1988
D: Michael Simpson
W: Fritz Gordon & Robert Hiltzik
S: Pamela Springsteen, Renée Estevez, Tony Higgins
Rate R - Approx. 80 Minutes
Double Helix Films
Taglines:
- ...and they thought it was just another ghost story!
- When you go camping just take the essentials
Alternate Titles:
Nightmare Vacation II
Sinister Camp II (Brazil)
Bloody Camp II (Spain)
Nightmarish Vacation (Greece)
Angel of Death II (Hungary)
Dormant Camp 2: Sad Campers (Poland)
Eternal Dream Camp II: Unhappy Campers (Russia)
The Camp of Horror II (West Germany)
" Too bad they haven't figured out a way to make french fries nutritious. I'm a NUT when it comes to french fries!"
-Angela
If you are reading this then I would think that it's safe to assume that you have seen the original Sleepaway Camp.....but in the event that we've got a few stragglers, I will avoid spoiling the shock ending of the first film. But seriously, if you haven't seen it, you really should rectify that immediately.
Sleepaway Camp II is exactly my cup of tea. I've got a soft spot for camp movies, especially when they're horror films. Having grown up and lived in New England my entire life, I've spent a good amount of time in the woods and wilderness and the rustic vibe that these types of films put out just warm the cockles of my heart. Plus it's just fun to watch teens get slashed up at camp.
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| Can't have a camp flick without a campfire tale! |
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| Spying on the girls is always fun....... |
Now it's going to be impossible to avoid ALL spoilers for the first film, so if you don't want to know ANYTHING, then now would be a good time to stop reading until you're all caught up!
Okay, we good now?
Perfect.
So, we find ourselves at Camp Rolling Hills and Angela (who killed everyone in the first film) is now a camp counselor. She's been through extensive psychiatric care and rehabilitation and is all better. Things are going great. Until she perceives that the teens at camp are misbehaving....then the killings start all over again. That is the interesting thing with Angela. Her M.O. is killing kids whom she perceives to be doing bad things: Having sex, doing drugs, acting like normal teenagers. That's how so got her nickname in the first film: The Angel of Death. She's kinda a holier than thou type when it comes to morals.
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| Guess it runs in the family! |
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| There's always gotta be at least one attention whore |
The kills are all pretty fun. There's decapitations, hangings, death by battery acid, power drills.....you name it. The body count is rather impressive as well.....Angel certainly is not shy about murdering teens! After a teen is murdered, they're hidden away and to explain their disappearance, Angela states that she had to send them home for bad behavior. By the end of the film, there aren't a whole lot of campers left and she's still using the same excuse. It's rather comical.
Sleepaway Camp is played out as a horror-comedy. Never shying away from the gore, the film also keeps the dialog light and cheesy, especially as Angela quips one liners after (or during) many of her kills. The film has fun in other ways, for example all the characters are named after popular 80's teen actors.....Molly (Ringwald), Ally (Sheedy), Demi (Moore), Anthony (Michael Hall), etc. There are two characters named Charlie and Emilio (obviously for Sheen and Estevez) which is kinda cool when you realize that Molly is played by Renee Estevez, their sister! Speaking of actors having famous siblings, Angela is played by Pamela Springsteen...sister to none other than The Boss himself! Yep, Bruce Springsteen's baby sister is a slasher!
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| Smoking is bad for you. You're FIRED! |
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| Me thinks someone wandered in from a different film.... |
If you dig camp flicks....especially slasher camp flicks then you'll definitely dig Sleepaway Camp II. Just know what you're getting into. This is a low budget slasher flick. It's MEANT to be silly, stupid and campy. Pun intended. The film was shot back to back with Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland, which is kinda cool because the two sequels share a very similar vibe.
GORE
Oh yeah, there's plenty of the red stuff flowing here. As I mentioned before the body count is pretty high. I don't have an exact number but it's definitely in the teens. Not bad, Angela!
T&A
Ya can't have a camp flick without T&A! There's plenty of skin on display here, so you boob lovers will be all set.
MONSTERS
Just your average camp counselor psychopath knocking off horny young teens!
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| Getting drowned in the outhouse is a shitty way to go! |
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| Peeping Toms get their eyes gouged out! |
I had a hell of a lot of fun with this flick (and it's sequel, which I will cover next). Both can be found and watched on Netflix streaming (and of course you can rent the discs from Netflix as well) and Amazon Instant Video. Now if you'll excuse me, I've got some camp songs to learn........
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