Sleepaway Camp (1983)

A nice place for summer vacation - a perfect place to die!

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Release Date: Nov 18, 1983
Rated: R | Runtime: 85 Mins | Language: English
Director: Robert Hiltzik
Stars: Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Paul DeAngelo

Summary

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.

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What to Expect

Sleepaway Camp is one of the greatest 80's horror cult classics ever. Not only is it a quality well-rounded slasher with loads of suspense and engaging characters, but it also happens to have THE most legendary twist endings in all of horror. You might have already seen it, if not you've probably have at least heard of it. And unlike loads of 80's slashers, Sleepaway Camp is not a ripoff of Friday the 13th or any other commonly ripped off classics. Sure, it takes place at a summer camp, but it's nothing like Camp Crystal Lake. Some of the movie is shot from the killers point of view, like Black Christmas and Halloween, which adds to the mystery. There's constant guessing of who the killer might be and virtually everyone is a suspect at one point or another. I know this sounds like every other movie ever, but trust me, Sleepaway Camp does it right.

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Critic Reviews:

There is so much that I love about “Sleepaway Camp.” that I don’t even know where to begin. I saw it for the first time when I was in middle school at it has been my favorite movie ever since. It is one of those films that I could watch over and over again (and I have) and it never seems to get old. I hold it responsible for being one of the main reasons that I love horror movies so much and it will forever hold a special place in my heart.

– HNN

Sleepaway Camp was another entry from the classic heyday of the slasher film circa 1980-3. It fairly much recycles the same formula of Friday the 13th (1980) – a bunch of teens at a summer camp as someone slaughters their way through the group. It must also be said that Sleepaway Camp does the formula somewhat better than most of the other films that came out amid the slasher cycle.

– Moria

That Sleepaway Camp ending is still horrifying 35 years later!

– Collider