| As the film opens, a female camper is
telling the story of Sleepaway Camp, and explains that the murderer,
Angel of Death, who was a transvestite, has now had a sex change operation,
and has been released. Counselor Angela chases her back to her cabin,
and kills her on the way. Angela then hacks and slashes through anyone
at the camp who falls short of her moral code.
At the "surprise" ending, we learn that Angela is
really Angel, after the sex change operation. She was released from
the hospital for the criminally insane, and immediately hired as a
camp counselor.
IMDB classifies this Humor/Horror. Taken as humor, I found very
little, even set in a summer camp where the humorous possibilities are
endless. As horror, there is a huge body count, and some inventive
murders, such as shoving a girl through the seat of an outhouse so
leeches could kill her, but the special effects are done so poorly
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Scoop's Note: It stars some famous
names: Springsteen and Estevez. Unfortunately, it's not the Boss and
Emilio, but their sisters.
- Pamela Springsteen (Angela) is
Bruce's sister.
- Renee Estevez (camper Molly) is
Martin Sheen's daughter (Sheen's real name is Ramon Estevez), and
therefore is the sister of Emilio Estevez and Charlie Sheen, whose
real name is Carlos Estevez. Unfortunately, she seems to have
inherited her movie career from her uncle, grade-z legend Joe
Estevez.
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guideline: 7.5 usually indicates a level of
excellence, about like three and a half stars
from the critics. 6.0 usually indicates lukewarm
watchability, about like two and a half stars
from the critics. The fives are generally not
worthwhile unless they are really your kind of
material, about like two stars from the critics.
Films under five are generally awful even if you
like that kind of film, equivalent to about one
and a half stars from the critics or less,
depending on just how far below five the rating
is. My own
guideline: A means the movie is so good it
will appeal to you even if you hate the genre. B means the movie is not
good enough to win you over if you hate the
genre, but is good enough to do so if you have an
open mind about this type of film. C means it will only
appeal to genre addicts, and has no crossover
appeal. D means you'll hate it even if you
like the genre. E means that you'll hate it even if
you love the genre. F means that the film is not only
unappealing across-the-board, but technically
inept as well.
Based on this description, this
film is a C-. The film seems to have some
cult following, mostly because of homages to several other
Horror films. I was not at all entertained.
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