Horror anthologies are one of my favorite sub-genre of horror movies. Campfire Tales is a movie that tends to get lost in the shuffle.
Released in 1997 it features a cast that would go on to much bigger things. Check out this cast list and imagine the budget needed to get them all together today,
Christopher Masterson,Ron Livingston, James Marsden, Amy Smart, Jacinda Barrett, Christine Taylor and Jay R. Ferguson.
The film opens with the pretty standard hook handed killer on lovers lane urban legend, After that it focuses on a group of college students who have a car wreck, While waiting to picked up they pass the time by sharing scary stories.
All three stories are well acted and have great atmosphere, but the second one is the one that everyone will remember.
The second story revolves around a young girl (Alex McKenna) who is left alone while her parents go out. She has a friend online that is not quite what she seems, when the friend finds out she's alone, things get very weird. The story is also based on a urban legend and it has some of the creepiest images you will ever see,
Campfire Tales is out of print on DVD, and has no Blu-Ray at this time. I actually had to get a VHS to watch it again.
Hopefully somewhere will pick this up and give it a decent release. I would love to see this get the Scream Factory treatment.
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