Review of Sleepaway Camp (1983) by Cricket — 05 May 2008

Most disturbing ending and great twist for a horror flick.

This review of Sleepaway Camp (1983) was written by Cricket on 05 May 2008.

Sleepaway Camp has generally received positive reviews.

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Not a fan of slasher genre, but a fan of twist endings. So , I gave it a try since everyone recommended this movie for the final twist…

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By Brian S (2,291) on 01 Jul 2016

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By Ryan K (1,614) on 07 Oct 2016

A steaming pile of hot trash but I love it…

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By David Keyes (623) for Cinemaphile.org (616) on 28 Oct 2017

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By J T (202) on 30 Nov 2018

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By Elias V (7) on 28 Feb 2017

Holy fucking shit. What an ending. Makes it all worth it…

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By Daniel Barnes (335) for Dare Daniel (41) on 22 Oct 2018

An atypical slasher movie that blurs the lines between high and low art, good and bad acting, male and female, proficiency and ineptitude,…

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By Emily H (749) on 12 Jul 2017

Great movie! What a classic - best ending in movie history!! A MUST WATCH…

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By Bryan E (109) on 10 Nov 2015

Sometimes a twist ending becomes more famous than the movie it derives from (The Crying Game, The Sixth Sense), and Sleepaway Camp, a shameless…

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By Jesse K (452) on 14 Oct 2016

Sleepaway Camp on the face seems a pretty innocuous sort of slash-fest, it's a typical Friday The 13th knock off, with horrible acting, crappy…

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