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3/10
An amateur movie making fun of amateur movies
unbrokenmetal17 March 2006
Tricia (Jennifer Ritchkoff), the only survivor of the Camp Blood massacre, is locked away in a lunatic asylum, for she is still suspected to have been the murderer herself, although she blames it on "The Clown". A movie director wants to make a no-budget movie about the incident and asks to have her released under supervision to return to Camp Blood, give technical advice and tell the "true" story. However, soon after the arrival in the woods, crew members disappear and "The Clown" is spotted again... "Camp Blood 2" fortunately is more than just hacking and slashing. It is an amateur movie making fun of amateur movies, its bad directors and bad actors. Yes, it is bad! But deliberately putting that to a use, and therefore it's sometimes quite funny. Fans of "Friday the 13th" will enjoy this less than fans of Ed Wood's movies, I suppose.
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3/10
It must be nice.
strungoutbutexperienced16 December 2005
It must be nice to be Brad Sykes. It must be nice to feel talented. It must be nice to be able to ignore the mountains of evidence that you are not, in fact, talented. It must be nice to have this poor woman Jennifer Ritchkoff in some sort of unholy headlock of blackmail that forces her to appear in your movies. Finally, it must be nice to have SO MUCH MONEY that you can afford to write/direct/produce eighteen movies without ever once making even one of them remotely good. This movie, and its prequel, "Camp Blood", get points for being laugh-out-loud funny, but aside from that, they could quite literally be shown in screen writing/filmography classes as examples of exactly what not to do.
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4/10
Pretty bad killer clown slasher.
HumanoidOfFlesh28 January 2012
Tricia,the sole survivor of "Camp Blood" massacre is taken to the mental hospital where she stays in a padded cell.Worth Milligan wants to make horror movie about "Camp Blood" called "Within the Woods" and he wants Tricia as his adviser.During auditioning of first actresses the murders begin.The bloodbath continues in the woods near Camp Blood.It seems that clown killer from the first "Camp Blood" returned for more victims...I haven't seen "Camp Blood" yet,but this sequel looks washed-out and amateurish.The script is awful,the performances are mostly bad and the gore is lame.Still after reading some reviews I am fairly sure that "Camp Blood 2" is marginally better than its predecessor.4 killer clowns out of 10.
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The Worst Film I Have Ever Seen
LadyGrace015 August 2002
I chose this movie at the video store with my friend, who is a huge fan of horror films. I've seen plenty of flicks, especially from the horror genre, that suck - but believe me, Camp Blood 2 is just bad, bad, bad.

It must have the lowest budget in cinema history. The filming is pathetically amateurish, with only one camera used by an obviously inept cameraman. The plot is completely unoriginal, totally cliched and fails entirely to engage the audience. The characters are flat, one-dimensional and uninteresting, and the acting is atrocious. Not to mention the script, which, to top it all off, is absolutely diabolical.

You may think I'm going overboard here, but honestly, I'm not. Camp Blood 2 really is this terrible. It is so awful in the extreme that I actually felt mad at whoever made it, because it is criminal to waste even the lowest of budgets on utter garbage such as this.
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1/10
How not to make a horror movie
cmgagnon15 October 2006
This film is great for anyone who wants to make a horror/thriller movie. Its basically the guidelines for how not to make a movie. I saw this movie when i was about 17 years old so my memory is a little rusty. I remember i was in the mood for some cheap horror movies so i picked up camp blood at my local video store, i had no idea what i was getting myself into. I get home and i fire up the movie, about ten minutes into i find myself staring into my bag of popcorn, my mind just wondered off and i was so into my popcorn, totally forgot i was even watching the movie. The movie had lost me and i was in the hands of a bag of delicious butter popcorn.

Point of my story: Stare at a bag of popcorn for 90 minutes, its about the same amount of entertainment but you can eat it!
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1/10
Even worse than the first one!
filmfreak-520 June 2006
It's a puzzle to me how this turd of a film ever got distribution.

