Campfire Stories (2001)

User Rating:

2.8/10   

Directors:

Bob Cea
Andrzej Krakowski
(more)

Writer:

Bob Cea (writer)

Release Date:

October 2001 (USA)

Genre:

Crime | Horror | Drama

Tagline:

Gather round the fire... for the last night of your life.

Plot:

Two teens on their way to a backwoods party come across a beautiful young woman (Jamie-Lynn Sigler) having car trouble...

Plot Keywords:

Ranger | Campfire | Forest | Teen | Hallucination

Cast

Jamie-Lynn Sigler	...	Natalie
John Hensley	...	Donny
Joshua Harto	...	Teddy
Charlie Day	...	Joe
David Johansen	...	Ranger Bill
John Quinn	...	Dentist
George Kmeck	...	Patient / Janitor
Alain Sy	...	Inmate
Beckie King	...	Petra
Kevin Thoms	...	Robby
Perez Hilton	...	Kenny
Mark Shunock	...	Bobby
Elizabeth Sachs	...	Nurse
Daniel Hessel	...	Young Boy
Tommy Nohilly	...	Robbie
Eric Axen	...	B.J.
Sunrise Coigney	...	Michelle
Kenneth 'Little Hawk' Miller	...	Two Feathers
Dan Marquardt	...	Young Two Feathers
Clement Fowler	...	Old B.J.
Jan Owen	...	Old Michelle
David Stepkin	...	Old Robbie
Rob McElhenney	...	Ricky
Kerry Butler	...	Beatrice
Abigail Spencer	...	Melissa
C.J. Wilson	...	Deputy Horace Pell
Forbes March	...	Kyle
John Marinko	...	Tow Driver
Kristopher Medina	...	Bar Patron
Doyle Wolfgang von Frankenstein	...	The Misfits
Jerry Only	...	The Misfits
Michale Graves	...	The Misfits (as Michael Graves)
Dr. Chud	...	The Misfits
Jim Frizzell	...	VW Driver
Melanie Zampella	...	Passenger
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Stephanie Bellars	...	Bar Go-Go Dancer

Directed by
Bob Cea
Andrzej Krakowski
Jeff Mazzola

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Bob Cea		writer

Produced by
Andrzej Krakowski	....	producer
Chris Marsh	....	line producer
Christopher Marsh	....	line producer
Don Oriolo	....	executive producer
John Scaccia	....	producer

Original Music by
Don Oriolo
Lance Quinn
Chris Stone

Cinematography by
Christopher LaVasseur

Film Editing by
Jordan Mokriski

Casting by
Adrienne Stern

Production Design by
Petra Barchi

Art Direction by
Betty Pontiggia

Costume Design by
Lisa Marzolf
Amy Westcott

Makeup Department
Maryann Marchetti	....	makeup department head
Michael Marino	....	special makeup effects artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Theo Sena	....	second second assistant director
Sol Tryon	....	first assistant director

Sound Department
Damian Canelos	....	sound mixer
Dan Paikin	....	boom operator
David Ryan	....	production sound mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Alex Barszap	....	first assistant camera
David Harges	....	camera operator: "b" camera
David Harges	....	gaffer
Dan Kubicek	....	grip
Rob Martin	....	grip electric swing
Seth F. McAllister	....	key grip
Adam O'Connor	....	second assistant camera
Quinn Pawlan	....	best girl grip
Perry Unjang	....	best boy electric
Perry Unjang	....	electrician

Editorial Department
Carmen Marin-Morel	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Lance Quinn	....	orchestrator
Chris Stone	....	orchestrator

Other crew
Stephanie A. Marquardt	....	script supervisor
Jennifer Quesenbery	....	location manager

Production Companies

• 7th Floor, The (in association with)
• Campfire Stories Inc.
• Felix the Cat Productions Inc.

Distributors

• Velocity Home Entertainment

MPAA:

Rated R for violence, language and some drug use.

Runtime:

95 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White | Color

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Australia:M | UK:15 | USA:R

Filming Locations:

New Jersey, USA

Company:

7th Floor, The

Trivia:

The comic book shown in the movies end credits actually exists. The series lasted just one issue.

Goofs:

Revealing mistakes: In the third story, when Melissa takes her second drink of tequila, the cap is still on the bottle.

Movie Connections:

References "The Lone Ranger" (1949)

Soundtrack:

Sahara Sunrise

Amateur Night

Truly pathetic shot-on-video cheapie that looks like either a Showtime special mimicking HBO's TALES FROM THE CRYPT -- or someone's home movie. It was shot in somebody's backyard, that's for sure. Reminded me a little of LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT, which was shot in pretty much the same wooded lot in New Jersey or Connecticut. The opening alone, with a talking, flaming skull yattering on for five or 10 minutes, will be enough to turn most viewers off. The tape contains three tales of terror that are barely tales and contain little or no terror. The final episode is the best, about a killer stalking teens in an old house, and has a couple of scary moments. The middle episode, about a trio of trailer trash types getting theirs after stalking and killing an old Indian, has some of the worst special effects you will ever see. And the first episode, about a bunch of high school jocks taking on a Sling Blade-type school janitor, obviously was shot on a negative budget. David Johansen is the storyteller, and he is simply pathetic as a Mayberry RFD-type forest ranger in a really big round hat. The gal from THE SOPRANOS is in the first episode and the wraparound, but is given little to do. You would never guess she was a professional actress from this New Jersey-lensed disaster. Whatever money they had, the filmmakers obviously channeled it into the video box cover art.