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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fantastic slasher, 11 May 2007
First of all, if you have not see Sleepaway Camp 1, than I advise you do not read this (or any other reviews of it's sequels - or the back of the DVDs - as there is no way to talk about them without giving away massive spoilers to the first movie). So please do not read this if you have not seen Sleepaway Camp.
Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy campers is a very good sequel to Sleepaway Camp, but it is also very different. Unhappy Campers is a camp horror movie, with as much comedy in it as horror. Also it was made by a different director and Angela is played by Pamela Springstein instead of Fellisa Rose. However, desite all of these changes, Sleepaway Camp 2 is still a brilliant movie and is not spolit at all by the changes made since the first.
The movie takes place five years after the first movie. Angela Baker (now nineteen) has been released from a mental institution, having had a sex change, and is now working as a camp counciler at Camp Rolling Hills. At first it seems that managed to put the events of Camp Arawack behind her, she is now confident and filled with innocent happyness. But we soon find out Angela has not quite moved on from from her old ways as "Bad Campers" - the one's who misbehave - are being "sent home" by Angela as one-by-one she kills them off in gruesome, inventive ways.
Truely one of the best slasher movie series ever. Angela is brilliant as a serial killer, she only kills bad people, most of her killings are very origional and she's is very witty at times.
I highly recomend this movie to fans of the slasher genre or anybody looking for a good movie.
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0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A BRILLIANT SEQUEL, 4 Nov 2007
A couple of campers at Camp Rolling Hills are sitting around telling ghost stories, and one of them (Heather Binion) is killed in the forest around the camp. The camp's head counselor, Angela, (Pamela Springsteen) convinces the others that she left home. As the others help out the children in the camp, Molly (Renee Estevez) and Sean, (Tony Higgins) start to develop a friendship that really infuriates Angela. Suddenly, some of the counselors start to be sent home for illegal behavior, Molly becomes a bit suspicious of her, yet also has to deal with Ally, (Valerie Hartman) another counselor making moves on Sean. When Angela finally reveals that she has been killing the other counselors instead of sending them home, she kidnaps Molly and drags her to her secret cabin in the woods. With all the dead bodies around, Molly has a small chance to escape and stop her killing spree.
The Good News: With all the gruesome deaths in here, one might wonder if it's a "Friday the 13th" film. We get battery acid to the eyes, a knife in the chest, repeated stabbing in the back, a decapitation, strangulation, and a massive object striking the head. In addition, we also have non-traditional deaths like drilling a hole into the skin with a power drill, having a tongue cut out, and being shoved into a "used" outhouse filled with leeches. If you know what an outhouse is, you'll know what I mean by "used:" if not, then watch it, since I won't spoil that kill. The main thing it lacked was dismemberment, but with the variety of killing in the movie already, I won't complain. Another big clue is all the nudity. Several women are topless more than once, even going so far as having one character being topless for ninety percent of her screen time. Not at all bad, but still an example of how similar it is to the "Friday" series. The ultimate example: to pull a prank on the woman, a few guys dress up as Jason Voorhees, Freddy Kruegar, and Leatherface to scare them in a pretty pointless scene, but now the real point is that they dressed like Jason, hockey mask, machete and all. It did feature a few gruesome deaths, and a way to get some good blood and guts in, but all it did was only prove how close this is to a Jason film.
The Bad News: This is basically the same as above. The cheesiness involved is more overt and over-the-top as horror-comedies are today. After every kill, there is a smart-aleck remark done at the characters' expense. Some were pretty funny, but they where all pretty cheesy that it might turn off some people. The rest of the movie is also done with a pretty cheesy attitude, where all the people involved are aware of the fact that the film is cheesy, and are playing the film with a tongue-in-cheek manner. The cheesiness is so high up the chart that even a second grader unfamiliar with the genre can find at least thirty references alone. That high value of really bad scenes is really a clue to how bad this might appear to people.
The Final Verdict: This film isn't all that bad for a slasher film from the eighties. It has enough gore, nudity, and cheesiness to win over any fans of these issues. Check it out if you enjoy those things, but heed caution if you want subtly or complex issues in your horror films. Avoid all together if you hate humor with horror.
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