Campfire Tales
Campfire Tales
R | 16 May 1997 (USA)
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Anthology of famous, scary urban legends done with a modern twist.

Reviews
Karry

Best movie of this year hands down!

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Matialth

Good concept, poorly executed.

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Cooktopi

The acting in this movie is really good.

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Rosie Searle

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

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Toronto85

'Campfire Tales' is an enjoyable horror anthology film which features three pretty good stories. It's wraparound story involves four teenagers driving back home after a concert. They get into a car accident, and are forced to huddle in the woods. A campfire is built and that's when the stories are told. The first is about a newly-wed couple driving to Las Vegas, but decide to take the back roads to get there. Their RV is stalled in the middle of the woods and both are eventually attacked by some creature lurking in the dark. Creepy little tale. The next one is way more realistic, it involves an 11 year old girl who chats online with who she thinks is a girl her age. The person is actually a paedophile, and he stalks her one night when she's home alone. Very well done The final story is a ghost tale involving murder and ends with a twist. Another creepy entry!The wraparound story with the four teens is also well put together and ends on a but of a shocking note. The first time I watched it, I had no clue that would happen. 'Campfire Tales' has an 'Urban Legend' feel to it. All of the stories actually involve well known urban legends, but I can't go further without giving away massive spoilers. The acting was well done from everyone involved, but the goods of this movie are the stories they tell. The first story about the creature in the woods was really scary and you felt for the couple. And that second story with the little girl was very realistic, not to mention there were some tense moments when the guy goes into her house. The third story had an eerie feel to it, but I only wish it was longer. A few question marks left on that one.Overall, I'd recommend 'Campfire Tales' to everyone! It was a creepy little horror anthology film that tells genuinely scary stories. 7/10

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atinder

This movie also starts in Black and white and also start with The Hook Man yet again! A Young couple who making out in the woods and this time, Girl thinks she see something out side and then she fews time and tell her boyfriends to take her home, He didn't believe her but then he stop at the Diner and then he looks back at the car and he see there was a Hook on the car Door.This story was being told by some teens in a car and the boy who drive- ring the Car and then start messing around by going too fast and then trying to Avoid another Car and end up crashing into the bushes.As they get out of the car they go to this old Church that had been torn down and tell 4 storiesThe first story, is about a married couple in a RV, who end up getting in Stuck in the wood and soon just start to have Sex but soon catch a guy looking at them and that guy warns then about a creatures in the woods.As they go off but then the RV runs out of gas cause there was leak and soon Attack are seen but its very dark that you can't see creatures that well at all, I wish they showed more of creatures.I did not find this story creepy or scary at all, I did like the last scenes was really well doneI give this story 4 out of 10Next Story, is about young Girl, who was on Chat online, not knowing that she was talking to a Psycho, who starts to stalk her, while she is home alone and breaks in to her home.This is one was really good and it some really good creepy moment in this movie, it kind hint of the old slasher movie feel to, very well made.The last 2 minutes of this story was really good and the Psycho looks really scary 8 out of 10I called the next story The Ghost story.A man is riding a motorbike, and then soon stop near to a House, when it's rains and he enter the house, then he falls in love with a girl, soon strange things start happen in the house.He finds out the place is haunted and there another twist in the story! I thought the last story was very boring and very predicable , I thought it was the worst of the a lot.After that story was told, one of teens See Police flashing lights, which lead to a twist in the movie.i Loved that ending cause I didn't see it coming at all.Really good movie7 out of 10

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chris dimarino

Campfire Tales is a sectioned movie about a crashed vehicle's 4 inhabitants recounting horror tales. These tales are old recycled tales with an attempted new generation twist. This is not a movie that had really any good merits and nothing worth remembering yet is flowed well and was by no means a bad movie. An unknown group of actors did a great job in their individual roles (for the most part). However to say that they are modern day twists on old stories is an over exaggeration. Though none of the re imaginings were bad, the shortened time allowed them and comparison to many great horror remakes in the last decade render these attempts dull and inept. The production value was average but indicative of its time, and the sound was mediocre. I have almost no complements for the movie and no parts were memorable yet it flowed well and kept your attention by switching the story. This prevented deep character development and story intricacy but i don't think that was the goal of this brand of horror movie. I feel bad giving it a 4 because it was not that bad of a movie, but it failed to impress me and if you're not using original material than i set the bar a higher.

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harfordamanda

Even though Glenn Quinn (the guy in the locket story) said that this was his least favorite film, I actually thought it was one of his best. Had to point it out cuz i'm a HUGE fan.On to the movie, it's not the greatest cinematic thing ever to be put on film by any means but it is well worth watching. story consists of four friends coming home from a concert who get in a car accident. While waiting for the police (which how they knew where these kids were beats me but like i said, it's not perfect) they tell each other classic scary stories to pass the time. The opening story "The Hook" of course is one that everyone knows and although it didn't really have any connectivity to the plot of the film, it just kinda gave you a heads up about what the movie was going to basically be about: urban legends that of which being the oldest. "The Honeymoon" wasn't exactly my favorite mostly because of how it ended. the guy hanging upside down on the tree with the ring scraping actually is an alternate tale from "The Hook." So i was turned off by that one. "People can lick to" was more or less just creepy especially for me because i share the girl's first name and i was about the same age when i saw the movie for the first time so usually i skipped it. "The Locket" is my favorite. Personally, that could've been made into a whole movie by its self. I really loved the ending of that story to where Quinn and Barrett's characters shared a previous life, pretty cool. The ending of the movie confused me for a while. My friends and i came up with the idea that Cliff was basically telling these stories as a way of apologizing to his friends...i don't know that's just what we came up with. Anyways, it's fun to watch, OH and keep watching a little after the credits, there's a funny ha ha moment that's quite enjoyable.

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