1983 Directed by Robert Hiltzik
Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.
This review was written in 2011, I believe:
How many times is a rip-off able to surpass the thing it owes its' existence to? Only two films come to mind (Piranha is the other). Friday the 13th had great pieces but really didn't come together to be the best it could be (though it's still a personal favorite and always will be). Sleepaway Camp aims lower but nonetheless passes with Sleaze Honors. In the arena of so-bad-it's-good horror movies - bad acting, character stereotypes or costumes that garner a reputation of their own, expository lines of dialogue that inspire riotous laughter ("Meet me at the waterfront after the social" has become this movie's "Nilbog! It's Goblin spelled backwards!") - this…
I tear up every time Angela speaks for the first time. I love this movie. For all the reasons I love my favorite slashers. I love that it's half summer camp movie. I love the camper melodrama. I love the baseball game and that kid's Asia shirt. As a former "quiet kid," I find myself empathizing with Angela as she's constantly harassed. If only I had a killer stare like that as a kid.
More stuff I love:
1. When characters hang out and do 'not plot stuff' like play baseball for a solid 5+ minutes. I don't why, but I find this vaguely rebellious. It makes me giddy.
2. Vague, deeply problematic, but potentially subversive and radical…
Holy shit...I did not see this one coming at all.
I've heard that Sleepaway Camp had an interesting ending so for years now I've been waiting to get my hands on the box set and making sure I never read anything about the series. It definitely paid off.
Friday the 13th and The Burning this is not...You won't find the same quality but that doesn't mean this movie suffers. As far as I'm concerned I just watched a trashy slasher classic.
I would list the kills here but I don't want to ruin them for anyone. Some are better than others but the really cool ones are fantastic.
The last thing I wanted to point out is that apparently the 80's was filled to the brim with bulges. They're everywhere.
Hey you! Yeah, you! Avid horror fan and lover of every nook and cranny of the genre. Tell me, why have you not watched this yet? A mere 800 people have logged this film as watched on Letterboxd which is a crime as it is a cult and genre classic that should get more attention.
Sleepaway Camp is the epitome of 'so bad it's good'. This has a lot to do with the fact that I cannot get rid of the feeling it was all done intentionally. Many performances, especially from the adult cast, are so unbelievably camp and bad they have a feel to them as if they have been told to act badly in stead of them being…
I recently watched Final Exam and mentioned how very gay all of the subtext was, but damn I had forgotten about this camp slasher that is dripping with homoeroticismness, right? Not many horror movies feature guys wearing less clothing than girls, male nudity with no female nudity, and unambiguously gay characters that aren’t caricatures, but here we were in 1983 and Robert Hiltzik couldn’t give a f*ck about your genre expectations and I say well done to that.
The kills are also pretty fantastic and even though some are only implied, they are still brutal af. I’ll never not be a tiny bit afraid of a hot curling iron again. Felissa Rose and Jonathan Tiersten are great as the main…
The Crying Game meets Friday the 13th meets Degrassi Jr High meets Meatballs meets 80's fashion nightmare meets what the fuck did I just watch.
This movie feels very amateurish with its awful dialogue and even worse acting but moments of formal brilliance in some of the kills, a dread-laden atmosphere, a great performance by the lead (easily the cast's saving grace) and a shocking twist that's built up well and thoughtfully implemented make it a worthwhile watch. One hell of an ambitious B-flick.
Esse aqui é complicadíssimo, mas eu sinceramente acho que vale no mínimo uma discussão sem necessariamente defender ou atacar. Só leituras divergentes mesmo.
Como nao sou a melhor pessoa pra falar disso vou deixar duas reviews perfeitas sobre o filme:
SLEEPAWAY CAMP is gnarly slasher horror, never holding back on its kill scenes and equally as adamant about being a hilarious mirror of what being a teen in the 1980s was like for young people. There’s also nuance in what, at first, feels like an exploitative twist at the very end right before the credits start rolling. Some see it as shock value doubling as transphobia. The big reveal actually suggests the screenplay’s focused on psychological damage inherent in enforcing gender roles on children, as well as how growing up can be absolute fucking torture in general.
More here: fathersonholygore.com/2018/09/18/sleepaway-camp-and-the-horror-of-enforcing-gender-roles/
Friday the 13th - 1980 (Camp Crystal Lake)
The Burning - 1981 (Camp Stonewater)
Sleep away Camp - 1983
Was camping a big thing in the 80s? Movie starts with loud annoying music during the intro followed by the most dramatic and bloodless boat accident ever. 8 years later we are introduced to two cousins with their terribly acted poorly audio produced aunt, overacting and giving us exposition on their trip to camp, which apparently houses kids from age 10-30.
This is the 80s, so that means, 'no means yes' and older men are allowed to make comments like: “look at all that young fresh chicken - makes your mouth water” or "No such thing as too young". If you…
It’s funny to think that I’ll often bash slasher films for being unoriginal and predictable, yet I’ll score sleepaway camp quite highly. But there’s something insanely enjoyable about sleepaway camp, and I’m not just talking about it’s bat shit crazy conclusion. The character of Angela, although mostly cold and quiet is memorable, the Friday the 13th like setting is well executed and the kills are inventive and usually come to characters whom you want to die.
Luckily that doesn’t mean the film is flooded with unlikeable characters we don’t care about, quite the opposite. At no point do we question who the killer is, it’s obvious from the start, but this doesn’t hinder any of the fun. The film tells…
Every review is about the twist ending and I thought I had it figured out but goddamn was I wrong
This movie sometimes gets reduced to its ending, but it's a decent slasher as well. The main characters are all well defined, and it does tackle teen bullying and abusive adults. It hasn't aged well in some regards, as almost every character comes across as a sex offender. And every supporting actor is jut terrible. Still, complaints aside this is decent, and the shock reveal doesn't lose any impact.
the last 5 minutes of this movie is like getting a bee hive dropped on you while taking a dump
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