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Review #11: Sleepaway Camp (1983)
I actually thought that I have never seen this flick before, well that's until the ending came and I remembered that I had already watched Sleepaway Camp when I was really young, back then I thought the film was terrifying, do I think the same now that I have grown up ?
Sleepaway Camp is about Angela, an extremely shy teen who goes to a summer camp with her cousin Ricky, there she gets bullied by a bunch of people for being so timid, and coincidentally all of her bullies start dying mysteriously, which begs the question, is their deaths her doing or someone else's ?
Alright cut the crap, this film is total dog ****, and I actually kinda liked it. It's one of those extremely campy and cheesy "horror" movies from the 80's with atrocious acting, it has everything you would expect from a slasher film of that time period and some more. But it also gives the vibe that it is self aware of it's truth, I mean just by the acting alone you can tell that nobody was taking their job seriously, it's really that bad ! It reminded me of a less funnier version of Johnny from "The Room" or Arnold and the witch from "Trolls 2". Also the script is just plain dumb. Period. And the dialogue is just the best part of it all, not only do the actors act horribly, but they have to say some really weird, funny lines as well.
Although, it doesn't really work as well as Trolls 2 or The Room did for me, it simply isn't on their level. It was funny, yes, but it was the kind where you say in your head "hahaha that is funny" instead of actually laughing out loud. But there were a couple of scenes that earned a burst of laughter out of me.
One thing I was impressed by was the make up in this film, it was pretty darn decent for such a low budget movie.
Now let's talk about the ending or "the twist" at the end (Don't worry, I won't spoil anything), It really caught me off guard and shocked me, it was hilarious yet in a way really creepy, I really wish it was used in a much serious and scarier film than this one, it was THAT great.
Sleepaway Camp has a steady story to follow, it definitely isn't messy or all over the place in that aspect, but the editing in this film is really bad, it's almost as if they thought you wouldn't catch the many mistakes they've made, for example you meet a guy with an actual real moustache but yet the next time you see him he has a drawn one, it's really funny, and there are a lot of other "hopefully the audience won't notice" moments all throughout the movie.
Overall this is a cult classic, it is must see for horror fans and definitely for any one who's into goofy and cheesy films and I have no doubt that they would enjoy it more than I did. But at the end it didn't work for me as much as I hoped it would so I unfortunately am forced to give it a C+
I actually thought that I have never seen this flick before, well that's until the ending came and I remembered that I had already watched Sleepaway Camp when I was really young, back then I thought the film was terrifying, do I think the same now that I have grown up ?
Sleepaway Camp is about Angela, an extremely shy teen who goes to a summer camp with her cousin Ricky, there she gets bullied by a bunch of people for being so timid, and coincidentally all of her bullies start dying mysteriously, which begs the question, is their deaths her doing or someone else's ?
Alright cut the crap, this film is total dog ****, and I actually kinda liked it. It's one of those extremely campy and cheesy "horror" movies from the 80's with atrocious acting, it has everything you would expect from a slasher film of that time period and some more. But it also gives the vibe that it is self aware of it's truth, I mean just by the acting alone you can tell that nobody was taking their job seriously, it's really that bad ! It reminded me of a less funnier version of Johnny from "The Room" or Arnold and the witch from "Trolls 2". Also the script is just plain dumb. Period. And the dialogue is just the best part of it all, not only do the actors act horribly, but they have to say some really weird, funny lines as well.
Although, it doesn't really work as well as Trolls 2 or The Room did for me, it simply isn't on their level. It was funny, yes, but it was the kind where you say in your head "hahaha that is funny" instead of actually laughing out loud. But there were a couple of scenes that earned a burst of laughter out of me.
One thing I was impressed by was the make up in this film, it was pretty darn decent for such a low budget movie.
Now let's talk about the ending or "the twist" at the end (Don't worry, I won't spoil anything), It really caught me off guard and shocked me, it was hilarious yet in a way really creepy, I really wish it was used in a much serious and scarier film than this one, it was THAT great.
Sleepaway Camp has a steady story to follow, it definitely isn't messy or all over the place in that aspect, but the editing in this film is really bad, it's almost as if they thought you wouldn't catch the many mistakes they've made, for example you meet a guy with an actual real moustache but yet the next time you see him he has a drawn one, it's really funny, and there are a lot of other "hopefully the audience won't notice" moments all throughout the movie.
Overall this is a cult classic, it is must see for horror fans and definitely for any one who's into goofy and cheesy films and I have no doubt that they would enjoy it more than I did. But at the end it didn't work for me as much as I hoped it would so I unfortunately am forced to give it a C+