Fantasy Film Festival: Salute Your Shorts! Edition
I spent this weekend at my old summer camp. It was great–a memory down every trail and a story around every corner. The truth is, I love camp. I love swimming and boating and the knowledge that all you really have to do that day is have fun. I love quiet moments in the forest and rowdy meals with friends and s’mores after dark. I think more adults should go to camp. Wouldn’t that kind of good, clean fun be good for us all?
The film industry is no stranger to summer camp. So, in honor of a fine weekend spent in the mountains, CH staff presents Fantasy Film Festival: Where’s My Bug Spray? Edition.
Meatballs (1979): Classic.
The Parent Trap (1961) and The Parent Trap (1998): The original is great (or it was when I was eight), and this is a rare instance in which the re-make is just as good–probably because parts of the summer camp scenes are copied verbatim from the original.
Ernest Goes to Camp (1987): You know what I mean, Vern?
Addams Family Values (1993): aka Wednesday Addams Goes to Camp. Come on…I can tell you’re intrigued. Don’t lie.
Wet Hot American Summer (2001): For the grown-ups, just what we never knew we needed: a summer-camp movie spoof. With, admittedly, an awesome cast.
Now, don’t blame me if you find your bed short-sheeted tonight. I had nothing to do with it.
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