Underplayed Gems
The whole movie catalogue

Films and series, searchable by what they are

← Back to the shop

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp (2015)

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp poster
Genre
sitcom
Country
United States
Length
1 season, 8 episodes
Rated
TV-MA
Rating
6.4 of 10 from 231 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

This miniseries is a prequel to a cult comedy film. It shows the first day at a summer camp in 1981. Adult actors play teenagers in a parody of teen movies.

zanynostalgicwackyself-awareabsurdcomediclightheartedsilly

What happens

Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp is an American satirical comedy television miniseries written by David Wain and Michael Showalter, and directed by Wain. First Day of Camp is the second installment in the Wet Hot American Summer franchise. The eight-episode Netflix series is a prequel to Wain's 2001 film Wet Hot American Summer, a parody of teen sex comedies which has since developed a cult following. Although many of the original film's ensemble cast have gone on to high-profile work, all of the then-adult actors returned for this series, playing even younger versions of their original roles. The episodes were released for online viewing at the end of July 2015. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

More like this

This page is from Underplayed Gems. Not quite it? Tell the Catbot what you feel like watching and it picks from the whole catalogue, or browse by genre, country and year.

Lists: Korean thrillers worth the evening · Anime films beyond Studio Ghibli · Slow films for a rainy night · Horror that unsettles instead of startling · Series you can finish in a weekend · Nordic crime worth the subtitles · Good films that end in under 90 minutes · Documentaries that play like thrillers

Loading movies…

What should I watch?