Summer Camp (2015)
6/10
Eerie and exciting Spanish/American co-production about a virus causing rage bursts with lots of blood and gore
27 March 2017
Four young Americans travel to Europe to work as counselors for a summer camp there but an unseen terror stalks and strikes this group . They are the four followings : Diego Boneta (known for ¨Rock of ages¨) as Will , Jocelin Donahue as Christy , Maiara Walsh as Michelle , and Andrés Velencoso (who replaced Álex González who had to be substituted due to scheduling problems) as Antonio . Before the children arrive at a European summer camp , however , the rage-inducing outbreak begins in the animals , specifically in a raging dog . The group soon discovers that an inexplicable virus is causing fits of rage in both , animal and human alike . One by one are bitten and extending the doomed virus , as the group has to escape from the terrifying plague . Resulting in the biting Andres Velencoso/Antonio who starts the killing outbreak . As the counselors desperately attempting to getaway the illness . However, the camp is in the wilderness , being really under siege and far from the civilization.

This splatter/gory film deals with some American counselors who must deal with the outbreak of a rage-inducing illness , a demonic disease spread rapidly from animal to person , displaying horrifying scenes , screams , action , suspense , a twisted finale and resulting to be pretty entertaining . The thrilling and suspenseful premise turns out to be the following : how are they going to get to safety to getaway from the raging people infected by a creepy plague , having their cars wrecked , phones out , fully isolated and completely besieged by starving killers , Zombie-alike . The horror moments are compactly made , fast moving and well-paced . This ¨Summer camp¨ takes parts of ¨Rec¨ saga , ¨28 days later¨ , ¨28 weeks later¨ and ¨Walking dead¨ series . In Spain was premiered in 2016 -two years after being shot- only in a few theaters in dubbed version , getting a limited success . Most of the film was shot on actual Cataluña wilderness and an old building , though some of the sets had to be recreated at the studio in order to allow space to film and do stunts.

Atmospheric though dark cinematography in ¨Rec¨ style and including a shaky camera by Pablo Rosso. Thrilling and heart-pounding musical score by Arnau Bataller . Decently produced by Jaume Balagueró and his work partners , producers Julio Fernández and Carlos Fernández , the fine artificers of such a big hit as ¨REC¨ , ¨REC 2 , ¨REC 3 Genesis¨ , and ¨Rec 4: Apocalypse (2014)¨ . The motion picture was professionally written and directed by Albert Marini . He is known for his work as head of development , script consultant , story editor , development executive in ¨Julio Fernandez's Fantastic Factory¨, ¨Filmax¨ and specially on a quite a few successes as ¨Dagon¨, ¨Arachnid¨ ,¨Bullying¨ , ¨Kovak box¨, ¨The abandoned¨, ¨Gisaku¨, ¨Fragiles¨ ¨Darkness¨, ¨Beyond Re-animator¨, ¨Nocturna¨ , ¨Sleep tight¨, ¨El Camino¨, the smash hit ¨REC¨, among others .
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