Camp Dread (2014)

The "Summer Camp" horror trilogy was one of the most popular franchises of the 1980s. However, the decade ended and so did director/writer Julian Barrett's career. Now Barrett has a plan to... See full summary »

Director:

B. Harrison Smith

Writer:

B. Harrison Smith (screenplay)

Stars:

Eric Roberts, Danielle Harris, Felissa Rose

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Eric Roberts	...	Julian
Danielle Harris	...	Donlyn
Felissa Rose	...	Rachel
Joe Raffa	...	Novak
Montana Marks	...	Katie
Davy Raphaely	...	Vinny
Gnomi Gre	...	Missy
Alexander Mandell	...	Matty
Ashley Sumner	...	Sarah
Angel Anthony Marrero	...	Calvin (as Angel Valerio)
Nicole Cinaglia	...	Adrienne
Kyle Patrick Brennan	...	Jerry
Angel R. Sanchez II	...	Ming (as Angel Sanchez)
Brian Gallagher	...	John Hill
Tommy Sztubinski	...	Michael

Storyline

The "Summer Camp" horror trilogy was one of the most popular franchises of the 1980s. However, the decade ended and so did director/writer Julian Barrett's career. Now Barrett has a plan to resurrect "Summer Camp" in a modern reboot that entails using a reality show as its template and source of fundraising. Should it succeed Barrett would once again be at the helm. Bringing together an eclectic group of young "contestants" as well as his former stars Rachel Steele and John Hill, Barrett seems to have put together a sure fire recipe for success. Then people start dying. For real. And "elimination" takes on a whole new meaning as "Dead.tv" clearly shows the slasher film has grown up.

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Plot Keywords:

nudity | slasher | gore | blue panties | panties | 

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Taglines:

Pitch your tent, dig your grave.

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

Danielle Harris's character Sheriff Donlyn mentions twice in the movie how she doesn't watch horror movies, which is ironic since in real life she has starred in several horror films and is a scream queen.

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Connections

References American Gladiators (1989)

User Reviews

down to memory lane but with a lot of bumps

Aiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiaiai, voila ladies and germs, that should be my review. Do I need to say more? Guess you want to know why I'm saying those words.

This is a throwback to the slashers from the eighties but then done in a bad way. First the positive news, it's great to see Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp (1983) back here. I knew she was to return to the genre after the Blu Ray release of Sleepaway Camp. And in fact, this story do talk about her history in a film franchise, only with another title so far so good, and she even didn't act that bad at all.

The bad things are the facts that Danielle Harris (the sheriff) is used to promote this flick, and face it, she's only in it for a few minutes. On the other hand it could have been a really good flick but before things go wrong it's rather a boring flick with a lot of talking going on. When the first killing happens it was rather well done. It's messy and gory an I thought, hell, this is going to be good after all.

We also have sexy chick who happens to be lesbian so they do talk a lot about sex and doing it but it never happens and can someone tell me why one of the girls is wearing a towel because when she suddenly drops it she's still wearing her underwear. The only tittie shot happens due a sex scene boy girl; It's rather funny because the are doing it, with their underwear on. The funny part lays in the fact that we do see the cum on her body and watch closely, she never wipes it from her body when her lesbian friend enters, funny is the fact that she says, hmmm, it do smell sex here.

But look, I'm telling about the funny parts and not about the horror and it isn't even a comedy. When killings are done they are on-camera and are in fact gory but even there it becomes a bit ridiculous that a severed head can decapitate another human. How, well you must see it.

I guess the director went for PG-13. If it was unrated it could have been a lot better, so many shower scene's are involved here only showing...water. You know, if you want to return to the eighties then you know nudity has to be involved.

An ideal flick to start the evening and to see Felissa again. And for the not intended funny moments.

Gore 1,5/5 Nudity 0,5/5 Effects 3/5 Story 2,5/5 Comedy 0/5

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official site

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

19 May 2014 (UK)

Also Known As:

Dead.tv

Filming Locations:

Effort, Pennsylvania, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Class of 85 LLC

Technical Specs

Runtime:

94 min

Color:

Color