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Sleepaway Camp

Play trailer 1:03 Poster for Sleepaway Camp R 1983 1h 24m Horror Mystery & Thriller Play Trailer Watchlist
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82% Tomatometer 28 Reviews 61% Popcornmeter 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 May 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. Go to Full Review
Nick Schager Lessons of Darkness Jul 21, 2005
B
Still the finest Sleepaway Camp, if only because of its memorable final shot. Go to Full Review
Ed Gonzalez Slant Magazine Apr 20, 2005
2/4
Evokes a period in time before Ritalin and common sense. Go to Full Review
Patrick Cavanaugh The Wolfman Cometh Sep 11, 2025
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. Go to Full Review
Bryce Hanson Horror Movie Talk Aug 8, 2025
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. Go to Full Review
Ellie Lucas trans|cendental cinema May 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. Go to Full Review
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8bit V @horrormike 9 hrs ago a classic movie with a twist at the end. still my favorite from the sleepaway camp series. you forget about the beginning of the movie until the very end when you are reminded of the opening scene. i prefer the more quiet angela (Felissa Rose) over the more outspoken one (Pamela Springsteen). the build from the bullying to the karma revenge is only part of the plot along with the love interest who she becomes more open with overtime. it all adds/build to the film as the plot thickens near the end. See more Alex B @AlexBioni 1 day ago Hello There, Angela This is a fine movie, but it feels like a ripoff of Friday the 13th. It has the first person killings, 80s atmosphere, similar tone, and acting that feels right at home in a slasher. Even the music feels similar, minus the iconic Friday the 13th sound. The difference is the story. After an accident at the beginning, things spiral. The kids at camp cruelly make fun of Angela for being quiet. The movie is slow, the dialogue is bad, and the kills are pretty basic, though the kitchen scene stands out. Also, why are so many adults in this movie creeps? They're kids! The biggest compliment I can give this movie is its ending. It's one of the craziest reveals I've ever seen on screen. My only issue is that the movie reveals everything and then immediately ends. I wish there had been a little more afterward. Overall, it's a mediocre slasher, and the ending is the only reason I'm giving it an extra point. See more Ian S @FuggyWugginshyre Oct 12, 2026 Slow burn with very disinteresting dialogue between campers. Actions that cause motivation for murder seems a little too forced. Last 20 minutes including the ending was the best part. Not awful, not good. See more Julian C @juliancooper_12 Oct 6, 2026 A "so bad that it's good" film that I love to revisit because of the infamous ending See more Captin M @MrRecoil Sep 23, 2026 A strange movie. Maybe it was good for the 80s but it really isn't something that has kept up with the time. The acting was bad, the writing was bad, the outfits were strange and unsolicited (which can be excusable due to 80s fashion) and anyone with half a brain would have figured out who the killer was after the first murder. The gore and effects were descent, the portrayal of bullying was done quite well and it highlights a concern for gender dysphoria in kids (which I'm assuming is the main message of the movie) but apart from that it doesnt have many redeeming qualities. People often talk about the ending scene and the "twist", but again it was quite obvious after the first murder and the ending scene was just strange. There was also a lot of foreshadowing which is usually good, but in this case it just gave it away. See more B P @Bradster69 Sep 3, 2026 Not Bad, but Not My Favorite See more Read all reviews
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Movie Info

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)
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