Camp Week: 9 Summer Camp Movies for Every Genre

The photo may be from the 2009 remake, but our hearts are with the 1980 original. Friday the 13th is a cautionary tale to all counselors and CITs: Don't ignore your campers to go have sex, or else a drowned boy's mother is going to chase you with a machete.

And of course Jason Voorhees himself appears to take the mantle of killer for the sequels, many of which are set at Camp Crystal Lake.

The camp that both Lindsay Lohans went to in The Parent Trap seemed so cool: There were prank wars, you could go canoeing or fencing, and there was even a special cabin off the path where you were forced to live with the girl you hated, only to discover that you were secretly twins!

This was Demi Lovato's first big breakthrough: She plays an aspiring singer who wants more than anything to attend Camp Rock, the big music camp that will launch her career. Because she's from the wrong side of the tracks, she has to help her mom with the camp's catering, which of course makes her a target for bullying from the mean girls.

But Demi's got one thing the other girls don't: An actual singing voice. In fact, it's enough to grab the attention of a spoiled pop star-turned-counselor, played by Joe Jonas. (Not to worry, Nick and Kevin also appear.)

I've never seen this movie, so I can't tell if it's meant to be dark or (judging by the ending) a morality tale. Two girls make a bet in which they compete to lose their virginity at the same summer camp -- unbeknownst to the counselors (some of whom are the girls' targets), everyone takes sides and best on the result. It sounds more than a little messed-up, but going by the Wikipedia page, it sounds like the story devolves into a big ole moral about waiting for the right person. Too bad.

THIS MOVIE. It really is scarier than Friday the 13th, because you've got these seriously devout kids who go from the camp to a prayer conference to preach the word of the Lord to the nonconverted. We're thanking, well, God our parents never sent us to a camp like this.

Precocious Bridget (Blake Lively) spends the summer at a soccer camp, where she decides she wants counselor Eric. Hers is one story of four, with the girls connected by Traveling Pants that bring them luck -- in Bridget's case, taking the pants off is what gives her what she wants. (Too bad she doesn't tell Eric he's her first.)

Yes, we're counting this as its own genre. Foster kid Mary-Kate goes to Camp Callaway, a summer camp for orphans, where she meets rich kid Ashley, daughter of the camp's director. They're not actually biological twins, but they manage to switch places in order to bring Mary-Kate's case worker and Ashley's dad together.

Wednesday and Pugsley get banished to preppy Camp Chippewa, where they quickly make enemies with all the perky blond campers and counselors. The funniest part is when Wednesday is forced to star in the politically-incorrect Thanksgiving musical as Pocahontas.

This one actually fits both definitions: Talented kids spend the summer at a performing arts camp, where they fall in love and deal with body issues and other insecurities. In place of the usual camp activities there are dance classes and vocal training. As for the really campy stuff, there are great performances of classic Broadway songs.