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Cheerleader Camp
Cheerleader Camp DVD Cover
Directed by	John Quinn
Produced by	Jeff Prettyman John Quinn
Written by	David Lee Fein R.L. O'Keefe
Starring	Betsy Russell Leif Garrett Lucinda Dickey Lorie Griffin George "Buck" Flower Travis McKenna Teri Weigel Rebecca Ferratti Vickie Benson Jeff Prettyman
Music by	Joel Hamilton Murielle Hodler-Hamilton
Cinematography	Bryan England
Editing by	Jeffrey Reiner
Distributed by	Prism Entertainment Corporation Anchor Bay Entertainment
Release date(s)	1987
Running time	89 minutes
Country	USA
Language	English

Cheerleader Camp (also known as Bloody Pom-Poms), is an American slasher film, released in 1987. The film stars Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, Lucinda Dickey, George "Buck" Flower, Teri Weigel, and Rebecca Ferratti. The primary motif of the film is, as the title implies, cheerleading.

Synopsis

As is typical of most slasher films of the era, the plot is simple and formulaic. Essentially, the film follows Alison (Russell), a cheerleader at Lindo Valley who is grappling with feelings of inadequacy. Alison, along with her flirtatious boyfriend (Garrett) and fellow cheerleaders, attend Camp Hurrah, a cheerleading camp, with hopes of winning the All State finals. Alison is haunted by nightmares of murders that soon manifest themselves into reality. After discovering several people murdered at the camp, Alison soon begins to think she's the killer.^[1]

Cast

• Betsy Russell as Alison Wentworth
• Leif Garrett as Brent Hoover
• Lucinda Dickey as Cory Foster
• Lorie Griffin as Bonnie Reed
• George "Buck" Flower as Pop
• Travis McKenna as Timmy Moser
• Teri Weigel as Pam Bently
• Rebecca Ferratti as Theresa Salazar
• Vickie Benson as Miss Tipton
• Jeff Prettyman as Sheriff Poucher
• Krista Pflanzer as Suzy
• Craig Piligian as Detective
• William Johnson as Chief Ronnie
• Kathryn Litton as Timmy's girlfriend
• Tommy Habeeb as Assistant Detective
• John Quinn as Ambulance Attendant

DVD release

Cheerleader Camp was released on Region 1 DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2004.

Sequel

Rumors of a 1990 sequel to Cheerleader Camp have circulated for years, but no such film exists. The alleged sequel (entitled Cheerleader Camp II) does have an entry at IMDb despite the fact that it was never produced. A sequel was planned by producers of the original film, but the project was eventually scrapped and made into another, unrelated film (Camp Fear) that was produced and financed by another production team.^[2]

References

External links

• Cheerleader Camp at the Internet Movie Database
• Cheerleader Camp at Allmovie
• Cheerleader Camp at Rotten Tomatoes
• Review at "DVD Maniacs"
• Review at "Retro Slashers"