High school guidance counselor Jeff and his platonic friend and co-worker Anne are responsible, well intentioned, kind… and boring. They frustratingly watch on as their peers find love and companionship, while they continue to fail in spectacular fashion when it comes to romance. As they reach their loneliness breaking point, they make a pact to forgo their familiar, vanilla personas in exchange for their unexplored, confident alter egos. They wave goodbye to Jeff’s awkward all-male book club and Anne’s flailing attempts to catch the eye of Jeff’s sexy neighbor Max, and say hello to raucous summer nights filled with booze, dancing, and sex. Naturally things don’t exactly go according to plan.
The “Summer Camp” horror trilogy was one of the most popular franchises of the 1980s. However, the decade ended and so did director Julian Barrett’s career. Now Barrett plans to resurrect his gory series via a modern reboot patterned after reality filmmaking. With his former leading lady and an eclectic group of 10 young “contestants,” Barrett returns to the same locale where his old splatter-fests were filmed. When one of the campers is found savagely murdered, they realize there’s more at stake than just fame and fortune. Each of them is in a fight for their lives as they realize summer is over – forever.
Don Simpson lives a routine existence in a dying town, hanging out and drinking with his best friends Mickey and Tim. But when the girl who got away returns home from traveling abroad, old regrets and painful secrets are brought to light. Now, Don's inability to express his feelings for her leads to a deep-seated anxiety. Mickey's gambling addictions attract the attention of an old mobster just as his estranged father tries to patch things up. Meanwhile, Tim struggles with homosexuality in a town where shame is the only thing he's come to expect. And at the heart of it all is Sammie, the girl who came back to the last place she wanted to be. Life is a hard road of choices that change with the seasons. Together, these four will grow up as they face their last summer.
