Camp Dread

Camp Dread

Pitch your tent, dig your grave.

Directed by B. Harrison Smith

Produced by Class of 85 LLC

201490 min4.8 / 10

A meta-slasher thriller that uses a reality-TV reboot premise to deliver body-count horror with paranoia and nostalgia for 1980s splatter films.

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.

Questions people ask

  • Is Camp Dread violent? Yes, very. More violent than 95% of films.

  • Is Camp Dread scary? Yes, very. More frightening than 94% of films.

  • Does Camp Dread end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.

  • Is Camp Dread easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is Camp Dread sad? Not especially. Less sad than 67% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

11/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Conventional, and it does not land.

Rarity31

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise5

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love4

How much audiences actually like it

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Ensemble

Like Camp Dread

Nearest across the full emotional profile.

Same Mood as Camp Dread

Nearest on what's most distinctive about this one.

Like Camp Dread, But Darker

Similar, pushed toward heavier and more intense.

Like Camp Dread, But Lighter

Similar, pushed toward warmer and easier.

Like Camp Dread, But Less Popular

Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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