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MONSTER CAMP

MONSTER CAMP

If you're geeky enough to already know what LARP (Live Action Role Playing) is, then you probably don't need to see this documentary. However, for the rest of us, Monster Camp is an interesting trip into the heads of everyday Joes who engage in fantasy combat in a wooded Washington state park.

Director Cullen Hoback takes viewers on a trip to NERO (New England Role Playing Organization) Seattle, where an Office Depot employee runs a camp devoted to providing fantasy fans an opportunity to briefly escape their lives in favor of the fantastic. Some players, usually newcomers, are cast as monsters to act as combatants for those who design their own characters. Other more ...

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