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Summer Camp

  • 1979
  • R
  • 1h 25m
IMDb RATING
3.7/10
612
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Linnea Quigley, Verkina Flower, John Laughlin, and Matt Michaels in Summer Camp (1979)
Comedy

The director of a failing summer camp decides to invite campers from ten years ago for a free weekend event, hoping that he can trick them into fixing up the place and also get their familie... Read allThe director of a failing summer camp decides to invite campers from ten years ago for a free weekend event, hoping that he can trick them into fixing up the place and also get their families to provide them some financial support. The boys and girls return to the camp and play p... Read allThe director of a failing summer camp decides to invite campers from ten years ago for a free weekend event, hoping that he can trick them into fixing up the place and also get their families to provide them some financial support. The boys and girls return to the camp and play pranks on each other and try to score with the other campers and the staff.

  • Director
    • Chuck Vincent
  • Writers
    • Mark Borde
    • Avrumie Schnitzer
  • Stars
    • Michael Abrams
    • John F. Goff
    • Kashka Bartisick
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • IMDb RATING
    3.7/10
    612
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Chuck Vincent
    • Writers
      • Mark Borde
      • Avrumie Schnitzer
    • Stars
      • Michael Abrams
      • John F. Goff
      • Kashka Bartisick
    • 13User reviews
    • 5Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
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    Michael Abrams
    • Dr. Fox
    John F. Goff
    John F. Goff
    • Herman
    • (as Jake Barnes)
    Kashka Bartisick
    • Cindi
    Bud Bogart
    • Dick
    Louise Carmona
    • Alice
    Verkina Flower
    • Muffy
    Brenda Fogarty
    • Sharon
    Linnea Quigley
    Linnea Quigley
    • Pam
    • (as Barbara Gold)
    Shelly Hart
    • Linda
    Walt Hill
    • George
    Walter Olkewicz
    Walter Olkewicz
    • Horse
    • (as Ray Holland)
    Peter Lovett
    • Steve
    Debra Marx
    • Bertha
    John Laughlin
    John Laughlin
    • Matt
    • (as John C. McLaughlin)
    Matt Michaels
    • Ricky
    George Mills
    • Jerry
    Chuck Vincent
    • Prospector
    • (as Dustin Pacino Jr.)
    Harry Reardon
    • Roger
    • Director
      • Chuck Vincent
    • Writers
      • Mark Borde
      • Avrumie Schnitzer
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    User reviews13

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    4Edge49

    Don't expect much

    I wasn't really disappointed. First there is a lot of nudity and sexual antics going on. The film quality was very poor. The sound was muffled in parts. The scenes seemed to jump from one to the other with little explanation. The plot was so thin, nonexistent. Names were rarely used so you didn't know who was who. The girls all seemed to look alike. Characters just appeared (like the short blonde at the end)

    If you want a quick 90 minute camp film with topless girls and silly antics this is your movie.
    gortx

    Awful entry in the T & A teen sweepstakes

    I'm not sure in what context the other commentators had when writing their reviews, but by any reasonable standard this is a near unreleasably bad film. It probably got a minimum of theatrical play-dates and some cable airings over the years. With the exceptions that it was one of Chuck Vincent's first crossover films and that it denotes one of Scream Queen Linnea Quigley's first film roles, very little distinguishes SUMMER CAMP as a feature film.

    Mean, tasteless and without humor, wit or story, SUMMER CAMP just glides along stringing scene with scene. The frequent nudity is probably what garnered the film a release at all. The film played as part of the Grindhouse series playing at L.A.'s New Beverly Cinema, and, even with a dedicated audience the laughs were few. According to IMDb, the film is not available on DVD (or even VHS) - and that is not a surprise.
    10dr_midnight32

    A good try

    While this has been done before, this little Meatballs rip-off is pretty good. As with every boobie movie, as long as your mood is as silly as the film your watching, you'll have a good time. MUST be watched if only to hear the silliest version of "Row, row, row your boat" EVER to be committed to film. Have a good time with this one. Recommended
    2Groverdox

    A dead zone; a complete waste of time

    "Summer Camp" is an unfathomably tedious "Meatballs" cash-in that manages to avoid characters, scenes, laughs and anything else you might expect to get in a comedy, or even a movie. Chuck Vincent was a porno filmmaker, and he should have stayed one. What you get in "Summer Camp" is like watching a porno without the real sex.

    Unlike most boob comedies, this one does have a couple of sex scenes, played for broad laughs rather than eroticism. It is hard to imagine anyone who would laugh at people simulating sex - little attempt is made to convince you it is real - while shouting nonsense at each other. The age group that might think this is funny - 5 year olds, perhaps? - will be too busy asking their parents what those two people are doing.

    I suppose you have to concede that this movie does have characters - I think maybe the fat party animal guy was in it, and the stuck up girl, and the guy who owns the camp and thinks it might go bust. You spend the whole movie with them, but none of them make any kind of impression. The only reason why I was able to detect the above is because they are stock characters in every movie like this, so you assume that that is who they are supposed to be - the movie doesn't tell you.

    This is for Linnea Quigley completists only. Yeah, she takes her top off a few times.
    6Killer_7001

    Liked the movie, not the best, but it's okay.

    Funny, in a corny sort of way. Saw it first in 1979. Still feel the same way about it. Wasn't meant to be an Oscar winner. After observing the movie several times over the last 20+ years, it still retains it's genuine low budget laughs.

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    • Trivia
      The cast and crew actually stayed at the summer camp they filmed at in order for the production to save money on lodging expenses.
    • Goofs
      Boom-mic shadow and or itself seen in shots.
    • Connections
      Featured in Sneak Previews: Real Life, La Cage aux Folles, Over the Edge, The Seduction of Joe Tynan, Rich Kids (1979)

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    • Release date
      • August 13, 1987 (United Kingdom)
    • Country of origin
      • United States
    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Campamento de verano
    • Filming locations
      • USA
    • Production company
      • Borson Productions
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 25 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.33 : 1

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