This is one of those movies that you're either going to love or hate. Me? I actually hated it the first time I saw it. I found it to be an obnoxious pile of shit, but with the occasional rewatch over the years, I grew to appreciate Decampitated for what it is. An insightful, yet silly statement on the state of the Horror genre. A self aware 90's slasher which actually manages to get it right. Imagine that.

Decampitated is about seven friends who don't seem to like, or even know each other very well, who decide to go camping together. Although they seem to know nothing about the activity. The leader of our group, Garrett. A hyper, enthusiastic twig of a man who is determinded to treat his pals to a weekend in the woods. Despite not being very bright, he seems to really know how to take charge. For whatever reason, Garrett's lazy, bitchy friends reluctantly decide to join him in his quest to rough it. The happy campers decide to camp as planned, but we soon discover, there's a killer in the woods, but luckily, there's seven of them, which should be more than enough to fight off the killer. Especially if they all stick together. Of course, when times get tough, they all scatter out like dumb fucks, and make one stupid decision after the other. Even when they get the killer down, and have him right where they want him, they'll yet again run off again into the woods to duct tape their wounds, and of course bicker amonst themselves.

With all the unnecessary re-releases Troma has put out, hopefully, one of these days, this one will get a better release with lots of extras, including commentary, alternate/cut scenes. Maybe some interviews with that peculiar cast. That totally needs to happen. But for the life of me, I can't understand why this film never ended up with the cult status one would just assume it would simply end up with. And why is isn't spoken in the same breath as Troma greats such as Combat Shock or Redneck Zombies. This film was made during a strange time for B-Horror, as well as Horror in general. The genre wasn't taken quite as seriously as it once was, despite actually becoming more serious. But the 90's needed more movies like this. Perhaps if it had, the decade would be remembered a little more fondly by some of us.

Decampitated is a bad movie. A feel good clusterfuck of a slasher that's smart enough to know how stupid it is. In alot of ways, the perfect Troma movie. These guys definitely got it right. Perhaps one of these days, this film, which was clearly ahead of its time, will find the audience that it's always lacked and gain the status it's always deserved as one of the elite Non-Kaufman Troma films. And one of the greatest Horror comedies ever made. Check it out! 7/10