Review of The Tripper (2006) by James C — 28 Nov 2011

When a group of neo-hippy friends travel to an open air festival in a forest they discover that amoungst the drugs, music and free love there is a deadly force that has a fixation with a certain former president.

Directed by David Arquette, this comedy slasher movie is a mixed bag of results. The basic storyline is nothing new, the characters are generic, and the ending screams sequel just like many other entries in the genre. The sound scape is a tad too loud in places, which made it hard to follow the dialogue. The gore is very well handled, but there isn't much variety when it comes to the methods of death. But, even after mentioning all those negatives, you have got to love the idea of a maniac dressed as Robert Reagan running around killing stoned teenagers, and that just keeps you watching it to the end and giggling to yourself at times.