So the original title of this thing was THE BUTTERFLY REVOLUTION which is a lot more fitting and makes more sense. This being the 80s though they tried and fool people into thinking they were going to be getting another slasher flick since those things were making so much money. This is not a slasher movie, in fact it's not even really a horror movie. People do die but it's all done in more of a dramatic-thriller way. The great Chuck Connors is a religious nut who's in charge of a boys summer camp. He treats everyone like shit. Then the kids stage a revolution and tie up the adults in a cabin, then people start getting killed off. Oh and they knock over a butterfly display, hence the alternate title. Penelope Spheeris, known for DECLINE OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION films, wrote the screenplay so Fear's "Beef Bologna" song is sung by a couple of weirdos.
Overall not the worst thing in the world but the title swerve is a bit of a downer. It does(poorly) attempt to show how power corrupts no matter who wields it which is a lesson that seems to have been forgotten in today's numb-skull-filled world.
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