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Sleepaway Camp (1983)

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A deadly boating accident derails the life of a sensitive youngster, leading to confusion, madness and murder. Years after the incident, Angela (Felissa Rose) is still withdrawn and rarely speaks, living a sheltered life with her aunt and cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten). The two young teens are sent off to Camp Arawak to spend the summer, and though Ricky attends every year and has plenty of friends, Angela is unable to fit in and finds herself the target of cruel taunts from her bunkmates. Her

R, 1 hr. 28 min.

Horror

Robert Hiltzik

Aug 8, 2000

Anchor Bay Entertainment Inc.

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All Critics (11) | Fresh (8) | Rotten (4) | DVD (9)

Capaz de despertar risos graças ao estilo datado (vide figurinos), ao roteiro ridículo e à direção capenga (o acidente que abre a narrativa é genial neste aspecto), merece créditos pelo plano final, que é simultaneamente hilário e perturbador.

March 26, 2010 Comment
Cinema em Cena

Not a particularly effective movie... [but] it is an exceptionally memorable one - one that lingers in the brain, disturbing and discomfiting.

August 25, 2009 Full Review Source: Antagony & Ecstasy | Comment
Antagony & Ecstasy

classic stuff, the ending is the creepiest since "invasion of the body snatchers"

April 11, 2006 Comment

[ 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.

July 29, 2005 Full Review Source: DVDTalk.com | Comment (1)
DVDTalk.com

Still the finest Sleepaway Camp, if only because of its memorable final shot.

July 21, 2005 Full Review Source: Lessons of Darkness | Comment
Lessons of Darkness

Evokes a period in time before Ritalin and common sense.

April 20, 2005 Full Review Source: Slant Magazine | Comment
Slant Magazine

Cheap F13 knock-off. Good 'camp' value.

November 5, 2003 Comment
Juicy Cerebellum

When Sleepaway Camp focuses on something other than the rapidly growing pile of corpses, the movie nearly grinds to a halt.

October 21, 2002 Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | Comment
eFilmCritic.com

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.

April 3, 2002 Full Review Source: Not Coming to a Theater Near You | Comment
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
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Audience Reviews for Sleepaway Camp

My first and hopefully only disappointment of the month, 'Sleepaway Camp' is a tawdry, sleazy slasher film without any distinguishing qualities until a mesmerizing shock-to-the-system ending that redefines everything that came before. The performances are so abysmal and amateurish that, for the majority of the film,

October 10, 2011
Cory Taylor

Super Reviewer

Just when you thought you saw everything that the 80's slasher film had to offer, Sleepaway Camp shows you that you know nothing.

April 6, 2011
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Reid Volk

Super Reviewer

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