Summer Camp Nightmare is a 1987 horror film

Horror film

Horror films seek to elicit a negative emotional reaction from viewers by playing on the audience's most primal fears. They often feature scenes that startle the viewer through the means of macabre and the supernatural, thus frequently overlapping with the fantasy and science fiction genres...

 starring Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors

Chuck Connors was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. His best known role from his forty-year film career was Lucas McCain in the 1960s ABC hit Western series The Rifleman....

 and Charlie Stratton. The film is loosely based on the novel The Butterfly Revolution

The Butterfly Revolution

The Butterfly Revolution is a novel by author William Butler, first published in 1961. Its dark theme and subject matter have led critics to state that it is a work about "the young and evil that ranks with [works such as] Lord of the Flies".- Plot :...

by William Butler.

Plot

At Camp North Pines for Boys, the campers stage a revolt against the strict owner, Mr. Warren, locking the counselors up and taking over the camp for themselves. But when boys also lead a takeover of a nearby girl's camp, the revolt soon spirals out of control. The leader of the revolution, Franklin Riley, declares himself a "General" and ranks others in ways that he sees fit, using manipulation to keep his peers in line. When a rape and a murder occurs, some of the kids become more deeply involved in the revolution and others start to have second thoughts.

Cast

• Chuck Connors
  Chuck Connors
  Chuck Connors was an American actor, writer, and professional basketball and baseball player. His best known role from his forty-year film career was Lucas McCain in the 1960s ABC hit Western series The Rifleman....
  
   as Mr. Warren
• Charlie Stratton as Franklin Reilly
• Harold Pruett as Chris Wade
• Adam Carl as Donald Poultry
• Tom Fridley
  Tom Fridley
  Tom Fridley is an American film and television actor.The son of Ellen Travolta, stepson of Jack Bannon, nephew of John Travolta and Joey Travolta, cousin of Jonathan Rau, and half-brother of Molly Allen, Fridley has played supporting roles in television and film.His film credits include The Karate...
  
   as John Mason
• Melissa Reeves
  Melissa Reeves
  Melissa Reeves is a long-time American actress. She is perhaps best known for playing Jennifer Horton, a role she originated in 1985 on the long-running NBC series Days of our Lives -Personal life:She was born in Eatontown, New Jersey.Since March 1990, Reeves has been married to soap opera actor...
  
   as Heather
• Stuart Rogers
  Stuart Rogers
  Stuart Scott Rogers played first-class cricket for Somerset and captained the side from 1950 to 1952.-Early career:Rogers was born at Muswell Hill...
  
   as Stanley Runk

Release

The film was given a limited release

Limited release

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 theatrically in the United States

United States

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 by Concorde Pictures

New Concorde

New Concorde is a Los Angeles, California based film distribution company founded by Roger Corman. NC got its start in 1983 when Corman formed the production and distribution Concorde-New Horizons as one of the first production companies to develop and take advantage of video as a distribution...

 through April and May 1987.

The film was released on VHS

VHS

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 the same year by Embassy Home Entertainment

Embassy Pictures

Embassy Pictures Corporation was an independent studio and distributor responsible for such films as The Graduate, The Lion in Winter, This Is Spinal Tap and Escape from New York.-Founding:The company was founded in 1942 by producer Joseph E...

. As of 2011, the film has still not been officially released on DVD

DVD

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