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Marshmallow' Review: The Kids Are Not All Right in Sinister Summer Camp Slasher

Marshmallow is not your average summer camp slasher. It's a crucial reminder that the kids are definitely not alright.

Convoluted and absurd as this grim summer camp slasher meets Goosebumps story becomes, it nonetheless resonates at a time when one too many adolescents aren’t being told the truth about the society they exist in. Part of that growth apparently comes in the guise of a scary story, as campers are told the tale of “The Doctor”, a local crazed surgeon who murdered his wife and two children, then sewed them together to become the perfect family. The violence against children will most certainly be a turn-off for some, but I can’t say it isn’t effective in upsetting the audience in the way the filmmakers intend by expressing the pain and confusion real-world kids are feeling.

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