
Born Again
2017

Representation Score
Good
2012
Not RatedDirector
Vito Trabucco
Runtime
90 minutes
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Bloody Bloody Bible Camp is a transgressive exploitation film that uses camp aesthetics to challenge traditional social and religious hierarchies. It effectively subverts religious iconography and critiques Western religious institutions through its queer-coded antagonist and irreverent treatment of sacredness. However, the film's impact is limited by a lack of racial diversity and a homogeneous cast focused on a specific subcultural archetype. Ultimately, the film prioritizes shock value and the deconstruction of institutional sanctity over nuanced social representation.
Category Breakdown
The film features a transvestite serial killer nun who challenges traditional gender roles by merging religious iconography with non-traditional gender expressions. This character disrupts conventional binaries.
The film portrays religious authority figures like nuns and priests through a lens of absurdity and violence. By depicting feminine sanctity as chaotic and predatory, it subverts the nurturing female stereotype.
The narrative appears to focus on a homogenous group within a specific American subculture. There is no evidence of significant racial diversity or race-bending casting.
The film takes a highly skeptical stance toward Christian institutions, using irreverent depictions of deity and religious settings to promote moral relativism. It challenges traditional reverence by presenting chaotic and violent scenarios.
The film does not feature characters with visible or invisible disabilities as central narrative devices.
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Official Synopsis
In 1977 a group of young, horny, out of control Christians are spending a fun filled weekend at the mountain lakeside Happy Day Bible Camp. One by one these youthful sinners pay a BLOODY penance for their misdeeds. Flash forward 7 years, when another youth group of Bible toters return, lead by "Father Richard Cummings" (Reggie Bannister), "Sister Mary Chopper," (Tim Sullivan) goes bloody murder after the camp - emphasis on CAMP - with stand out performances by folks like Gigi Bannister, Jessica Sonneborn, Troy Guthrie, Deborah Venegas, Jay Fields, and Jeff Dylan Graham. In the end, Bannister and Troup must face down the a transvestite serial killing nun in a fight to the death, and call upon the higher graces of the infamous Ron Jeremy as "Jesus" guide them through! A hilarious campy equal opportunity offensive film that will have you DIE laughing!

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