Not a particularly effective movie... [but] it is an exceptionally memorable one - one that lingers in the brain, disturbing and discomfiting.
Sleepaway Camp (1983)
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Reviews Counted:9
Fresh:6
Rotten:3
Average Rating:6.2/10
Runtime: 90 mins
Genre: Horror/Suspense
Synopsis: What superficially appears to be an ordinary '80s horror flick is actually, upon deeper inspection, something much more bizarre. Hints of incest, transsexuality, and homoeroticism lie beneath the... What superficially appears to be an ordinary '80s horror flick is actually, upon deeper inspection, something much more bizarre. Hints of incest, transsexuality, and homoeroticism lie beneath the surface in this story of a summer camp where employees and campers start dropping like flies. History has lumped this into the "HALLOWEEN/FRIDAY THE 13TH rip-off" category, which is an oversight. [More]
Starring: Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Paul DeAngelo, Jonathan Tiersten
Starring: Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Paul DeAngelo, Jonathan Tiersten, Felissa Rose, Christopher Collet, Karen Fields
Director: Robert Hiltzik
Director: Robert Hiltzik
Screenwriter: Robert Hiltzik
Producer: Jerry Silva
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Reviews for Sleepaway Camp
classic stuff, the ending is the creepiest since "invasion of the body snatchers"
[ Sleepaway Camp] is...a gritty, sleazy Grade-Z rip-off of what Sean Cunningham and the gang more or less perfected over at Crystal Lake.
Still the finest Sleepaway Camp, if only because of its memorable final shot.
When Sleepaway Camp focuses on something other than the rapidly growing pile of corpses, the movie nearly grinds to a halt.
Sleepaway Camp belongs to a pool of slasher films known for their generic prolificacy; it must be noted that it is one of the first and best.
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Okay, so it's going straight to video, but we're still pretty tickled that there's another sequel to Sleepaway Camp coming out -- and now that the trailer's online, you can get... More...
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