Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare (2023)

Hell Camp: Teen Nightmare (2023). 1h 30m

“I think the piece grants more screen time than required to cover the muddled opinions of Steve Cartisanou0026#39;s family (who sound so full of themselves) and much less on the victims and the tragedies they faced. That could either be an error in judgment on the filmmakeru0026#39;s part or, most likely, a Netflix decision to try to soften the emotional blow until the closing moments. Institutionalized abuse and the resulting trauma are discussed in all their somber detail, in what feels like American parents trying to run behind quick fixes for habitual (and often psychological) issues of their teenagers.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWhile Iu0026#39;m not surprised that wilderness therapy camps continue to exist in the States, given there are people who willingly sign up for haunted experiences and get tormented (oh, watch that documentary too if you must), what bothers me is how some folks still believe in the ideology of putting teenagers through clearly abusive methods to u0026quot;teach them a lessonu0026quot; and u0026quot;turn them into good peopleu0026quot;. And if youu0026#39;re youu0026#39;re gonna say u0026quot;Stuff like this would never happen in 2023u0026quot;, then I guess youu0026#39;re the one living under a rock. Worse things happens today.”