Sure, it's horror and there's a fair share of nudity, but by god, the production value is the lowest I've ever seen, the equipment used is worse than standard home equipment, everything is overlit, giving everything an amateurish look, bringing your thought to America's worst home-video's or whatever that show was called..

Please people, is it too much to ask that you actually do an effort when you expect to waste 90 minutes of peoples lifes watching this? You really should have done some short projects first cause it's obvious you're a bunch of amateurs! 1/10
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1/10
An awfully bad film - stupid and dull as Jason Vorhees' blade
Justin-Fog26 February 2006
Just when I thought it couldn't get worse - it happened when I watched Camp Blood Part 2. The story is pretty much a repetition of Part 1, and if you have watched horror slashers you can easily identify the killer after just a few minutes. This time, a film team is trying to turn the tragic and bloody events of Camp Blood Part 1 into a smashing horror movie. The director / producer visits the sole survivor of part one in the sanitarium and manages to break her loose. When they enter Camp Blood, horrendous things start happening. One by one the film crew is being killed. The cameraman is stoned the whole time, the gofer is a fat slob who bites the dust shortly after he's entered camp and the only talented actress is the female protagonist. Well, it's a very, very bad movie. The clown mask is stupid, the killing scenes are boring, and even the shower scene at the beginning is unnecessary and uninteresting. Just forget it... I rather watch a Friday 13th movie for the umpteenth time than Camp Blood Part 2 for a second time... Jasper P. Morgan
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1/10
Wow
nzbungy1 January 2004
This is terrible, absolutely terrible. About the worst acting ever. My friends and I thought it looked promising at first, as it looked the way our films may look, but if they turn out anything like this please shoot us. The directing, while not abysmal, was barely mediocre, and everything proved this a horrendous disaster. Amazing. It is almost as bad as Final Stab. Never watch either one. 2 out of 10.
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5/10
Better than Part 1 (not exactly difficult, is it?)
andreas_bruderer12 March 2003
I was surprised to see that this one is actually at least twice as good as its predecessor. Sure enough, it can't stand up to SCREAM or I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER. But it is self-referential and has a (bloody) good plot, especially the ending. If there is Part III: PLEEEEEASSSEEE, don't film the whole thing on video, it just makes you sick to watch 73 minutes à la Blair Witch Project. By the way: Candyman, Scream 2, Friday the 13th, Scream Bloody Murder, Texas Chainsaw Massacre are just some of the hundred film that "inspired" this one. If you liked that one, watch "Bloody Murder".
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2/10
Slasher. Apparently
smellthecult-com-129 November 2009
Warning: Spoilers
This is absolutely terrible.

So bad, even I couldn't watch it through to the end, and I do watch a lot of awful movies with some glee. In fairness, this seems like it may be a student film, in which case I'd be a bit easier on it, but it's still no real excuse for this mess.

The basic premise is your standard slasher fare, only this time the killer wears a clown mask as he slices and dices, as if that somehow validates a new 'franchise' being created.

The acting is dreadful, and not in an entertaining way, and the death scenes are flagged so far in advance you are actually bored by the time the blood begins to flow.

Not many horror movies I would say avoid, but this is one of them.
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3/10
Well Well Well.
DarkSpotOn19 March 2023
If we are being honest, every slasher film is the same. Halloween and Friday the 13th are professionally made films and have a cult following, this is the same idea except extermely low budget. There is not much here. Also, i have not seen the 1st one, but i have seen 2005 Camp Blood Within the Woods, and i kinda liked that one.

This one seems like a recap of the 1st one that i have not watched. A film director wanting to recap the original Camp Blood. He gets his crew, and they get killed by the clown. That's kinda the whole thing. Still more interesting then Wrong Turn, August Undergound, Gummo or Begotten honestly.

