Sleepaway Camp (also marketed on VHS as Nightmare Vacation) is a 1983 slasher film written and directed by Robert Hiltzik who also served as executive producer. The film is about the killings of teen campers at a summer camp. The film came at a time when slasher films were in their heyday, and is largely known for its twist ending which is considered by some to be one of the most shocking endings among horror films.
Made on a budget of only $350,000 the film saw big box office returns of over $11 million.
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Plot: After a father and one of his young children are killed in a freak boating accident, the surviving child is sent to live with kooky Aunt Martha (Desiree Gould). Cut to eight years later, and Angela (Felissa Rose) is growing into a problem teenager, uncomfortable in her own skin and almost mute with shyness. Shipped off for the summer to Camp Arawak with her protective cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten), Angela has to endure the unwanted attentions of sleazy chef Artie (Owen Hughes), the bullying of counsellor Meg (Katherine Kemhi) and vicious teasing from bitchy Judy (Karen Fields) and the other children. As Angela begins to come out of her shell, and has her first awkward experiences of love with Ricky’s friend Paul (Christopher Collet), children and staff at the camp start dying one by one at the hands of a mysterious and inventive killer.
Made on a budget of only $350,000 the film saw big box office returns of over $11 million.
For full information and details on the entire franchise visit the official franchise website - Click Here
Plot: After a father and one of his young children are killed in a freak boating accident, the surviving child is sent to live with kooky Aunt Martha (Desiree Gould). Cut to eight years later, and Angela (Felissa Rose) is growing into a problem teenager, uncomfortable in her own skin and almost mute with shyness. Shipped off for the summer to Camp Arawak with her protective cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten), Angela has to endure the unwanted attentions of sleazy chef Artie (Owen Hughes), the bullying of counsellor Meg (Katherine Kemhi) and vicious teasing from bitchy Judy (Karen Fields) and the other children. As Angela begins to come out of her shell, and has her first awkward experiences of love with Ricky’s friend Paul (Christopher Collet), children and staff at the camp start dying one by one at the hands of a mysterious and inventive killer.
Title Character:
Angela Baker (played by Felissa Rose) was the survivor of a horrible boating
accident which claimed the lives of her father and twin sibling- a horrific
incident that scarred her family and left her in the care of her domineering,
mentally-unstable aunt. It was under her care that Angela was truly
"born," as before this, she was a boy.
Raised as a girl, deeply confused about her sexuality, Angela was eventually sent away to Camp Arawak at age 14 in an attempt to help her integrate into youth culture. The act proved fatal, as young Angela suffered a complete psychological breakdown and began murdering her fellow campers and counsellors.
Raised as a girl, deeply confused about her sexuality, Angela was eventually sent away to Camp Arawak at age 14 in an attempt to help her integrate into youth culture. The act proved fatal, as young Angela suffered a complete psychological breakdown and began murdering her fellow campers and counsellors.
Cast: Felissa Rose,
Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellin, Katherine
Kamhi, Paul DeAngelo, Tom Van Dell, Loris Sallahian, John E. Dunn, Willy
Kuskin, Desiree Gould, Owen Hughes, Robert Earl Jones, Susan Glaze, Frank Trent
Saladino, Rich Edrich, Fred Greene
Rotten Tomato Score Card.
Purchasing:
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If you want to get your hands on the original slasher 'Sleepaway Camp' on DVD click here, or if you fancy bringing home the entire original franchise (excluding 'Return to Sleepaway Camp') click here. If you want to see franchise come full circle then don't forget to order 'Return to Sleepaway Camp' click here.
BLU-RAY Release:
Due to the cult status and popularity of Sleepaway Camp the 'Shout Factory' have restored the original film for a 2014 Blu-ray release.
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Due to the cult status and popularity of Sleepaway Camp the 'Shout Factory' have restored the original film for a 2014 Blu-ray release.
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Sequels: Michael A. Simpson directed two sequels, Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989). In them, Angela (now played by Bruce Springsteen's younger sister, Pamela Springsteen) resurfaces at a nearby summer camp, but this time masquerading as a counselor after a sex change that made her entirely female. Much like at the previous camp, she gleefully tortures and kills anyone who misbehaves or annoys her. These films had more of a comic tone than the original.
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor is the fourth entry in the Sleepaway Camp series. The film remained incomplete for many years as it shut down during production in 1992, however it was completed in 2012 by mixing the original footage with archive footage from the previous three films, and was given its own DVD release.
Return to Sleepaway Camp is the fifth entry to the series written and directed by Robert Hiltzik. A follow-up to 1983's Sleepaway Camp, it ignores the events of previous sequels Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor is the fourth entry in the Sleepaway Camp series. The film remained incomplete for many years as it shut down during production in 1992, however it was completed in 2012 by mixing the original footage with archive footage from the previous three films, and was given its own DVD release.
Return to Sleepaway Camp is the fifth entry to the series written and directed by Robert Hiltzik. A follow-up to 1983's Sleepaway Camp, it ignores the events of previous sequels Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
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