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{{quote| ''"Sir, I am a deviant! The lowest form of life on Earth! The Re-education and Behaviour Modification Centre is my salvation!"''}}

Also known as ''Escape 2000'' (in the US) or ''Blood Camp Thatcher'' (in the UK), this [[Cult Classic]] 1982 Australian [[Exploitation Film|'ozploitation']] sci-fi action film was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, of ''[[BMX Bandits]]'', ''[[~~Dead End Drive In|~~Dead End Drive-in]]'', ''The Man from Hong Kong'' and ''Leprechaun 4'' fame.

Also known as ''Escape 2000'' (in the US) or ''Blood Camp Thatcher'' (in the UK), this [[Cult Classic]] 1982 Australian [[Exploitation Film|'ozploitation']] sci-fi action film was directed by Brian Trenchard-Smith, of ''[[BMX Bandits]]'', ''[[Dead End Drive-In]]'', ''The Man from Hong Kong'' and ''Leprechaun 4'' fame.

The plot of the film is fairly [[Troperrific|archetypal]]: it's [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]] and Australia is controlled by a fascist totalitarian government. For the slightest percieved offenses, "deviants" are sent to prison camps to be subjected to reformative torture. The new arrivals at Re-Ed Camp 47 are Chris Walters (Olivia Hussey), a shopkeeper accused of helping a rebel; Rita Daniels (Lynda Stoner), a suspected sex worker; and Paul Anders (Steve Railsback), a political dissident who has escaped from several other camps. After suffering brutal treatment at the hands of Camp Master Charles Thatcher (Michael Craig) and his chief enforcer, Ritter (Roger Ward), the prisoners accept a deadly deal. They will be [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game|human prey in a 'turkey shoot']] Thatcher has organised for Secretary Mallory (Noel Ferrier), and fellow VIPs Jennifer (Carmen Duncan) and Tito (Michael Petrovich). If they can evade the heavily armed guests in the surrounding jungle until sundown, Chris, Rita and Paul will be set free, or so Thatcher claims...

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* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Averted when Chris finds that Griff has got his hands on a rifle and tries to hook up with him. Griff refuses as he figures they're all dead anyway and plans on killing as many hunters as he can. Of course the hero runs into a burning canefield to save [[Final Girl]] Chris, so it's not completely averted.

* [[Annoying Arrows]]: Averted with Jennifer's quarrels [[Human Pincushion|as Griff finds out.]] She'd mentioned earlier that the arrowheads were designed to be very difficult to tear out.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: Apart from the bad guys there's prison trustee Dodge, who appears to think the hunt (at least in his case) is a ruse to release him for his loyalty. He [[Rewarded As a Traitor Deserves|discovers otherwise]].

* [[Asshole Victim]]: Apart from the bad guys there's prison trustee Dodge, who appears to think the hunt (at least in his case) is a ruse to release him for his loyalty. He [[Rewarded as a Traitor Deserves|discovers otherwise]].

* [[Beard of Evil]]: Tito. Ritter naturally is a case of [[Bald of Evil]].

* [[Beast Man]] with [[Animal Eyes]]: Former circus freak Alph, whom Tito uses as an attack dog.

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* [[Bottomless Magazines]]: Griff with his L2A1 rifle in the shootout with Thatcher. In fairness the actor is shown fiddling with the magazine pretending he's about to insert a new one, so he was clearly aware of this trope.

* [[The Baroness]] / [[Psycho Lesbian]]: Jennifer. Or as Diamanda Hagan called her, the "crazy, aggressive, rapist, predatory, [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|crossbow-obsessed]] lady!"

* [[Bury Your Gays]] ([[In Universe]]): Thatcher announces that while promiscuity is allowed among the inmates, homosexuality is punishable by death.

* [[Bury Your Gays]] ([[In-Universe]]): Thatcher announces that while promiscuity is allowed among the inmates, homosexuality is punishable by death.

* [[Car Fu]]: Those red buggys are used to kill people and later {{spoiler|to help break out the prisoners.}}

* [[Chewing the Scenery]]: Roger Ward as [[The Brute|Ritter]].

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* [[Groin Attack]]: Red forces himself on Chris in the shower; she pretends to respond favourably, reaching into Red's pants {{spoiler|then suddenly yanking up the zip. Not only this, but Red is later kicked in the crotch by Griff, and finally impaled between the legs by a jungle [[Booby Trap]]. Mallory also cops a dart in the groin moments before he burns to death in the canefield.}}

* [[Gun Stripping]]: Jennifer assembles her [[Sniper Pistol]] blindfolded.

* [[Hoist By His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Mallory is shot with his own tranquilizer gun, leaving him unable to flee the burning canefield his [[Giant Mook]] set alight. Ritter has his hands cut off by his own machete. Jennifer gets an explosive-head quarrel in the neck.}}

* [[Hoist by His Own Petard]]: {{spoiler|Mallory is shot with his own tranquilizer gun, leaving him unable to flee the burning canefield his [[Giant Mook]] set alight. Ritter has his hands cut off by his own machete. Jennifer gets an explosive-head quarrel in the neck.}}

* [[How We Got Here]]: Chris and Anders in the [[Van in Black]] taking them to Camp 47, showing how they got arrested.

* [[Hunting the Most Dangerous Game]]

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{{quote| '''Tito:''' ''(after watching an inmate being burnt alive)'' "Better than network television."}}

* [[Penal Colony]]: Re-Ed Camp 47 {{spoiler|turns out to be on an island, so there's no escape.}}

* [[Rape As Drama]]: So much so that [[Diamanda Hagan]] invented a [[Drinking Game]] -- every time a character threatens, indicates or suggests they're going to rape someone, take a shot.

* [[Rape as Drama]]: So much so that [[Diamanda Hagan]] invented a [[Drinking Game]] -- every time a character threatens, indicates or suggests they're going to rape someone, take a shot.

* [[Regret Eating Me]]: Dodge after Alph bites off his little toe and eats it.

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* [[Shower Scene]]: With equal-opportunity [[Fan Service]] as the inmates have a co-ed shower.

* [[Stock Footage]]: Used quite effectively for the opening credits {{spoiler|and the bombing raid at the end.}}

* [[Tested On Humans]]: Mallory tests his tranquilizer dart gun on a passing prisoner.

* [[Tested on Humans]]: Mallory tests his tranquilizer dart gun on a passing prisoner.

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: There's a mass prison break-out and you can't get the Camp Master on the phone? {{spoiler|Send in the [[Death From Above|Royal Australian Air Force]] to [[Kill'Em All]] ([[We Have Reserves|guards included]]) with a [[Kill It ~~With~~ Fire|napalm strike]]!}}

* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: There's a mass prison break-out and you can't get the Camp Master on the phone? {{spoiler|Send in the [[Death From Above|Royal Australian Air Force]] to [[Kill'Em All]] ([[We Have Reserves|guards included]]) with a [[Kill It with Fire|napalm strike]]!}}

* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]

* [[Villain Ball]]: Lampshaded by [[Diamanda Hagan]].