The Monster At Camp Sunshine
I bought this movie from Reel Wild Cinema many years ago. Reel Wild Cinema was a show that was hosted by Sandra Bernhardt on USA back in the early 90's real late on Saturday nights. This is by far the worst movie ever made to my knowledge. Monster At Camp Sunshine makes Ed Wood look like he had a budget! This movie was made circa 1964 by Ferenc Lergoet. At least that what the credits say. Marta, the lead girl and narrator works at a experimental lab that never really tells you what they are making. A highlight of the movie shows her hanging from a window being attacked by lab rats who have been subjected to the secret serum. Her roommate Claire, models for the new magazine "Urban Nudist." She thinks a weekend at Camp Sunshine will do Marta some good.
The formula that makes the rats go nutty is thrown into the river by their nudist scientist friend where it makes it way to Camp Sunshine. Hugo, who is the simple grounds keeper at Camp Sunshine gets a little thirsty and drinks from that very stream. He then becomes "THE MONSTER AT CAMP SUNSHINE!" The thing that makes this movie so funny, and totally watchable is the way they try to kill the monster. First of all it's at a nudist camp, and second of all is the way "The Army" is called into help the poor naked folks at the camp. Okay, I really don't know how to explain this, but the director uses footage from a Civil War movie, beach landings during WWII, and Brigadoons from a British war movie that I can't figure out which one it is. During the onslaught all the women are laying on the ground naked and screaming.
The army general is one guy by himself in a halloween army outfit screaming in a bullhorn. He is the only one who isn't part part of the stock footage. The monster is a cardboard cutout with fireworks going off around him. One of the best parts of the movie, and worth the price of purchase for me is a guy in his underwear, who just happened to have dynamite and a tommy gun in the trunk of his car fighting off the cardboard monster! This guy is possibly the funniest moment of cinemaitc history ever. He is smoking a cigarette and lighting dynamite and shooting at the monster in his tighty whities.
The true highlght of this film is the use of silent movie style title cards to introduce each scene. I would have to think this movie was on a $100 budget from start to finish. One has to love the actors and the director, because this is what making a terrible film is all about. This film doesn't have a John Carradine or a drug ridden Bela Lugosi, but it does have a script that I don't even think they would have touched. According to my copy this turkey sat on a self for over 30 years before it was available to the public. I suggest finding it as soon as possible! I have shown this to people that don't like B movies, and they couldn't turn it off. It makes absolutley no sense, and the stars are probably the directors drinking buddies. If you ever wanted to see something that was way below budget and extremely funny this is your movie.
The dude that plays the monster is billed as "Ron Cheney" it's almost like Lon Chaney was the monster, right? If any Al Adamson or Ted V. Mikels fans read this and haven't seen this film please try to make it a point and do so. I love Ed Wood and William Beaudine (Jesse James Meets frankenstein's Daughter), they have all gone through great lengths to make rubber monsters a part of life. I feel this is a keeper for all you lovers of the psychotronic film age.
The formula that makes the rats go nutty is thrown into the river by their nudist scientist friend where it makes it way to Camp Sunshine. Hugo, who is the simple grounds keeper at Camp Sunshine gets a little thirsty and drinks from that very stream. He then becomes "THE MONSTER AT CAMP SUNSHINE!" The thing that makes this movie so funny, and totally watchable is the way they try to kill the monster. First of all it's at a nudist camp, and second of all is the way "The Army" is called into help the poor naked folks at the camp. Okay, I really don't know how to explain this, but the director uses footage from a Civil War movie, beach landings during WWII, and Brigadoons from a British war movie that I can't figure out which one it is. During the onslaught all the women are laying on the ground naked and screaming.
The army general is one guy by himself in a halloween army outfit screaming in a bullhorn. He is the only one who isn't part part of the stock footage. The monster is a cardboard cutout with fireworks going off around him. One of the best parts of the movie, and worth the price of purchase for me is a guy in his underwear, who just happened to have dynamite and a tommy gun in the trunk of his car fighting off the cardboard monster! This guy is possibly the funniest moment of cinemaitc history ever. He is smoking a cigarette and lighting dynamite and shooting at the monster in his tighty whities.
The true highlght of this film is the use of silent movie style title cards to introduce each scene. I would have to think this movie was on a $100 budget from start to finish. One has to love the actors and the director, because this is what making a terrible film is all about. This film doesn't have a John Carradine or a drug ridden Bela Lugosi, but it does have a script that I don't even think they would have touched. According to my copy this turkey sat on a self for over 30 years before it was available to the public. I suggest finding it as soon as possible! I have shown this to people that don't like B movies, and they couldn't turn it off. It makes absolutley no sense, and the stars are probably the directors drinking buddies. If you ever wanted to see something that was way below budget and extremely funny this is your movie.
The dude that plays the monster is billed as "Ron Cheney" it's almost like Lon Chaney was the monster, right? If any Al Adamson or Ted V. Mikels fans read this and haven't seen this film please try to make it a point and do so. I love Ed Wood and William Beaudine (Jesse James Meets frankenstein's Daughter), they have all gone through great lengths to make rubber monsters a part of life. I feel this is a keeper for all you lovers of the psychotronic film age.
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