Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

Watch: Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

8/26/19881h 20m

Theatrical Release (US)

~ She's back... ~

Overview:

Angela Baker escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a sex-obsessed girl to the boys who are peeping Toms -- are murdered by the impostor in various gruesome ways. As more campers go missing, intrepid counselor Molly begins to piece together the truth.

Director:

Michael A. Simpson

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$465,000.00

Revenue:

$0.00

Key words:

summer camp
gore
murder
slasher
camp counselor
female serial killer
female psychopath
socialized psychopath

Cast

Pamela Springsteen

~ as ~

Angela Johnson

Renée Estevez

~ as ~

Molly Nagle

Tony Higgins

~ as ~

Sean Whitmore

Valerie Hartman

~ as ~

Ally Burgess

Brian Patrick Clarke

~ as ~

Walter Gotell

~ as ~

Uncle John

Susan Marie Snyder

~ as ~

Mare

Kendall Bean

~ as ~

Demi

Julie Murphy

~ as ~

Lea

Carol Chambers

~ as ~

Brooke

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Reviews (2)

Gimly
Written 8 year(s) ago
4
We are Tit Patrol.

Final rating:★★ - Had some things that appeal to me, but a poor finished product.
Wuchak
Written 5 year(s) ago
7
All-around improvement on the original perverse youth camp slasher

About six years after the events of the first film, Angela (Pamela Springsteen) is now an adult camp counselor at Camp Rolling Hills after getting therapy and the operation (if you know what I mean). She carefreely weeds out all the bad kids and anyone else who might get in the way.

The production values of “Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers” (1988) are all-around superior to the original 1983 slasher. Sure, both are “Friday the 13th” knock-offs, but they’re distinguished by (1.) actual adolescents inhabiting the camp and (2.) the perverse uniqueness of the killer.

The only real campy element is Angela’s blithe chippy-ness in carrying out her slaughter spree. Other than that, this plays out like a mid-80’s coming-of-age drama with quality insights and surprisingly fleshed-out characters, which were the attributes of the first film as well. For instance, Molly (Renée Estevez) is very distinguished from Ally (Valerie Hartman) and Mare (Susan Marie Snyder). The mullets and short shorts on guys are amusing.

An additional highlight is the kick-axx soundtrack of semi-obscure mid-80’s rock/metal, starting with Anvil’s excellent “Straight Between the Eyes” during the opening credits (only hindered by the juvenile and tasteless lyrics, but what else is new?). “Outta Control” by John Altyn is featured later and Obsession’s “Desperate to Survive” during the end credits.

The film runs 1 hour, 20 minutes, and was shot in Bremen, Georgia, about an hour’s drive west of Atlanta.

GRADE: B/B-