Cheerleader Camp, also known as Bloody Pom-Poms, is an American slasher film, released in 1988. Starring Betsy Russell, Leif Garrett, directed by John Quinn, and written by David Lee Fein and R.L. O'Keefe, the primary motif of the film is, as the title implies, cheerleading. The slasher film (also known simply as slashers) is a sub-genre of the horror film genre. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Leif Garrett in 1978. ... John Quinn can refer to: John Quinn, baseball general manager John Quinn, Roman Catholic archbishop John Quinn, United States Congressman John Quinn, professional wrestler This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... Cheerleaders warming up for competition Cheerleading is an activity that uses organized routines made up of elements from dance, gymnastics, and stunting to cheer on sports teams at games and matches, and/or as a competitive sport. ...

As is typical of most slasher films of the era, the plot is simple and formuliac, Essentially, the film follows Alison (Russel) at a camp with her boyfriend (Garret), where they encounter a mysterious killer, and their attempts to unravel the murderer's identity.

The reaction to the film was lukewarm. Though most critics felt that the film was enjoyable for what it was, none felt that Cheerleader Camp was especially high-quality, and some have compared it unfavorably to the superficially similiar film Sleepaway Camp. Sleepaway Camp was a 1983 horror movie directed and written by Robert Hiltzik about murders at a summer camp and is considered by many viewers to have the most disturbing ending of all horror films. ...

The film was released on Region 1 DVD by Anchor Bay Entertainment in 2004. The following is an excerpt of the article entitled DVD. For the sake of convenience, the terms Region 0, Region 1, Region 2, Region 3, Region 4, Region 5, Region 6, Region 7 and Region 8 redirect to this page. ... DVD (also known as Digital Versatile Disc or Digital Video Disc, officially called DVD-ROM) is an optical disc storage media format that can be used for data storage, including movies with high video and sound quality. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ...

References

• Cheerleader Camp at the Internet Movie Database
• Cheerleader Camp at Rotten Tomatoes
• http://movies2.nytimes.com/gst/movies/movie.html?v_id=9068
• Review at "DVD Maniacs"