The summer camp column in my life ledger is sparsely filled out.  Rather than attend some well-supervised, well-organized sailing camp that would have taught me useful things about girls and knots, I opted to do a bit of an independent study during my adolescent summers.  That is, I co-wrote, directed and acted in a series of films.

The fields and forests around my house were sets.
Goodwill supplied costumes.
My friends and I were the actors.
Parents were a cheerful audience.

So, without going in to it too deeply, the synopses that explain why I didn’t go to many summer camps.  Please note that I am in no way boasting.  I don’t think this makes me cool.  On the contrary, I would kill to go to sailing camp now.  My parents would have sent me anywhere.  I refused.  Horrible.
If anyone requests, I’ll upload clips.  Otherwise, just imagine.

Delusion – 1995

Depressed and alone, a young man volunteers for a series of brain experiments, a choice that transports him (or does it?) into an alien world where threatened by a dictator’s tyranny.

Toto – 1996

Residents of a small Kansas town search for a murderer among an even smaller group of recent arrivals.

Of Midgets and Men – 1997

Tormented by a stressful career, a young man takes a week to recuperate at a country inn.  The inn is inhabited by tiny blue humanoids that eventually murder the inn owner and get the man sent to an insane asylum.

Booney Road – 1998

To escape abusive parents, three Appalachian boys set out on Booney Road, hiking North towards hopes for a better life.

The Third Degree – 1999
A story of millionaire blackmail is recounted via separate interrogations.

Mad Cell – 2000

A mysterious cellphone that arrives with the morning paper entangles a young man in a chain of criminal events.

Red Wolf – 2001

In a dystopian future, youth gangs conduct open warfare over who controls an ancient power.

Freeing Luke Dawson – 2002

A young man begins a surreal journey after attending the funeral of an infant with his same name.

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