'Twisted Nightmare' is a very basic 80's slasher flick with supernatural elements that's unoriginal in almost every way and features terrible acting, poor editing, bizarre plot-holes and lacking any real suspense whatsoever. It's not hard to see why this sat on the shelf for 5 years before being released and why the genre was falling out of favour, this flick is about as run of mill as it gets.
The plot = A group of teens win a trip to a summer camp they attended a few years ago, since the tragic accidental death of one of the teens Matthew. Soon after they arrive, they start getting killed off one by one and it becomes apparent that the tragic accident is linked with these recent killings.
Almost everything about this is a failure down to the awful special effects, the bad storytelling and lifeless direction that overuses the slow motion for no reason other than to pad out the running time. Despite having a large cast of characters, the murder set pieces are boring and lack any chills with some of the poorest lighting I've ever seen. The only slight entertainment I got out of this is with the character Dean (Kenneth Roper Jr), he's the biggest a-hole you'll ever see, and his antics are a highlight in this film. However, the rest are totally forgettable, and the final twist ending was lame and totally obvious.
Overall 'Twisted Nightmare' is about as banal a slasher movie can get without any fun or charm.
The plot = A group of teens win a trip to a summer camp they attended a few years ago, since the tragic accidental death of one of the teens Matthew. Soon after they arrive, they start getting killed off one by one and it becomes apparent that the tragic accident is linked with these recent killings.
Almost everything about this is a failure down to the awful special effects, the bad storytelling and lifeless direction that overuses the slow motion for no reason other than to pad out the running time. Despite having a large cast of characters, the murder set pieces are boring and lack any chills with some of the poorest lighting I've ever seen. The only slight entertainment I got out of this is with the character Dean (Kenneth Roper Jr), he's the biggest a-hole you'll ever see, and his antics are a highlight in this film. However, the rest are totally forgettable, and the final twist ending was lame and totally obvious.
Overall 'Twisted Nightmare' is about as banal a slasher movie can get without any fun or charm.