I didn't know what to expect other than a killer killing people with a wood chipper. The story was funny and predictable but entertaining overall.

Woodchipper Massacre exists in a parallel cinema universe where all the usual critical standards no longer apply. First and foremost, the film is shot--badly--on video. The sound drops out periodically, but the entire cast SHOUT THEIR DIALOGUE just to make sure it gets recorded. The score consists of dreadful and frequently inappropriate late 80s synthesizer music. The gore is minimal and there is no massacre. That being said, Jon McBride's screenplay is actually quite well written, and the cast--including McBride himself--are obviously having great fun. If you enjoy such camp horror masterpieces as The Meateater, you should have a place in your heart and your video library for Woodchipper Massacre.

You'd think with a name like 'Woodchipper Massacre', you were in for some really cheap video nasty. Well, it is cheap, but I don't know about how nasty it is. There's about as much sadism and gore in the film as there was in Weekend at Bernie's..

I somewhat get the feeling that the title was foisted by the distribution company who released this thing on VHS..

It ended up reminding me more of something John Hughes would have made if he'd only had a budget of 400 dollars, could only get amateur actors, and had decided on a somewhat darker plot than in the films he did become famous for making. It's three kids, each a funny kid stereotype, whose parents aren't around that week, finding themselves committing woodchipper misdeeds.

And despite the amateurish execution, it's all pretty fun and funny.