Campfire Tales (1996)

Directed by

Matt Cooper, Martin Kunert, David Semel

Genre

horror film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 114 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A group of friends stranded in the woods tell each other scary stories around a campfire. The film shows three separate horror tales within their frame story.

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What happens

Campfire Tales is a 1997 American straight-to-video horror film directed by Matt Cooper, Martin Kunert, and David Semel. The film consists of three individual short segments, framed within an overarching narrative told by a group of friends around a campfire after their car breaks down in the woods. The film stars James Marsden, Christine Taylor, Amy Smart, and Ron Livingston. Although the project was conceived in 1995 as a theatrical release, the studio lost confidence in its potential success, and it was ultimately released straight-to-video by New Line Home Video, a Warner Bros. label. It first came out in May 1997 in the United Kingdom and later in September 1998 in the United States. The film is currently out of print in any physical format and is only available on online platforms. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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