Summer CAMP
What kind of CAMP is this zine about?
“so bad it’s good. except it’s gay” – Urban Dictionary
“theatricality, playfulness and exaggeration... Camp challenges social norms and hierarchies by intentionally being different and bold” – The Queer Victorian Origins of the Word ‘Camp’ (https://tinyurl.com/y8spvpa5/)
“Art, performance, or other media that plays with notions of good and bad taste, artificiality and sincerity, via an excess of panache, flair, and whimsy. Often implicitly or explicitly queer, regularly subversive, always stylized in an over-the-top way. Camp is trashy treasure.” – this zine
How strictly seasonal is this?
A decent chunk of the movies on this list are set in Summer, but not all of them. Some of them just have Summer-y vibes to me (see next page).
Do I think everyone will agree about the movies on this list?
Ha! NOPE. But hopefully someone enjoys it anyway.
(therewillbeazineforeachone)
Lots of sun, epic roadtrips, and coming into one’s own. An adventerous season of changes, transformation, and coming-of-age at any age.
The Seasons of CAMP Summer Autumn
Plays more openly with horror tropes, dancing through fallen leaves and spooky settings. Attempts to fit in are discarded, revealing the wonderful weirdnesses that have been there all along.
Winter Spring
It might be snowy or dead-looking outside, but internal evolutions are brewing with promise. May come with an abundance of bisexual lighting and/or fabulous fashions.
Sour candy hearts and prom dresses. Sharp edges sting as new beginnings and a renewed sense of self begin to grow and blossom in unexpected ways.
Hell of a Summer (2025)
One of Them Days (2025)
Drive-Away Dolls (2024)
The Fall Guy (2024)
Joy Ride (2023)
roadtrip movie/tv international outdoors
contentwarning:blood,off-screen murders,conversationsre:sex
contentwarning:blood
contentwarning:sex,dildos,&murders
contentwarning:druguse,guns,murder
contentwarning:bawdiness,genitaliareferences, angstovertransracial adoptionandbiofamily
beeyourself!
critters
Glass Onion (2022)
The Lost City (2022) & Romancing the Stone (1984) contentwarning:BradPittcameo cw:raciststereotypes
The Mitchells vs the Machines (2021)
The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
cw:quickfullfrontal
The Nice Guys (2016) cw:lotsofboobage, referencestoporn;alocholism
Jupiter Ascending (2016)
Ozark Sharks (2016)
Lavalantula (2015)
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 (2013)
All About Steve (2009)
Mr. Bean’s Holiday (2007)
Hoodwinked (2005)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
cw:grief,unexpecteddeath(s)
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
cw:brainwashing,bullying
The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
cw:bullying, attemptedpoisoning
Galaxy Quest (1999)
cw:drinking,violence,guns
George of the Jungle (1997)
cw:manipulation,kidnapping
cw:guns,impliedviolence, somedeaths&skeletons
cw:guns,violence,deaths
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Goofy Movie (1995)
Heavyweights (1995)
cw:bodyshaming,bullying
roadtrip
Romeo + Juliet (1996)
Muppet Treasure Island (1996)
Tank Girl (1995)
cw:evilcorporationincontrol,deaths,bawdiness, sexualharassment,kidnappedchildalmosttrafficked
To Wong Foo, Thanks for Everything!
Julie Newmar (1995)
cw:transphobia,homophobia,rottencop, domesticviolence,disownedbyfamily
The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert (1994)
Only You (1994)
cw:transphobia,homophobia, estrangedparent/child
cw:manipulation/lying
Surf Ninjas (1993)
cw:impliedviolence,parentaldeaths,stereotypes
Matinee (1993)
cw:fear,CubanMissileCrisis
Ferngully:TheLastRainforest(1992)
Hook(1991)
cw:kidnappingofchildren,peril,deathbyscorpions
Hudson Hawk (1991)
cw:guns,violence,betrayal
Frankenhooker (1990)
cw:misogyny,briefbodyshaming, stereotypes,druguse,bodyparts
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989)
Troop Beverly Hills (1989)
Earth Girls Are Easy (1988)
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark (1988)
Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988)
The Princess Bride (1987)
roadtrip romance friends&family murder music fame critters outdoors movie/tv beeyourself! international scifi/fantasy
Raising Arizona (1987)
Ruthless People (1986)
cw:bodyshaming,threatsofmurder andharm,infidelity,loudsex,loathing cw:infertility,guns
The Man with One Red Shoe (1985)
cw:off-screen(pre-movie)sexwhenhewastoodrunktoproperlyconsentleadingto on-screenpropositioning/harassmentbyhisbestfriend’swife(playedbytheamazing CarrieFisher),guiltre:infidelity/disloyalty,awkwardnessandhumorsurrounding awoman’shairgettingcaughtinhisbelt+peopleassumingshe’sgivinghimoralsex.
Pee-Wee’s Big Adventure (1985)
The Amazing Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai
Across the 8 Dimension (1984) th
Top Secret! (1984)
Thatincludesthesametypesofcontentwarnings–plentyofproblematicdepictions andstereotypes,includingbiphobia/homophobia,aswouldbeexpectedbysomething “edgy”inthistimeperiodandbywhitepeople
Swamp Thing (1982) & The Return of Swamp Thing (1989)
Blues Brothers (1980)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Frogs (1972)
Batman (1966)
Help! (1965)
Fire Escape Soliloquies
Picturing the blend of sounds and music styles that echo and play across a courtyard as different doors and windows open, backed up by the hum of fans and air conditioning.
https://tinyurl.com/4urpp9yn/
Situational Co
You know those songs aware of all the disasters still manage to be perky like a sitcom ad? This’ll some extra Main Characte to get you throu
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Summer Roadtrip
One of my creative habits is making a themed set of playlists over the summer – modernized Green Pantheon, fictional worlds, comic book characters, that kind of thing. This playlist is from a set of different movie genres.
https://tinyurl.com/2tf5yzxw/
