Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre

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Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre
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Directed by Dave Campfield
Written byDave Campfield
Produced byDavid M. Brunsman
Dave Campfield
StarringDave Campfield
Paul Chomicki
Felissa Rose
Deron Miller
Joe Estevez
Brinke Stevens
CinematographyChristian Voss
Music byBruce Kiesling
Release date
  • August 15, 2009 (2009-08-15)(Fright Night Film Fest)
Running time
76 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Box office$25,840 [1]

Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre is a 2009 American comedy slasher film and spoof of the Sleepaway Camp film series, starring Dave Campfield, Paul Chomicki, Felissa Rose, Deron Miller, Joe Estevez, Ken Macfarlane and Brinke Stevens and was written and directed by Dave Campfield, the creator of the original Caesar and Otto film.

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Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre made its world premiere on August 15, 2009 at the Fright Night Film Fest in Louisville, Kentucky, where it received a nomination for Best Horror Comedy. It then went on to screen at the Long Island Film Festival on October 9, where it won Best Editing. It was then screened on June 4, 2010 at the Lighthouse Film Festival, and released on DVD on October 4, 2011.

Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre was the debut feature of Trai Byers who rose to fame in 2015 with the success of Fox's Empire.

Plot

Caesar, an effete tough guy and his slovenly half brother, Otto, have signed up as summer camp counselors. When the mysterious Carrie shows up, the other counselors start disappearing one by one.

Cast

Reception

Corey Danna of Horror News Network called Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre "a silly little movie" that is "made to entertain and it hits the spot". [2] Brandon Long of Pop Horror said "if Abbott and Costello were alive today, this would be their crossover with the 1983 cult classic, Sleepaway Camp ". [3]

According to Scott A. Johnson of Dread Central "Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre has some genuinely funny moments coupled with some real groaner style humor that makes it great to watch if there's plenty of alcohol". [4]

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References

  1. "Caesar & Otto's Summer Camp Massacre (2011)". The Numbers . Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  2. Danna, Corey (July 29, 2018). "Film Review: Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre (2009)". Horror News Network. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  3. Long, Brandon (May 4, 2018). "'Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre' (2009) Abbott and Costello of Modern Horror". Pop Horror. Retrieved July 11, 2021.
  4. Johnson, Scott A. (December 14, 2009). "Caesar and Otto's Summer Camp Massacre (2009)". Dread Central . Retrieved July 11, 2021.