Well if you are into Slashers go check it out.
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8/10
A perfectly crappy sequel to the enjoyably awful original
Woodyanders8 February 2008
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Smarmy opportunist writer/director Worthy Milligan (the extremely grating Garrett Clancy) convinces traumatized sole survivor Tricia (well played by Jennifer Ritchkoff) to go back to Camp Blood to work as a technical adviser on a film he's making about the horrific events which happened in the area. Of course, the murderous machete-wielding Clown (the singularly unfrightening Danny Rayfield) shows up to commit more brutal killings. Writer/director Brad Sykes strikes out something stinky with this lousy and unnecessary sequel to the hilariously horrendous original: the shoddy make-up f/x, the largely dreadful acting from a pathetic non-star cast of rank amateurs, the inevitable flashback footage from the first flick, Jeff Leroy's fuzzy, ugly, eye-straining cinematography, the plodding pace, the slow, talky script, the uniformly obnoxious and unappealing characters, the groan-inducing surprise twist ending, and a generic ooga-booga spooky'n'shuddery synthesizer score by Ghost are all exceptionally atrocious. As an added bonus, busty'n'lusty blonde babe Lisa Marie Bolick bares her yummy bod in a thoroughly gratuitous, but still much-appreciated shower scene. Dumb, clunky and bereft of any tension, this endearingly abominable schlock is positively mind-numbing in its jaw-dropping badness.
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6/10
Better than Part 1 (I know...that isn't really saying much!)
FrightMeter16 April 2001
One has to keep in mind when viewing the Camp Blood series that they are by no means big budget, widely released films, but low-budget, direct-to-video films that are geared toward a specific sub-group of horror fans....those who will watch anything horror, no matter its budget or production values. Lord knows that this series lack both.

Borrowing elements from "Friday the 13th", "Scream", and numerous other slasher films, the Camp Blood series focuses on a mad slasher in a downright creepy clown mask who terrorizes Camp Blackwoods. The first was mildly entertaining, due to the characters and the surprisingly great performance (well, I thought so anyway) by the lead actress, who returns for Part 2. Being suspected of the murdering her friends in the first film, a money-hungry independent film maker talks her into being his "technical assistant" on the set of his VERY low-budget take on the murders. To top it off, he wants to return to the same spot, Camp Blackwood, where her friends were butchered. Well, needless to say, the clown returns to wreak havoc on the film crew. The murders in this film will please any gore fan...they are very over the top and extremely gory and there are some interesting characters for being a DTV slasher. It's fast paced, and if you can get past just how poor the production values are, you might actually enjoy it. Again, the lead gives a decent performance and some of the more annoying characters are dispatched in gruesome ways. Overall, "Camp Blood 2" is better than the first. The pace is faster, there are more kills, the clown is creepier and more unrelenting this time around, and the premise, as flawed and ridiculous as it is, doesn't seem like a clichéd "Friday the 13th" rip-off like the first one did.

But please take my positive comments on this film to mean it is a cinematic masterpiece. It is far from it. It is just decent for what it is...an EXTREMELY low-budget, independent, direct-to-video horror film. The plot is ridiculous and unbelievable, which is the film's biggest problem...yeah, let's take a suspected murdered back to the woods where she apparently butchered her friends and let her roam around. The production values will immediately turn many off. The acting is as you would expect, particularly from the supporting characters. The ending is hokey and somewhat disappointing for several reasons that I won't get into because of spoilers.

But I try to be objective with any film that I watch and it is always a good thing when there is no point in the film where I want to turn it off. "Camp Blood 2" kept my interest and, with the same director, managed to be better than the first. That is always a plus. If you plan to check this out, however, please remember...it's low budget as can be!

My Grade: C-
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2/10
what the hell!
trashgang14 October 2009
What the hell is this. This is worse, the storyline is simple, a director would like to make a movie about camp blood and starts shooting it at the original places. That's okay but that's also where it goes terribly wrong. There is a lot of blah blah in the beginning of the movie and sure, they put in some nudity but nothing really works. It's only at the end when our scream queen Jennifer Ritchkoff starts screaming that again she is the one who carries the movie. They could have made it so much better but it was made one year after the original camp blood so I guess they ran out of money. The acting is really terrible some times, it just don't work sometimes, the only good news is that it is available together with camp blood so you don't have to pay twice.
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Tent-tastic. No, not really.
wong-326 August 2004
Holy bajesus, what a shambles of a movie. However if you're reading these comments you've probably already seen it. Why on earth would anyone want to look up a review of a film called Camp Blood 2 with a clown on the cover before renting it? No-one.

