The First Turn-On!!

The First Turn-On!!

Year: 1983

Runtime: 88 mins

Language: English

Directors: Lloyd Kaufman, Michael Herz

Comedy

When an avalanche blocks the exit of a mountain cave, a group of teenage summer campers and their counselor are forced to spend hours together. To pass the time, they each recount the details of their first sexual experiences, revealing awkward humor, anxiety and coming‑of‑age revelations.

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1

Escape to the cave

On the last day of summer at Camp Big-Tee-Pee, Mitch, Annie, Henry, and Danny sneak away from the group to smoke cannabis in a nearby cave. They hope for a private moment away from camp rules and prying eyes. Their plan is interrupted when camp counselor Michelle Farmer discovers them.

late afternoon, last day of summer Camp Big-Tee-Pee cave
2

Landslide traps the group

As Michelle escorts them out, Henry's flatulence triggers a landslide that seals the cave entrance and traps the five inside. Panic rises as the air grows thinner and rescue feels far off. The group realizes they are now stranded with no easy escape.

immediately after discovery Inside the cave
3

A plan to pass the time

With oxygen dwindling, the trapped campers decide to pass the time by sharing stories of how each claims to have lost their virginity. The cave becomes a makeshift storytelling theater as fear mixes with curiosity. The stories set the tone for the rest of their night.

early during entrapment Inside the cave
4

Mitch's hitchhiking tale

Mitch recounts hitchhiking with Lucy, an elegant prostitute, who invites him to visit her hotel room. Nervous and inexperienced, he enlists the help of his dim-witted friend Jeff for pointers, including the infamous 'when in doubt, whip it out.'

in the past (tale within a tale) Lucy's hotel room
5

Mitch saves Lucy and wins her favour

When Mitch meets Lucy in the hotel, Jeff's seduction attempt backfires and injures her. Mitch steps in, ejects Jeff, and earns Lucy's gratitude. Lucy rewards him with mind-blowing sex.

in the past (within Mitch's story) Lucy's hotel room
6

Henry's ghost costume mistake

Henry prepares for a Halloween party wearing a ghost costume he's unable to see through. The outfit accidentally resembles a Klan robe, leading him to stumble into a confrontation with a group of flamboyantly gay African-American men about to harm a young white woman. They beat him, but the woman later falls for him and they have passionate sex.

Halloween night (in Henry's story) Halloween party prep area
7

Annie's first time on the farm

Annie recalls her first time on her family's farm, where a drifter who broke in seeking food becomes her lover. Fueled by hormones, she leads him to the back of the barn for sex, much to the sheep's dismay.

in the past (Annie's story) Family farm barn
8

Danny's beach encounter and orgy

Danny's flashback shows him at the beach, briefly convinced a Penthouse Pet is winking at him. That night, he finds the Pet waiting in his room, and he and his brother's girlfriend join in an extended foreplay that ends in an orgy, which Danny mispronounces.

in the past (Danny's story) Beach; later, Danny's room
9

Miss Farmer's high-school romance

Miss Farmer recounts her high-school romance with a psychotic nerd boyfriend, Dwayne. After Dwayne dumps her for another girl at the junior prom, she rebounds by dating two new boyfriends and the three of them have sex on a bowling alley lane.

high school years Bowling alley
10

The truth comes out

As time passes and oxygen in the cave thins further, the group confronts the realization that their stories were false. They admit aloud that none of them have actually lost their virginity.

late during entrapment Inside the cave
11

The group orgasms to survive

Determined not to die as virgins, all of them participate in an orgy. The intensified sounds echo through the cave, masking their fear as they unleash a torrent of moans and thrusts. The commotion triggers another landslide that unexpectedly opens the cave entrance.

during the final hours of entrapment Inside the cave
12

Freedom and rescue

The new landslide shifts just enough to open the cave entrance, and the campers are finally freed. They stumble out as the first light of dawn breaks, pale but alive. The air feels heavy with relief after the claustrophobic ordeal.

shortly after the orgy, dawn Cave entrance; outside the cave
13

Futures revealed

A narrator reveals each character's future: Danny becomes a porn actor named 'Dicky Long'; Mitch becomes a priest and advocate of gay rights; Henry works for the National Cheese Commissioners Board; Annie endures eight marriages and a nervous breakdown; Miss Farmer runs a wildlife preservation program. The final shot shows her unsuccessfully trying to launch a large trout into the air, as if it could fly.

after rescue Camp and beyond

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