Summer Camp (1979)

The director of a failing summer camp decides to invite campers from ten years ago for a free weekend event, hoping that he can trick them into fixing up the place and also get their ... See full summary »

Director:

Chuck Vincent

Writers:

Mark Borde (story), Avrumie Schnitzer (story),

Stars:

Michael Abrams, John F. Goff, Kashka Bartisick

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Michael Abrams	...	Dr. Fox
John F. Goff	...	Herman (as Jake Barnes)
Kashka Bartisick	...	Cindi
Bud Bogart	...	Dick
Louise Carmona	...	Alice
Verkina Flower	...	Muffy
Brenda Fogarty	...	Sharon
Linnea Quigley	...	Pam (as Barbara Gold)
Shelly Hart	...	Linda
Walt Hill	...	George
Ray Holland	...	Horse
Peter Lovett	...	Steve
Debra Marx	...	Bertha
John Laughlin	...	Matt (as John C. McLaughlin)
Matt Michaels	...	Ricky

Storyline

The director of a failing summer camp decides to invite campers from ten years ago for a free weekend event, hoping that he can trick them into fixing up the place and also get their families to provide them some financial support. The boys and girls return to the camp and play pranks on each other and try to score with the other campers and the staff.

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Plot Keywords:

prank | summer camp | flag football | reunion | tug of war | 

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Taglines:

Panty Raids... Short Sheets... Food Fights... After 'LIGHTS OUT' It's 'GROSS OUT!'

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Genres:

Comedy

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1 June 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

Campamento de verano

Company Credits

Production Co:

Borson Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

85 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Connections

References Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

User Reviews

Awful entry in the T & A teen sweepstakes

I'm not sure in what context the other commentators had when writing their reviews, but by any reasonable standard this is a near unreleasably bad film. It probably got a minimum of theatrical play-dates and some cable airings over the years. With the exceptions that it was one of Chuck Vincent's first crossover films and that it denotes one of Scream Queen Linnea Quigley's first film roles, very little distinguishes SUMMER CAMP as a feature film.

Mean, tasteless and without humor, wit or story, SUMMER CAMP just glides along stringing scene with scene. The frequent nudity is probably what garnered the film a release at all. The film played as part of the Grindhouse series playing at L.A.'s New Beverly Cinema, and, even with a dedicated audience the laughs were few. According to IMDb, the film is not available on DVD (or even VHS) - and that is not a surprise.