Review of Sleepaway Camp (1983) by Jon F — 09 Apr 2012

Terrible but funny b-grade classic horror.

This review of Sleepaway Camp (1983) was written by Jon F on 09 Apr 2012.

Sleepaway Camp has generally received positive reviews.

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It's ending has gone down in history as one of the all time most infamous and shocking in all of cinema…

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A slog through teenage nightmares that has the gall to assume anyone is interested in social commentary, especially when it is all formulated…

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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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By Martha M (81) on 31 Oct 2017

That ending was just the best! What a great Halloween movie. My first time watching it tonight and I was not disappointed…

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By Imthenoob (1,101) on 25 Dec 2019

If you can look past the obvious shortcomings (poor editing, over-acting), you'll find Sleepaway Camp is a pretty enjoyable horror movie with…

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By Justin S (1,191) on 03 Sep 2017

Wow, what a bad movie. This came on TV the other morning so I decided to give it a chance…

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By Altered E (45) on 06 Sep 2016

I actually personally know Johnathan Tiersten, one of the lead actors in this film personally; he was a guitarist in a band I played in…

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By Ssgibson (2) on 26 Jul 2018

This movie sucks. The death scenes are lame and leave themselves open for criticism…

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