I'm a big fan of naked women, but even I don't need this much
nudity. THE MONSTER OF CAMP SUNSHINE takes place in a
nudist camp and, almost exclusively, involves nudists (who we are
informed in a pre-credits card, are not monsters) who are
terrorized by a dopey guy who has drank some nasty lake water
and turned into a threatening dopey guy.
Most of MONSTER is very dull, directed without any sense of
pacing or style. Obviously, people at a drive-in in 1964 didn't care
about that, they were excited to see the nudists. They certainly get
what they paid for, with lots and lots of women disrobing and
strolling around the idyllic Camp Sunshine. This was probably a
gas at some point, but now it's very tame, and eventually one gets
tired of it. Too much of a good thing takes all the fun out of it.
There are some highlights for bad movie fans. A unknowing
nurse is pushed out of an office window...by some crazed killer
mice. They even go so far to have guys throwing mice at the poor
woman from off camera. Then, after the monstrous Hugo has
fallen under the spell of that contaminated water (it also got to
those mice), MONSTER looses all semblance of reality and
becomes a bizarre montage of naked bodies, and stock footage of
various armies and military explosions. There's so much of it, you
might think that the editor accidentally forgot what movie he was
cutting. Then, when the craziness dies down (and there certainly
is a lot of it), the nudists get back to doing what they do best. This
includes the one of them who just lost a brother, and another who
is a doctor (He takes off his white jacket to reveal nothing
underneath).
MONSTER OF CAMP SUNSHINE is a very bad movie, but it rarely
offers the sort of z-grade thrills you'd hope to see in something of
this caliber. If you fast forward a whole lot, you might be able to
enjoy it.
nudity. THE MONSTER OF CAMP SUNSHINE takes place in a
nudist camp and, almost exclusively, involves nudists (who we are
informed in a pre-credits card, are not monsters) who are
terrorized by a dopey guy who has drank some nasty lake water
and turned into a threatening dopey guy.
Most of MONSTER is very dull, directed without any sense of
pacing or style. Obviously, people at a drive-in in 1964 didn't care
about that, they were excited to see the nudists. They certainly get
what they paid for, with lots and lots of women disrobing and
strolling around the idyllic Camp Sunshine. This was probably a
gas at some point, but now it's very tame, and eventually one gets
tired of it. Too much of a good thing takes all the fun out of it.
There are some highlights for bad movie fans. A unknowing
nurse is pushed out of an office window...by some crazed killer
mice. They even go so far to have guys throwing mice at the poor
woman from off camera. Then, after the monstrous Hugo has
fallen under the spell of that contaminated water (it also got to
those mice), MONSTER looses all semblance of reality and
becomes a bizarre montage of naked bodies, and stock footage of
various armies and military explosions. There's so much of it, you
might think that the editor accidentally forgot what movie he was
cutting. Then, when the craziness dies down (and there certainly
is a lot of it), the nudists get back to doing what they do best. This
includes the one of them who just lost a brother, and another who
is a doctor (He takes off his white jacket to reveal nothing
underneath).
MONSTER OF CAMP SUNSHINE is a very bad movie, but it rarely
offers the sort of z-grade thrills you'd hope to see in something of
this caliber. If you fast forward a whole lot, you might be able to
enjoy it.
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