Teenage Wasteland
1989
D: Michael A. Simpson
W: Fritz Gordon & Robert Hilzik
S: Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, Michael J. Pollard
Rated R - Approx. 80 Min.
Double Helix Films
Taglines
- She's back to Slash last year's record.
Alternate Titles:
Nightmare Vacation III (USA)
Sinister Camp 3 (Brazil)
Bloody Camp 3(Spain)
Dormant Camp 3: Teenage Waste (Poland)
The Camp of Terror 3 (West Germany)
"Good thing you're dead 'cause in a couple of years your breasts would have been sagging something terrible!"
-Angela
As I mentioned in the last review Parts II & III of the Sleepaway Camp series were shot back to back in six weeks. Sure it may mean that it was a bit of a rushed production, but we're not talking about Gone With The Wind here. The Sleepaway Camp sequels were done fast, cheap and by the seat of everyone's pants and you know what? I wouldn't have it any other way!
This round we find Angela assuming the identity of an inner city youth (That she runs over with a dump truck in the middle of a large city in the middle of the day!). Camp New Horizons has been built upon the ruins of Camp Rolling Hill (it's kinda hard to keep a business open when all of your clients end up dead!) and it's mission is to group privileged kids with under privileged kids in an effort to teach diversity and understanding.
The camp is run by an older couple named Herman & Lilly. Ha ha, get it? Like as in The Munsters! As a matter of fact this go around everyone seems to be named either after characters from The Munsters, The Brady Bunch or (strangest of all) West Side Story! Tony, Maria, Anita, Marcia, Bobby, Peter......they're all here and they're all fodder for Angela!
Herman is played by Michael J. Pollard, who you may recognize from bit parts he played in Scrooged, House of 1,000 Corpses as well as being the voice of Psycho on The Toxic Crusaders cartoon. He's a dirty old pervert in this flick, so you KNOW he ain't gonna last long!
Also on hand as a counselor is Barney, who was one of the arresting officers during Angela's first killing spree. He doesn't recognize her due to the fact that she is older and she's had.....erm.....well let's just say surgery, so as not to spoil the first film.
The campers are split into three different groups (there are 12 campers in all) four per counselor. This makes it especially easy for Angela to move back and forth between groups, taking out her victims without anyone becoming the wiser. The body count is up in the teens again as is the flesh on display. Boobs and blood...ya just gotta have 'em in these types of flicks, ya know?
Just as Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers was a tongue in cheek horror flick, the same goes for part three. Absolutely nothing in this film should be taken seriously.
So long as you're not looking for anything new in this one, you'll have a good time. It follows a formula: Most of the campers are absolutely despicable people that you don't give a rats ass for. A few are okay and there's usually one or two that are likable (and are usually the final girl). Angela is still making her quips and one liners with each kill, which are rather amusing. Such as the quote listed before the review started.
GORE
Not as much as in Part II, but there's still a fair amount of blood.
T&A
Well, of course!
MONSTERS
Angela's hairdo is pretty terrible in this one.....I guess you could say it's monstrous!
FINAL THOUGHTS
The Sleepaway Camp films make for a fine rainy afternoon or even better Friday night with pizza, beer and friends. If you're a fan of the Friday the 13th flicks, the Meatball sequels or camping flicks in general, there's a high probability that you'll find something to like here.
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