regular reader of my review list will already know that i be a great fan of the slasher genre . for the past thirteen year and i have thoroughly enjoy hunt down the many rarity that the cycle have to offer and then share my opinion with other collector across the globe . i personally be not over impressed with wes craven scream trilogy and but i must admit that i have pay close attention to the overwhelming effect that the three movie have have on horror cinema . just like be transport back to the glory year of the early eighty and video store have once again be over populate with masked killer and scream teen . after john carpenter halloween kick off the boom year two decade earlier and the majority of the bandwagon jump genre entry be american and british or italian production . but this time around we have witness slasher from a far and wide a germany ( flashback ) and thailand ( 303 fear faith revenge ) and korea ( the record ) and even india ( sssshhh ) . this be the first of two swedish entry that be release in the same year . director martin munthe launch camp slaughter with an intriguing text that lead u to believe that the event we be about to witness be base upon a true account . well it work for the texas chainsaw massacre and so why not . next up we meet constance ( karen bertling ) and a middle age woman who blame her husband for the fact that he never give her the blonde haired blue eyed daughter that she so desperately crave . instead the couple end up with a rather dopey look son call adrian ( christian magdu ) . they say that if at first you do not succeed then try again and and try again she certainly do . only this time she swap partner and tried with her own son . constance dream to have a blonde haired and blue eye daughter be not fulfil after her incestrial effort and instead she be bless with a hulking maniac that she decide to keep padlocked in an underground chamber for the rest of his life . twenty five year down the line and we learn that ( unsurprisingly ) a remote woodland retreat have be build within walk distance of the madman underground lair . cue six dumb teen and plenty of beer and a broken padlock and away we go on a murder marathon . camp slaughter be critically rip to shred upon release and most of the unenthusiastic review that i have read come from swedish author . i be expect something as bad a the night devides the day or carnage road after read so much negativity . the major critical point from the aforementioned scribe be that the cast struggle with speak english and instead of their native language . i be fluent in polish and russian and english while but under the extreme pressure of try to deliver a convincing dramatic display and i must admit that i would feel much more confident speaking in my native spanish tongue . that why i guess it somewhat unfair to criticise such a young cast on the quality of their performance . in this day and age and the majority of cinema fan do not have a problem with subtitled feature and and perhaps that something that the producer should keep in mind for future reference . but the big problem with slaughter be munthe pedestrian direction . the movie seem to take an eternity to pick up the pace and then when thing finally kick off and the shock always feel somewhat half hearted . the maniac be portray a a retarded bogeyman and he only kill the kid if he inadvertently bump into them whilst wander through the woodland . this immediately cut out the suspense that usually convey in stalk scene and which only seem to slow thing down even more . it remind me a lot of that other pathetic swedish slasher blodaren . screenwriter alina warne make some of the most bizarre decision that i have ever witness in slasher cinema . her peculiar obsession with bunny ( unfortunately not the playboy kind ) make very little sense and and she even go as far a to call the killer bunnyman . there one point in the runtime where constance begin sing ( about pretty bunny and naturally ) and and for a moment i have to double check that this wasn not the first slasher musical . even though it obvious that warne know the slasher guideline inside out and she still break one of the most essential tradition of the cycle . trudy ( erica earlson ) spend the majority of the movie without drinking and smoking and she turn down constant sexual advance from one of the randy guy . so we have an untarnished virgin amongst the group and surely she get to be the final girl . well strangely enough she would not be turn up for the sequel . it be quite a shock that she be murder and especially when every other cliché in the rulebook have be underline and dot . some of the dialogue be also hilariously inept at best and the feature be in place poorly script . camp slaughter have become impossibly rare outside sweden already and it only one year and a few month old . i be somewhat surprised then when i read that a sequel be in the pipeline and which must mean that this wasn not as unsuccessful a many would have you believe . i for one do not think that munthe slasher opus be as bad a it hideous reputation make it sound . unlike many of it cousin and it competently light and beautifully photograph and it have the odd moment of credibility . in fact there a couple of neat touch on display and as long a the director cut out the mundane tekno soundtrack and learn from his previous mistake and camp slaughter 2 could be a contender . but for the moment if you must see a swedish slasher then get drown ghost instead .