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Camp Dread2014

Name: Camp Dread
Genre: Slasher, Splatter & Gore, Survival
Released: 2014-04-15
Rating: 4.7

“Pitch your tent, dig your grave.”

Directed by B. Harrison Smith

4.7

Crypt Score

Blended from 2 sources

IMDb 3.9TMDB 4.8

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Year

2014

Runtime

90 min

The premise

The “Summer Camp” horror trilogy was one of the most popular franchises of the 1980s. However, the decade ended and so did director Julian Barrett’s career. Now Barrett plans to resurrect his gory series via a modern reboot patterned after reality filmmaking. With his former leading lady and an eclectic group of 10 young “contestants,” Barrett returns to the same locale where his old splatter-fests were filmed. When one of the campers is found savagely murdered, they realize there’s more at stake than just fame and fortune. Each of them is in a fight for their lives as they realize summer is over – forever.

Horror Vault's take

A washed-up slasher director tries to revive his faded franchise by luring a group of desperate young contestants back to the original camp where his bloody films were made — under the guise of a reality-style reboot. What begins as a calculated career resurrection quickly turns deadly when the body count starts climbing for real. Camp Dread leans into its meta-horror premise, stacking genre veterans alongside fresh faces in a setting that feels both nostalgically familiar and genuinely dangerous. Fans of classic 80s slashers will find plenty of knowing nods alongside the carnage.

Content: Graphic Violence, Gore, Slasher Kills