Summer Camp Nightmare

  • Thriller
  • Drama
  • Horror
4/17/1987
89
PG-13

It started as a game. Campers against counselors. It turned into a nightmare, that became a revolution.

A group of campers revolt against their strict camp director and take over the camp for themselves.

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  • Wuchak

    When the kids revolt at a summer camp in SoCal

    Based on William Butlers 1961 novel The Butterfly Revolution, this debuted at a film festival in Milan in October, 1986 before having a limited theatrical release 6-7 months later in the USA, then swiftly going to video. Its a B youth thriller from the mid-80s that combines the milieu of Meatballs with the sociopolitical spirit of Lord of the Flies. While not a slasher, its sometimes reminiscent of flicks like Sleepaway Camp and the later Memorial Valley Massacre, not to mention "State Park, aka "Heavy Metal Summer."

    This ranks with the least em. Chuck Connors is the only big-name actor in the role of the overly strict camp director. The youths are no-names who more-or-less rise to ...

    June 21, 2025

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