Starring Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Paul DeAngelo, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Mike Kellen, Robert Earl Jones

(7-Very Good Film)

Campy. Bizarre. Transcendent.

Meg: If she were any quieter, she’d be dead!

Years after experiencing a traumatic (hard for me to discern) boating incident, young Angela is sent with her protective cousin, Ricky, to socialize at a nearby summer camp. The target of bullies and perverts alike, Angela does make one friend in Paul, smitten with her, while the bullies and perverts get there comeuppance from a mysterious killer. It’s difficult to tell if Sleepaway Camp is spoofing the slasher genre or if it really is just earnestly amateur. The dialogue is laughable, the story is preposterous, the acting ranges from decent to kitsch in the extreme. Regardless, this movie is pretty awesome. I laughed (I’m still laughing), covered my eyes a few times, and scratched my head often. Like other campy cult classics, Sleepaway Camp transcends the good or bad labels.

-Walter Tyrone Howard-

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