Summer Camp (2015)

Four American counsellors at a European summer camp must deal with the outbreak of a rage-inducing plague that starts in the animals.

Director:

Alberto Marini

Writers:

Alberto Marini, Danielle Schleif

Stars:

Diego Boneta, Jocelin Donahue, Maiara Walsh

Cast

Credited cast:
Diego Boneta	...	Will
Jocelin Donahue	...	Christy
Maiara Walsh	...	Michelle
Andrés Velencoso	...	Antonio
Àlex Monner	...	Marcos
Xavier Capdet	...	Javier
Vivi Lepori	...	Carmen
Rick Zingale	...	Tattooed Man
Montse Noales	...	Manish Woman
Ainhoa Vázquez	...	Kid Instructor
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Marc Padró	...	Hombre salvaje

Storyline

4 young Americans travel to Europe to work as counsellors for a summer camp there. Before the kids arrive, a rage-inducing, demonic disease spread rapidly from animal to person, resulting in the counsellors desperately trying to escape the illness. The camp's in the wilderness, and with the phone service, not any cars , they're desperate too stay alive and get help.

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Plot Keywords:

mexican actor playing american character | backwood slasher | rage virus | american | summer camp | 

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Genres:

Horror

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for horror violence, terror and language

Did You Know?

Trivia

Álex González had to be replaced by Andrés Velencoso due to scheduling problems.

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Quotes

Christy: It's just not what I was expecting. Where are the cabins and canoes?

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Crazy Credits

During the end credits, a woman's voice can be heard. She is reading the news about what happened to the 3 young Americans who were missing.

User Reviews

Camp Fever

Holy crap, talk about judging a book by its title.

I went into this movie 100% cold. I knew nothing about it other than the title and I thought I knew it all. I hadn't watched a trailer, read a blurb or even seen a poster. What I thought I read into the name was going to be a cheap, independent take on the killer stalking camp counselors subgenre, à la Friday the 13th…a personal favorite of mine: the slasher flick.

Before I go further, it's best you do the same as me. SEE IT before you read anything about it. Go in as cold as I did. Heck, I just now stopped this review and watched the official trailer. Boy! did that ruin a ton of surprises and twists. Not everything, but you know what kind of movie this is and it was fun to learn on your own from the beginning.

Suffice to say, I hesitate to NOT give this a perfect rating. It was absolutely one of the most effective, scary, original, tight and inventive horror movies I've seen in probably a good couple of years. I loved the rules it came up with, the acting was believable and the pacing and continuous flow was near perfect. It didn't settle on just one direction; it kept reinventing itself.

It gives some damn good red herrings in the opening, which I loved and it does enough foreshadowing to enjoy the inevitable scenes, even if they're predictable.

I was shocked about both my experience going in cold and expecting so little as I was when I enjoyed the movie itself. I do like a lot of horror films and 50/50 independent films, but every once in a while an independent horror flick just blows me and my expectations out of the water. Definitely see this movie.

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Final thoughts: If you're reading this on IMDb, most likely you've seen at very least the poster. Shame. Even that gives too much away. Luckily, I found the perfect, nondescript, albeit official poster to share with my review on Facebook. Hopefully, you'll take my warning (don't read/see anything about this before viewing it whole) and just see it. And have fun. It's Summer Camp, after all. Right?

Details

Country:

Spain USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

10 June 2016 (Spain)

Also Known As:

Campamento del terror

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$1,490,748

Company Credits

Production Co:

Castelao Pictures, Somnium Films, Filmax Group

Technical Specs

Runtime:

81 min

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1