The Monster of Camp Sunshine or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Nature (1964)

User Rating:

2.1/10   

Director:

Ferenc Leroget

Writer:

Ferenc Leroget (screenwriter)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Plot:

A scientest carelessly dumps some toxic waste into a river. The gardener at a nudist camp drinks the water, turns into a monster and attacks all the (female) nudists. |

Plot Keywords:

Monster | Toxic Waste | Nudist Camp | Record Player | Plane

Cast

Ron Cheney
Natalie Drest
Angela Evans
James Gatsby
Sally Parfait
Harrison Pebbles
Deborah Spray

Directed by
Ferenc Leroget

Writing credits
Ferenc Leroget		(screenwriter)

Produced by
Gene R. Kearney	....	producer

Distributors

• Something Weird Video (SWV) (1993) (USA) (VHS)
• Something Weird Video (SWV) (2001) (USA) (DVD) (special edition)

Also Known As:

Monster at Camp Sunshine (USA)

Runtime:

74 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Filming Locations:

New York City, New York, USA

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: Shadow of camera and cameraman cast on sunbather during nudist camp montage.

Quotes:

Claire Conway: The lab where she had to work was filled with thousands and thousands of rats and mice and other animals that were constantly being experimented on. They were always trying to shoot them full of chemicals and hormones, and things like that, things that upset the delicate balance of nature. It was unnatural.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

A marvelous ending makes this one all worth while...

Going into this, I had been warned by a few people at just what a terrible, miserable bore of a film this is, and that it might not be a bad idea to just avoid it altogether. But I disregarded their advice (or at least the latter part) and went into it figuring "what the hell, let's just have fun with it". And that's exactly what I did.

This is the bonus feature on Something Weird Video's "The Beast that Killed Women", and as is the case with several of their dvds, I liked this one better than the feature attraction. Both films have pretty similar stories in that they both feature funny looking monsters that prey on members of nudists clubs, only in this one the monster is a funny looking, chubby redneck man who goes mad after drinking water from a river filled with chemicals. The dialogue is very funny but sadly there's not enough of it, which is the films one major flaw. There's just too many sequences of boredom where nothing at all happens. But this is all made up for in about the last 20 minutes where the best use of stock footage I've ever seen is used. Practically every branch of the armed forces used in any war is after our lovable little redneck and all hell breaks loose. It's well over the top, but in a wonderful way and I loved it. If you can get past the dull moments there's a lot of fun to be had with this one. Oh yeah, one last thing...in the opening credits, look out for Motley Crue!?!?!

Highly recommended to fans of stupid, yet charming movies.