Stop me if you’ve heard this one before…a group of teens go camping but find that they are being preyed upon by a killer.

Body Count was a movie that I saw on the shelves of the many video shops in my area but never got around to seeing. I don’t know why because the video artwork was excellent. So many slasher movies, so little time.

I was prepared to be underwhelmed when I finally saw it, as watching so many bad examples of the subgenre has made me somewhat jaded. But, instead, I found that it’s pretty good!

The fact that it was directed by Ruggero Deodato certainly helped. Also, the fact that David Hess and Charles Napier are in the cast certainly helped too.

The kills and plot twists reminded me of Just Before Dawn and showed that that could be originality in this most cliched of horror movies back in the day.

It doesn’t excuse the number of women who fall over when running from the killer, though. My eyes were rolling as I watched these incidents.

There also seems to have been a product placement deal with Kellogg’s cereal with this production, which is odd.

All in all, it’s a good slasher movie.

3 out of 5 stars