Anyway it's all about a killer clown stalking ZZZ-list actors who are... Yawn... Blah... Blah.

The friend who chose this film to watch on a boring Sunday night was promptly stoned to death after viewing.

However I did cry myself laughing at one moment, and the scene probably sums up most of these movies. A character is set on fire and has two choices - A) Dive into the water only 2 feet away, or B) Run into a tent and blow up. Seriously, that's what happens.

I didn't know tents came with free land mines!
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7/10
Surprisingly entertaining!!!
haightvanash21 February 2001
"Camp Blood 2" is a surprisingly entertaining film. My friend and I rented it because we enjoy watching horrible movies, and this appeared to be one. While watching it though, I began to enjoy it. The plot is that the character who survived the first film is in a mental institution. She and her friends went camping at Camp Blood at her friends were killed off by someone in a clown mask. Now, a director wants her to assist him in making a film about the experience. In a very unlikely scenario, she is released and allowed to act as a technical advisor to the film.

The catch is that the film is being shot on location at Camp Blood because the director believes that it will allow the actors to "feel the terror." Of course, a new clown-masked killer arrives and begins to slaughter the crew.

This film has a few minor plotholes and occasional spots of bad-acting, but is executed well, has well-done death scenes, and a few INTENTIONALLY funny parts.

I give "Camp Blood 2" a score of 7
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The worst movie ever made
moviemonstersuk17 May 2008
In Camp Crap II the dull frigid annoying woman from the original is in a nut house because nobody, the audience included, believed the yarn about a killer clown in the woods from the original movie. Somehow a two bit director manages to get her released so she can help make a film about it. The director is full of praise for the plot of the original, saying what a great movie it would make. Given how utterly pathetic the first effort was this suggests he never actually watched the first one.

Camp Crud II is just an excuse to show most of the original movie again probably on the assumption that anyone who had seen the original sure as hell wouldn't waste their time with this sequel. There are few additions, like the really ugly naked scene which has nothing to do with the plot, not that there is much anyway.

What really is amazing though is that the already dismal technical quality has dipped to a new low, the worst I've ever seen in a movie that's available to rent or buy. There is no sound. Yes, that's right - no sound. One reason for this could be that they use the same location as the previous movie, this "wilderness" is clearly right next to a road so perhaps the endless traffic drowned out the dialog. So there you have it, a movie so badly made it has no sound other than when a character is speaking. Car doors slam silently, blades chop without a noise..unbelievable.

People claim that some of those old sci-fi movies of the 50's are the worst films ever made but I totally disagree, plan 9 and mesa of lost women are both abysmal but they have spirit and ambition whereas this home made abomination has neither and has no excuse for it either. At least those movies managed to have sound in the right places.

Hands down the worst film I've ever seen. I especially liked the line the director comes out with - "a lot of people walk off these low budget movies" he says. I bet they do when it's this bad.
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6/10
Ok, but typical....
srmccarthy22 April 2001
Ok, I was desperate! I do not like slasher movies, but I wanted to watch something. I was surprised this was even kind of entertaining. Please don't misunderstand me, I am NOT recommending it. It is a bloody slasher movie, of which the entertainment is violent (and I normally loathe these kind of movies). However, I rated it one point above average because it did have an element of surprise, but I would not loose sleep if I forgot about the entire thing.
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Not Surprisingly Stupid!!!
mandaloon12 September 2002
Camp Blood 2 never should have been made. I have no clue where they found the actors at but it was very obvious that they didn't know what the heck they were doing. The directors tried to spice the movie up with a nude shower scene and peirced nipples......big friggin deal the movie still sucks!! The plot is very un-original and the special effects are crap!!! Stay far away from!!!!
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7/10
Decent entry, if not overtly spectacular
slayrrr66615 November 2006
Warning: Spoilers
"Camp Blood 2" is a decent slasher, but it's far better than the first one.

