Campfire Tales (1997 film)
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| Directed by |
Martin Kunert David Semel Matt Cooper |
| Produced by |
Eric Manes Larry Weinberg Lori Miller |
| Written by |
Martin Kunert Eric Manes Matt Cooper |
| Starring |
James Marsden Amy Smart Ron Livingston Christine Taylor Glenn Quinn Jacinda Barrett |
| Music by | Andrew Rose |
| Edited by | Luis Colina Rick Fields Steven Nevius |
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Production
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Campfire LLC
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| Distributed by | New Line Cinema |
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Running time
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88 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Campfire Tales is a 1997 American anthology horror film directed by Matt Cooper, Martin Kunert, and David Semel. The film is made up of three individual short segments that are presented in an overarching narrative, told by a group of friends around a fire after they crash their car in the woods. It stars James Marsden, Christine Taylor, Amy Smart, and Ron Livingston. The film was released direct to video in 1998 through New Line Cinema.
In the 1950s, Jenny (Amy Smart) and Eddie (James Marsden) are kissing in a car at a viewpoint. Jenny becomes nervous that someone is watching them after they hear a radio broadcast of a madman on the loose in the area. She forces Eddie to drive them back to town, thinking she sees someone lurking in the woods. They arrive at a drive-in, and Eddie walks to the window to order a milkshake. When he returns toward the car, he sees a hook hanging from the car's passenger door.
In the present day, Cliff (Jay R. Ferguson), his girlfriend Lauren (Christine Taylor), and her little brother Eric (Christopher Masterson) and friend Alex (Kim Murphy) are driving home from a concert. Cliff, drunk and driving erratically, crashes the car in the woods. They light flares and discover an abandoned church foundation nearby, where they start a fire. To pass the time, they begin telling a series of campfire tales.
In the first story, Rick (Ron Livingston) and Valerie (Jennifer Macdonald) are on their honeymoon driving through Nevada. They take a detour to visit caverns, and park their RV in a rural area. They are disturbed by a local man (Hawthorne James) who warns them not to spend the night there, insisting they park elsewhere. They ignore him. As they have sex in the RV, a creature watches through the window. Rick leaves to walk to a gas station nearby, and Valerie is attacked through the sunroof of the RV and terrorized by it before passing out. She awakens to a police officer knocking on the door of the RV. As she exits the RV, she hears a screeching noise; she looks back, and sees Rick's eviscerated corpse hanging upside down from a tree, his wedding ring scratching across the metal rooftop.
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