Sleepaway Camp
Directed by	Robert Hiltzik
Produced by	Robert Hiltzik Jack Grossberg Jerry Silva Michele Tatosian
Written by	Robert Hiltzik Marshall Brikman
Starring	Mike Kellin Jonathan Tiersten Karen Fields Christopher Collet Paul De Angelo
Music by	Edward Bilous
Cinematography	Benjamin Davis David M. Walsh
Editing by	Ron Kalish Ralph Rosenblum Sharyn Ross
Distributed by	American Eagle Films United Film Distribution
Release date(s)	1983
Running time	88 min.
Country	USA
Language	English
Followed by	Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
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This page is about the horror movie. For the summer activity, see Summer camp.

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Plot

(Contains spoilers and ending)

The main character, Angela Baker (Felissa Rose), and her cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten), are sent to summer camp one summer. Angela had come to live with Ricky and her Aunt Martha eight years earlier, after her father and her brother Peter were killed in a boating accident. Angela, a painfully shy 14-year-old, is bullied severely by most of the other campgoers and counselors at Camp Arawak. Her main foil is Judy (Karen Fields), a vain girl once friendly with Ricky but now snubbing him in favor of the older boys. Felissa Rose, actress Felissa Rose is an American actress best known for her role as Angela Baker in the 1983 cult classic, Sleepaway Camp. ... Jonathan Tiersten is an American actor, who is mostly known for his role as Ricky in the 1983 cult classic Sleepaway Camp. ... Summer camp is a supervised program for children and teenagers conducted during the summer months in some countries. ...

Soon people are being killed in bizarre ways, such as a youth being stung to death by bees from a hive thrown into a bathroom. In a nod to Psycho, a female counselor is stabbed in a shower stall. The murderer turns out to be Angela; however, it is later revealed that Angela was actually her brother Peter. The real Angela had died in the boating accident eight years ago, and Peter assumed her identity afterward. This was because Aunt Martha wanted a girl and chose to raise Peter as a girl, treating him as if he were Angela. Angela-Peter is last seen standing on the beach naked with the decapitated head of another camper at his/her feet. Psycho is a 1960 suspense/horror film directed by auteur Alfred Hitchcock from the screenplay by Joseph Stefano about a psychotic killer. ...

In the commentary on the DVD, Hiltzik and Rose tease that perhaps Angela isn't the sole killer in the movie. In fact, the only real continuity error in the film involves the killing of campers at a tent site far enough away from the main camp that they took a car to get there in the same night that four other people were murdered.

Sequels

Over the years, the Sleepaway Camp films gained a loyal cult following. In the late 1980s, Michael A. Simpson directed two sequels, Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989). In them, Angela (now played by Bruce Springsteen's baby sister, Pamela Springsteen) resurfaces at a nearby summer camp, but this time masquerading as a counselor after Sex reassignment surgery that made her entirely female. Much like at the previous camp, she gleefully tortures and kills everyone on whom she can get her hands. Since then, Angela has yet to make another Sleepaway Camp appearance. The 1980s refers to the years from 1980 to 1989. ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Bruce Frederick Joseph Springsteen (born September 23, 1949) is an influential American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. ... Pamela Springsteen (b. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

Another unsanctioned sequel, Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor, directed by Jim Markovic, was partially filmed but never completed. In 2002 the unfinished footage was released and made available as an exclusive 4th disc in Anchor Bay/Starz Entertainment's Sleepaway Camp DVD boxed set. Also see: 2002 (number). ... Size comparison: A 12 cm Sony DVD+RW and a 19 cm Dixon Ticonderoga pencil. ...

A new film, Return to Sleepaway Camp is now in production. It is being directed by the original director, Robert Hiltzik. He has decided that this newest chapter would ignore the story lines of the other sequels, stating that he wants to pick up from where the original film had ended. The production was halted for quite some time, but according to Fangoria.com, the digital FX are being redone and the film will most likely be released direct-to-video possibly in the fall of 2007. Return To Sleepaway Camp is a sequel to the cult classic Sleepaway Camp, ignoring the earlier, unsanctioned sequels in the series. ... Robert Hiltzik is a horror-movie director best known for his 1983 summer-camp slasher Sleepaway Camp, which garnered a cult following. ...

The final film in the Hiltzik SC trilogy is also in the making. It is currently titled Sleepaway Camp Reunion.

Michael Simpson, the director of Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers and Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland, recently wrote a script for his series of Sleepaway Camp movies as well, titled Sleepaway Camp: Berserk.

Resurrection of the legacy

In the late 1990's, Jeff Hayes and Australian Web master John Klyza brought the fan base of Sleepaway Camp into the open, with the first official Sleepaway Camp Web site. Today, both Klyza and Hayes have their own SC sites, with Hayes running the official SC1 and RTSC sites and Klyza running the official sequels site. Hayes did audio commentary for the first Sleepaway Camp on DVD, while Klyza provided commentary for SC2 and SC3. Hayes is expected to do commentary for the upcoming Return to Sleepaway Camp.

External links

• Official Sleepaway Camp Site (Jeff Hayes)
• Official Sleepaway Camp Sequels Site (John Klyza)
• Sleepaway Camp at the Internet Movie Database