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producer Jeff Hayes later announced themselves as having started work on a reboot that would retain the key characters and elements of the original film with additional storyline elements and a dose of modernizing. As of Summer 2014, Hiltzik was reportedly tweaking the script. In addition, Michael
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Campers Kenny and Mike also mock Angela, prompting Ricky and his friend Paul to get into a fight with them. Paul befriends Angela. Kenny is later drowned after capsizing his canoe, his death also ruled accidental by Mel. Paul asks Angela to attend a movie with him and kisses her. Campers Billy and
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the following spring on May 25, 1984, screening in fifteen theaters and earning $ 90,000 during its opening weekend. On June 10, the film ranked among the top-twenty highest grossing films at the U.S. box office that week. By the end of its theatrical run, it had gone on to gross a total of $ 11
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near Summit Lake at a camp formerly known as Camp
Algonquin. In interviews, screenwriter and director, Robert Hiltzik, has said that he attended that camp as a child. The movie was filmed in five weeks starting in September 1982 and ending in October on a budget of $ 350,000. The film had been
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A camp social is held. At the event, Paul apologizes to Angela again and she tells him to meet her at the water. Mel finds Meg's body. Four of the six children who threw sand at Angela are found hacked to bits. Soon after, Judy is killed by being vaginally penetrated with a hot electric
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on August 20, 2002, which also contained the film's two sequels, as well as a bonus disc featuring footage from the unfinished third sequel. This boxed set, which featured a medical red cross on the front cover, was discontinued in late 2002 after the
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as "elevat the kids to the position of the movie's mass protagonist and becomes a tricky metaphor of the unspeakable pains and anxieties of growing up". He further commented on the film's conclusion: "The epiphanous ending brings
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himself but is shooed away by Judy and Meg, who throw Angela into the water. Small children fling sand at Angela; she is comforted by Ricky, who swears revenge on her aggressors. Meg is later stabbed to death in the shower.
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Angela as well. Later, an unseen figure causes Artie to get severely scalded by the water he is boiling. He is rushed to the hospital, and the incident is deemed accidental by camp owner Mel Costic.
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in full view), stands before the shocked Susie and Ronnie who discover that she is the killer; Angela stares vacantly at both of them, hissing and growling at them like a wild animal.
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mold, with teen-age mayhem at a summer camp", while Rick Lyman of
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The Pleasure and Pain of Cult Horror Films: An Historical Survey
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has garnered contemporary criticism for its representation of a
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1811:""How Can It Be? She's a boy". Transmisogyny in Sleepaway Camp"
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films, after which Michael A. Simpson directed two sequels,
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Legacy of Blood: A Comprehensive Guide to Slasher Movies
2099:"Sleepaway Camp Collector's Edition (US Blu-ray Review)"
1931:. March 22, 1984. p. 23 – via Newspapers.com.
1587:. April 21, 1989. p. 89 – via Newspapers.com.
1462:. The Movie Page. p. 22 – via Newspapers.com.
1407:. June 10, 1984. p. B6 – via Newspapers.com.
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1942:Boisvert, Brian R. (September 19, 2000).
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1483:. p. 3-F – via Newspapers.com.
315:, as well as garnering notoriety for its
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2338:. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland.
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1559:"'Sleepaway Camp' is simply horrible"
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1598:Harrington, Jim (October 17, 2013).
1515:Maleska, Eugene T. (June 10, 1984).
1401:"The week's top money-making movies"
1073:Karen Fields reprised her role from
875:Transgender writer Alice Collins of
417:Colette Lee Corcoran as young Angela
1536:Williams, George (March 21, 1984).
1316:Stolworthy, Jacob (April 1, 2023).
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2721:LGBT-related controversies in film
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1809:Maclay, Willow (August 10, 2015).
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1781:Abley, Sean (September 28, 2021).
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1229:Cotter, Padraig (March 11, 2019).
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1045:The purportedly final film in the
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1967:Tyner, Adam (September 3, 2002).
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1473:Lyman, Rick (January 23, 1984).
1203:Kumar, Sharath (July 28, 2017).
662:In the years since its release,
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180:United Film Distribution Company
2241:. Manchester: Critical Vision.
1013:Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
744:further away from the likes of
414:Frank Sorrentino as young Peter
341:Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor
2716:Films shot in New York (state)
1944:"Review of Sleepaway Camp DVD"
1835:Colangelo, BJ (June 5, 2019).
1496:"Gruesome, Crude 'Camp' Story"
735:(2009), Paszylk characterized
449:Paul DeAngelo as Ronnie Angelo
411:as Angela Baker / Peter Baker
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2297:. Jefferson, North Carolina.
1494:Gross, Linda (May 28, 1984).
497:Allen Breton as Frank the Cop
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2731:Sleepaway Camp (film series)
2636:American films about revenge
2606:1983 directorial debut films
2438:AFI Catalog of Feature Films
2264:Paszylk, Bartłomiej (2009).
2097:Yanick, Joe (May 28, 2014).
1929:The Herts and Essex Observer
1122:AFI Catalog of Feature Films
917:under the alternative title
588:plot structure. A review in
488:Frank Trent Saladino as Gene
2611:1980s horror thriller films
2334:Stine, Scott Aaron (2003).
1188:Hafdahl & Florence 2020
938:Sleepaway Camp Survival Kit
193:November 18, 1983
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2656:American teen horror films
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2055:www.sleepawaycampfilms.com
1362:Kaye, Don (June 3, 2014).
1342:"Sleepaway Camp Locations"
1260:Staff (October 30, 2017).
1162:Hayes, Jeff; Klyza, John.
1088:By December 2020, another
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1686:"Sleepaway Camp - Review"
1480:The Philadelphia Inquirer
1058:Simpson, the director of
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518:Carol Robinson as Dolores
458:Amy Baio as Brooke Warner
311:has gone on to develop a
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1029:Return to Sleepaway Camp
998:sex reassignment surgery
926:Anchor Bay Entertainment
893:gay man, there's forced
455:Loris Sallahian as Billy
347:Return to Sleepaway Camp
260:written and directed by
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1164:"Sleepaway Camp Trivia"
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1068:Sleepaway Camp: Berserk
921:in the spring of 1984.
515:Alyson Mord as Mary Ann
509:James Paradise as Lenny
506:Dan Tursi as John Baker
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2508:III: Teenage Wasteland
1998:Sleepawaycampfilms.com
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1051:Sleepaway Camp Reunion
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470:Willy Kuskin as Mozart
1522:Chula Vista Star-News
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476:as Aunt Martha Thomas
467:Ethan Larosa as Jimmy
464:John E. Dunn as Kenny
293:in the fall of 1982,
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2691:Films about siblings
2666:Films about bullying
2361:Sumner, Don (2010).
2235:Harper, Jim (2004).
2029:Legacy Entertainment
1925:"Nightmare Vacation"
1897:. February 7, 2023.
1267:Yahoo! Entertainment
947:Legacy Entertainment
751:Happy Birthday to Me
512:Paul Poland as Craig
503:Michael Mahon as Hal
494:Fred Greene as Eddie
479:Owen Hughes as Artie
461:Tom Van Dell as Mike
452:Susan Glaze as Susie
428:Karen Fields as Judy
171:American Eagle Films
2671:Films about cousins
2626:1980s slasher films
2616:1980s mystery films
2500:II: Unhappy Campers
2103:Diabolique Magazine
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