Body Count (1986 film)
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| Body Count | |
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| File:Camping del Terrore.jpg | |
| Directed by | Ruggero Deodato |
| Written by | Alessandro Capone (as Alex Capone) Dardano Sacchetti (as David Parker Jr.) Sheila Goldberg Luca D'Alisera |
| Produced by | Alessandro Fracassi |
| Starring | Charles Napier David Hess Bruce Penhall Mimsy Farmer |
| Cinematography | Emilio Loffredo |
| Edited by | Eugenio Alabiso |
| Music by | Claudio Simonetti |
| Distributed by | DMEG Forum Hollywood DVD Ltd. Magna Pacific Palace Home Video |
Release date |
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Running time | 87 min (90 min: uncut release) |
| Country | Italy/United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
Body Count (released in Italy as Camping del Terrore/ Camping Terror) is a 1986 slasher film directed by Ruggero Deodato.[1] It was released in Germany as Body Count: Die Mathematik des Schreckens, and in Denmark as Shamen.[2]
Body Count is one of the numerous sub-categorized "backwoods slashers" that occurred during the eighties made famous by Friday the 13th franchise and The Burning, along with such others as Don't Go in the Woods, Mother's Day, Just Before Dawn, Madman, The Final Terror and The Prey.
Plot
Some teenagers go camping at a campsite that was shut down years before, due to a murder that occurred there. The area used to be an old Indian burial ground and is supposed to be haunted by the ghost of an Indian shaman. One by one, the kids are killed off in gruesome ways by a hideous masked, knife-wielding slasher, whom they believe to be the Indian shaman returned to life.
Cast
- Charles Napier as Charlie, the Sheriff
- David Hess as Robert Ritchie
- Bruce Penhall as Dave Calloway
- Mimsy Farmer as Julia Ritchie (uncredited)
- Nicola Farron as Ben Ritchie
- Andrew J. Lederer as Sidney
- Cynthia Thompson as Cissy
- Nancy Brilli as Tracy
- Stefano Madia as Tony
- John Steiner as Dr. Olsen
- Ivan Rassimov as Deputy Sheriff Ted
Production
Bodycount's filming began in October 1985 in Abruzzo, Italy and was finished in November of the same year, but had a limited release in the United States in 1986 and had a release in Italy in 1987. The film has been released on DVD in Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom. As of 2011, the film was not theatrically released in the United States. It was released on video as Body Count however.
Critical reception
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Allmovie called it a "derivative slasher entry" and "one of Deodato's least interesting films."[3]
References
- ^ "Body Count". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ Luther-Smith,Adrian (1999). Blood and Black Lace: The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies. Stray Cat Publishing Ltd. p. 15
- ^ Robert Firsching. "Camping del Terrore (1986)". Allmovie. Retrieved 17 June 2012.
External links
- Body Count at IMDb
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