With Cannibal Campout, I expected the same sort of goofy fun that Woodchipper Massacre, both directed by Jon McBride (though this film has a co-director, Tom Fisher), contained. I enjoyed Woodchipper Massacre for what it was worth, but couldn't find the same sort of enjoyment with Cannibal Campout. Instead of being a well crafted home made movie, it ends up being along the same lines as any forgettable 80's gore-fest.

The movie features a predictable group of redneck cannibals that terrorize a group of college kids camping out in the woods. It's funny that these people are supposed to be hillbilly like, but none of the actors can manage to cover up their Jersey accents. I kept expecting one of the killers to shout "fuhgetaboutit!" at some point in the film.

The movie does display a decent amount of gory scenes, and surprisingly even some nudity as well. I wish the killers could have been more frightening, this might have made the gory scenes a little more enjoyable. One of the killers in the film is wearing a fighter pilot outfit, helmet and all, which was a very odd choice. His face is disfigured, so I guess that is why he is dressed like that. But is the fighter pilot outfit the best they could do?

I like that when the group of college kids are first hassled by the killers in the woods, they decide to go ahead and campout anyway. Why are people in horror films so stupid? I know if they would have left there wouldn't have been a movie, but I can't understand why people, especially younger ones, in horror films always stay in the scariest of places. Even when they know it isn't safe.

The music in the film is a little better than the music that was in Woodchipper Massacre. It actually has some great scary themes to it, and fits a little better with most of what was going on in the movie. But the predictability and unoriginality of the film caused this to be a sour experience. What a disappointment considering how much fun Woodchipper Massacre turned out to be.