I rated this movie with 2 stars because the special effects are pretty good. However, I was waiting to see what type of psychotic drugs (herbal or man-made) these young adults were being given...to my dismay there were no drugs involved. Not that I wanted these young adults to be given drugs of any kind. The plot itself was a little bit more on the psychological thriller side versus the horror side. The script could have had more cohesiveness than it actually did. It's not a movie that you can just jump in the middle of and have the plot make sense. The producers should have emphasized the fact that Jesse Eisenburg only had a moderate cameo instead of listing him as a "major" character.

No one will argue that they overspent on sets, special effects, cast, or polishing. I think the term I used after watching it was Campy with no pun intended.That being said - I love any movie that can tell a compelling story with good honest dialog and emotion. This movie did that; and beyond that it showed me that there was a world beyond the limited stage set that I was allowed to see. I became interested in the "People of Hope" and how their society is organized. I wondered what happened beyond the walls of the camp. I felt compassion for these teens that are oppressed by their society and taught to deny their very selves in hope of a better afterlife.I also was much more frightened of the priest then any potential demon roaming those woods.Finally: It was good to see Dana Delany and Andrew McCarthy

Based on true events? Um, not really. The director took his own experiences in a super-strict Catholic summer camp and greatly exaggerated them to produce Camp Hell. The best part of this movie, for me, was watching the ridiculously hateful, opinionated vitriol that the priest would spew to any and all campers who did anything remotely wrong. Seriously, calling a girl a tramp and a whore just for talking to a boy alone at night while standing a good 6 feet away from him? So wrong!Laughing at the indoctrination (read, brain-washing) of young, impressionable young adults and reaffirming all of my doubts and dislikes about religion in general was kind of fun. I could not bring myself to take this movie seriously in any way.So, if you want a good laugh, enjoy mocking religion, and/or are anti- religion, you'll have a good laugh. Otherwise, this is a movie with no resolution. It just kind of winds down to an end having accomplished nothing.Watch it for free, catch it on TV, but don't waste your money on a rental fee.

Why a 4? Because it will flash back and forth from some normalcy to scary images LOUDLY and that will give you a shock. Albeit so would a cymbal smash from nowhere! To the reviewer that said this was a 90 minute ad for Christians I say. "Wow! You could NOT have watched this movie at all and must be one of those people that attack religion for no reason to make yourself feel important." Really this movie would put more people off religion than on it. The movie is slow paced,kind of interesting,but not scary. Toward the end has a really interesting event happen (don't want to spoil it) but then am the end, the main kid's point of view makes absolutely no sense whatsoever! We never understand exactly why the events are happening and with so many people that are stars in this movie I have to wonder why they were in it. Skip this movie. Oh,and the only thing I waited for in this movie was for that statue to move because it wasn't a statue!! Way too obvious!!