**SPOILERS**

One year after the massacre at Camp Blood, Director Worth Milligan, (Garrett Clancy) wants to make a movie what happened, and manages to get original survivor Tricia Young, (Jennifer Ritchkoff) on board. With the cast, Adrienne Palmer, (Missy Rae Hansen) Vanessa, (Sonya Joy Sims) Lance, (Mark Overholt) and Todd, (Timothy Patrick) together, they head into the same woods as before, and Tricia constantly fears that the killer is still out there. As the cast and crew start disappearing, she claims the killer clown has returned, and when she's proved true, the rest of the film-makers have to fight off the killer.

The Good News: This wasn't terrible, and it did have a few good things going for it. The first is a huge improvement over the killer's mask. This one is a more demonic looking clown mask, and it looks a lot more imposing in here. That earns it a big plus, as does the killer. Far more physically threatening, this one is far, far better and does manage to get a good scare here and there. The kills in here aren't that bad, and are quite decently done. We get a couple slit throats, a person set on fire, a machete slice to the top of a person's head, and the coolest one, using a broken beer bottle to gouge out both eyes of a victim. It's far more effective than how it sounds, and it scores as the coolest scene. The film does move at a fairly fast pace, helped along mostly with the inclusion of several flashbacks, and the woods themselves do give off a mildly threatening atmosphere. This could've been a whole lot worse.

The Bad News: One of the main things that holds this one down is that the cheese that helps most films here instead hurts it. The fact that the film is cheesy here results in the fact that the gore looks terrible and is quite disastrous. Several wounds re-appear later at completely different places than where they were first struck at, it spurts out quite unrealistically, and in general it looks really terrible. The film also looks pretty bad in a couple other areas, which is another big sign of it's cheesy nature. There are many plot holes and confusing moments in here that to take time out to explain them all would be a waste, but just know that they're there and quite obvious. There's also the fact that the film contains the overly-clichéd "film-within-the-film" storyline, as it's really been done to death and can't really have anything new brought to it. It also shows off the cheesy nature even more. There's other factors which hurt this one, but those are the big ones.

The Final Verdict: There's far worse films out there, but this still has a lot of problems to fix. It is better than the first one, so it has that going for it, but the only real ones who will get much out of this will be the most ardent slasher fans or the low-budget, independent film fans.

Rated R: Graphic Language, Graphic Violence, Full Nudity, brief drug use and a mild clothed sex scene
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I don't know!
BHorrorWriter7 November 2001
Well, I can't say this is in any way an original movie. The plot is stolen from any and every other slasher movie. Anymore the killers sex and identity isn't original...It has been done before! The acting is just bad, bad, bad. It was filmed in one in door location, and outside in the woods. I can't say I hate this film, simply because I own it. Yeah, I know...I actually paid for this. But it is a goofy movie, that is fun to watch to kill time and lose your senses.

I have yet to see part 1, but from all the flashbacks in this film, it looks like the plot it exactly the same, or it is just the same film.

Oh, well...nothing original or different...Just silly fun.

5 out of 10
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The Point?
Revenge_of_the_Madness1 January 2004
Did you find it because I didn't. I mean really, I know people in Horror films are not the brighest stars in the sky but even this goes above and behind. To return to the very woods were everything happened the first time? Really. Not that the first movie made all that much but the killer this time at least had a reason for what he/she did.

But that does not really help as the killer in the first one made no sense whatsoever. This movie is actully no worse then the first one, yes the acting is worse but the killers reason is better...You follow me? No, good cause if you did I would like you to explain it too me.

The best advice I can give you is to avoid both of these bombs as best you can. The hokey or cheese factor is not enough to help the movie. The only reason I sat through this one is becase is I start a series I have to finish it...Obsessive that way I guess.
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