Campfire Stories (2001)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Directors:

Bob Cea
Andrzej Krakowski

Writer:

Bob Cea (writer)

Release Date:

October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Drama

Tagline:

Gather round the fire... for the last night of your life.

Plot:

Two teens on their way to a backwoods party come across a beautiful young woman (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) having car trouble...

Plot Keywords:

Ranger | Campfire | Forest | Teen | Hallucination

Cast

Jamie-Lynn Sigler	...	Natalie
John Hensley	...	Donny
Joshua Harto	...	Teddy
Charlie Day	...	Joe
David Johansen	...	Ranger Bill
John Quinn	...	Dentist
George Kmeck	...	Patient / Janitor
Alain Sy	...	Inmate
Beckie King	...	Petra
Kevin Thoms	...	Robby
Perez Hilton	...	Kenny
Mark Shunock	...	Bobby
Elizabeth Sachs	...	Nurse
Daniel Hessel	...	Young Boy
Tommy Nohilly	...	Robbie

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

New Jersey, USA

Company:

7th Floor, The

Trivia:

The comic book shown in the movies end credits actually exists. The series lasted just one issue.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the third story, when Melissa takes her second drink of tequila, the cap is still on the bottle.

Soundtrack:

Welcome to My Hell

Makes From Justin to Kelly look like Shakespeare

This is the worst english language movie I've ever seen ("Zombie Doom", a German "film" is worse). Considering I've seen pretty much everything that's won a raspberry award, that's saying something.

I was expecting something bad after realizing I'd been ripped off and had spent 5 bucks on "Campfire Stories" rather than "Campfire Tales" (a good anthology horror film). But I was expecting something that was low-budget but had production values of at least ten dollars along the lines of tales from the hood or the dozen other direct to video titles in the genre (which I enjoyed). I figured well it has some b/c-list actors so maybe it will be OK (it wasn't like the cast is all unknowns). I'd say it's fair to say Jamie-Lynn Singler's film career has jumped the shark after watching this "film".

First off, it's shot on video. It looks like something that would air on public access TV. The direction is utterly awful, the editing is worse. The script is generic, cliched, disjointed and just plain bad, like Plan 9 from Outer Space bad. Most of the acting is abominable (which is probably mostly the director's fault in all honesty). The worst thing of all is the "cinematography". Awful. It's like they gave a drunk 10 year old a camera.

I enjoy bad movies, and I thought this movie was barely watchable, despite being unintentionally hilarious. It's just so bad. This movie is quite possibly the Plan 9 from Outer Space of the 21st century. If you like really really bad movies or are a masochist, it might be worth a rent, other than that - avoid like the plague.

Terrible. Not Recommended at all.