Eating Miss Campbell – Troma Films (Blu-ray)

Theatrical Release Date: UK, 2022
Director: Liam Regan
Writer: Liam Regan
Cast: Lyndsey Craine, Lala Barlow, Vito Trigo, James Hamer-Morton, Charlie Bond, Emily Haigh, Michaela Longden, Sierra Summers, Alexander J Skinner, Justin A. Martell, Annabella Rich, Dani Thompson, Laurence R. Harvey, Blade Braxton, Lloyd Kaufman

Release Date: March 11th, 2025
Approximate Running Time: 83 Minutes 43 Seconds
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Widescreen / 1080 Progressive / MPEG-4 AVC
Rating: NR
Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital Stereo English
Subtitles: English, French, Spanish
Region Coding: Region Free
Retail Price: $29.95

"Meet Beth Conner (Lyndsey Craine, Book of Monsters) , a suicidal goth high schooler with a taste for the macabre--literally. When she falls for her alluring new English teacher, Miss Campbell, her hunger for love takes a sinister turn as she develops an insatiable craving for human flesh. But in a school where horror clichés run wild, and the administration hosts a deadly 'All You Can Eat Massacre' contest, Beth must fight her way through carnage, chaos, and cannibalism to find her way out...or give in to the feast!" - synopsis provided by the distributor

Video: 4.5/5

Eating Miss Campbell comes on a 50 GB dual layer Blu-ray.

Disc Size: 42.2 GB

Feature: 18.9

Flesh tones and colors look correct, image clarity and black levels are strong, and there are no issues with compression.

Audio: 4/5 (Dolby Digital 5.1 English, Dolby Digital Stereo English)

This release comes with two audio options, a Dolby Digital 5.1 mix in English and a Dolby Digital stereo mix in English. Though the lack of DTS-HD audio is disappointing, range-wise both audio tracks sound very good. Included are removable English, French, and Spanish subtitles.

Extras:

Extras for this release include a trailer for Eating Miss Campbell (1 minute 31 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), one hour of raw footage (58 minutes 5 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), VFX reel (1 minute 30 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Frightfest premiere (4 minutes 13 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), cast interviews (4 minutes 37 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), raw B-Roll (10 minutes 30 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Gore reel (11 minutes 22 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), outtakes (7 minutes 19 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), 7 deleted scenes (6 minutes 50 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), a documentary titled 7 Days of Hell (39 minutes 18 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English with non-removable English subtitles), an audio commentary with writer/director Liam Regan, and editor Jack Hayes, an archival introduction by Sgt. Kabukiman (3 minutes 18 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), and an introduction by Lloyd Kaufman (2 minutes 32 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles).

Other extras include "Radiation March" short film directed by Lloyd Kaufman (54 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), Troma in Times Square (1 minute 1 second, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), a music video titled Innards (1 minute 50 seconds, Dolby Digital stereo English, no subtitles), and trailers for Shakespeare's Shitstorm, The Toxic Avenger, Curse of the Weredeer, Sweet Meats, TA in 4K!, and My Bloody Banjo.

Summary:

A vegan goth high school student falls in love with her new teacher, and she develops a taste for human flesh.

Throughout its history, films have been made in-house by Troma, picked up after they were completed, and financed by them. A film like Eating Miss Campbell falls into the latter category, as it is a co-production between Troma and Refuse Films. That said, no matter which of these categories a film falls into, they all have a uniform vibe about them that is undeniably Troma.

Content-wise, Eating Miss Campbell is a black comedy that firmly fits into the Troma brand. Like a lot of films released by Troma over the last decade, Eating Miss Campbell satirizes pop culture. Some of the things mocked in Eating Miss Campbell are nostalgia, calling people brave, destroying the patriarchy, and cancel culture. The humor even takes on school shootings, and in Eating Miss Campbell, they are presented as an event instead of a tragedy. Also, there is a gun safety joke about Alec Baldwin. That said, the humor in Eating Miss Campbell is not meant for the thin-skinned, and it is clearly done with tongue firmly in cheek.

The narrative revolves around a protagonist named Beth Conner, a vegan goth whose view of the world is a horror film. Her character provides all of the backstory, and this is mostly done as she breaks the fourth wall by looking into the camera. Besides the protagonist, the rest are your stereotypical high school characters, cannibal parents, and a psychopath headmaster with an itchy trigger finger.

At 84 minutes in length, things move quick enough that there are never any lulls. When it comes to the gore, Eating Miss Campbell delivers and then some. There are many moments of characters eating flesh. That said, though the practical effects in a few instances call attention to themselves, they ultimately work in Eating Miss Campbell’s favor. Ultimately, Eating Miss Campbell is a well-made satire that fans of politically incorrect humor should thoroughly enjoy. 

Eating Miss Campbell gets a first-rate release from Troma Films that comes with a strong audio/video presentation and a wealth of extras, recommended.

Written by Michael Den Boer