted Nightmare" was actually made in 1982 and in the same setting of "Friday the 13th Part III".The film was withheld until 1987.It's easy to see why.A group of teenagers go to a lakeside camp named Camp Paradise built on an ancient Indian burial ground.Two years ago mildly retarded and virginal Matthew was burned alive in the barn.His charred body was never found.Two years later the teens are invited back to camp where demonic killer starts slaughtering them."Twisted Nightmare" rips off "Friday the 13th","The Ghost Dance" and "The Burning" and offers plenty of clichés.There is nudity galore and the bodycount is quite high,but all sixteen killings are shown mostly off-screen.The acting is pretty amateurish too.6 out of 10.Now let's go and explore the barn.

I've just finished watching this movie with a mate and thought it was so bad it was great. Firstly I thought the overall look of the film as well as the gore were quite good (not great but good). While the plot is very basic and flawed, it is the bad acting that really makes this movie fun to watch. Often you will watch a movie where all the actors are putting in such a bad performance that they have a certain chemistry between them. With this movie not only are they all acting poorly, but they have no chemistry with one another at all. Extra bad points go to the muscle Asian guy Tak who never changes expression or tone, and the aggressive moustache boyfriend with the over the top bad attitude. It is the bad acting that make this film enjoyable. If you want a good and effective horror movie then stay away. If you want a good unintentional laugh, then check it out.

Dumb, moronic film was shelved for 5 years (completed in '82, released in '87), because of poor pacing, editing, and horrible death scenes. What little plot there is, is about teenagers winning a vaction to a camp they once attended when they were younger. However once they get there and people start turning up missing they start to believe that the disapperances have something to do with the accidental death of a friend at the camp years earlier. Sound familiar??Rated R; Graphic Violence, Sexual Situations, Profanity, and Graphic Nudity.