Camp Blood is a 1999 American direct-to-video slasher film, written and directed by Brad Sykes.

The film opens up on birdwatcher Sally and her photographer Victor, who are making love in the woods of Camp Blackwood.

The clown kills Victor and chases Sally through the woods, swinging the machete at her before the film cuts to the opening credits.

Meanwhile, at the camp, two deer hunters, Gus and George, discover Sally still alive, bloodied and bruised.

On the side of the road, they stop and talk to a nutty town local by the name of Bromley Thatcher.

Thatcher gives them grief for polluting the town with their loud music, fast food trash, ignorance and disrespect to the locals.

After spending the day doing menial tasks such as collecting firewood and setting up camp, the group have a campfire, wanting to tell ghost stories.

Stanley knocked them both out in a fit of rage, put them in the trunk of his car, donned a clown mask, and drove them out to the camp where he proceeded to murder them.

Meaning, Tricia's claim to Harris being the clown can't be proven, and now with both her doctor and the detective believing her to be insane, she will be charged with the murders of her friends and others.

For whatever reason, actors Michael Taylor, Tim Young and Bethany Zolt portray the roles of Doctor West, Detective Hamlin and a Nurse respectively.

This was proven false by the events of Camp Blood 2, in which the character of Doctor West still exists, except now being portrayed by actor Tim Sullivan.

Sykes wrote and directed both sequels, and actress Jennifer Ritchkoff reprised her role as Tricia Young for Camp Blood 2, but did not return for the third film.

A fourth film was released at the beginning of 2014 entitled Camp Blood First Slaughter,[4] which was written and directed by Mark Polonia.

These films do not take into account the third movie created by Brad Sykes in the Camp Blood series, Within the Woods.