Julie (Jessica Morris) is one of several counselors hired for the summer at Camp Placid Pines. There have always been tales of a maniac named Trevor Moorehouse on the loose, but no solid proof that he ever existed. That doesn't stop murders from occurring with the main suspects either being Jason (Justin Ross Martin) or sinister Dean (Michael Stone), who terrorized an ex-girlfriend who can't swim by dumping her out of their canoe. Julie hears about a man named Nelson who might have murdered a counselor years ago, a man who was known to her father who used to work at the camp. Julie comes to the conclusion that the killer is actually one of the other female counselors, Drew (Crystalle Ford), but on this she may be tragically wrong. Could there also be more than one killer on the loose?
An obvious imitation of Friday the 13th, Bloody Murder has not a dollop of style and not a hell of a lot of suspense, although you may on occasion wonder who the killer is during frequent bouts of boredom. Bloody Murder also has very little gore, making it resemble a 1970's-style made for TV murder mystery. In spite of all this, it generally holds the attention, and an enthusiastic cast helps a bit. This all seems thrown together by shooting bits and pieces and hoping it all adds up to a decent movie, which it really doesn't, although it gets A for Effort. Some of the actors appeared only in this film or one or two others, but Morris, Martin, and Patrick Cavanaugh as Toby managed to wrack up quite a few subsequent credits. Peter Guillemette makes a positive impressive as the attractive boss Patrick, but he only appeared in this one movie. Followed by Bloody Murder 2: Closing Camp.
Verdict: Stick with Friday the 13th. *1/2.
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