Sleepaway Camp

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Sleepaway Camp

R

1983

1h 24m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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28 Reviews

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10,000+ Ratings

Bunks and the showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.

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Critics Consensus

Sleepaway Camp is a standard teen slasher elevated by occasional moments of John Waters-esque weirdness and a twisted ending.

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Scott Tobias

The Dissolve

05/27/2014

4/5

There are great films and then there are magical films, glorious oddities that pop up sui generis out of nowhere. Sleepaway Camp falls squarely into the latter category.

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Nick Schager

Lessons of Darkness

07/21/2005

B

Still the finest Sleepaway Camp, if only because of its memorable final shot.

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Ed Gonzalez

Slant Magazine

04/20/2005

2/4

Evokes a period in time before Ritalin and common sense.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 11

5/5

Sometimes you can't judge a movie but its cinematic merits and instead judge it based on the pure amount of delight it delivers, in which case, Sleepaway Camp is a masterpiece of the summer-camp-slasher subgenre.

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Bryce Hanson

Horror Movie Talk

Aug 8

7/10

It proves that in many very important ways, you can’t recreate 80’s horror. This movie might not be for everyone, but if you are a fan of campy horror, or even just cult classics in general, you should enjoy this one as much as I did.

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Mattie Lucas

trans|cendental cinema

05/13/2025

Its over-the-top grotesqueries are pure camp, serving as a constant performance of gender and gender stereotypes in which Angela is hopelessly trapped so that the final moment of catharsis feels both heartbreaking and completely earned.

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Russell H

@RT85733992 1d

Great, cornball 80s acting and a crazy finish

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Charles Q.

@CharlesMQR Feb 20

Sleepaway Camp begins like a familiar summer-camp slasher but quickly drifts into stranger, more unsettling territory. Its stiff dialogue, awkward character dynamics, and eerie central performance create a persistent sense of discomfort that lingers beyond the kills. What might seem like flaws ultimately shape the film’s uncanny tone, culminating in one of horror’s most infamous finales. Verdict: A cult classic that weaponizes awkwardness and shock value into something unforgettable, Sleepaway Camp remains essential viewing for slasher completists and anyone curious about horror’s most audacious finales. Tomatometer-style summary: A scrappy, unsettling slasher whose bizarre tone and legendary twist ending cement its status as a midnight-movie classic.

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Luka R

@Lukaradumilo87 Jan 4

Summer fun summer slasher with a shocking endinh

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Jack F

@MovieFan111 Nov 28

Watch it for the 80s camp, but the ending is weird.

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Jason T.

@SlasherFan82 Oct 4

One of my favorite Slashers of the 80’s!!! Great campy horror flick with fun kills!!! An ending that nobody could see coming!!!

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Jason H

@RT50328122 Sep 29

This is one of the worst '80s horror films I've seen.

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Synopsis

Bunks and the showers are a mad stabber's beat at a summer camp strictly for teens.

Director: Robert Hiltzik
Producer: Jerry Silva, Michele Tatosian
Screenwriter: Robert Hiltzik
Distributor: Media Home Entertainment, Anchor Bay Entertainment
Production Co: American Eagle Films, U.S. Films
Rating: R
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 18, 1983, Original
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 5, 2015
Runtime: 1h 24m
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)