The movie actually does give you hints that Angela isn't who you think she is. Like in the beginning with the boat accident. You don't actually see which kid is still alive in the water. Then before she goes to camp her aunt tells her and her cousin about their doctor physicals "now make sure not to tell anyone how you got them" when she gives them their doctors reports. Later when the slut chick is picking on her in the girls cabin she says "hey Angela how come you never take showers when the rest of us do"? Sure, it had bad acting, and it is cheesy. But whoever wrote the script did a great job setting up the twist.
2:34 The first time I saw this scene, about ten years ago, the only thing I could imagine the term "baldy" meaning, with regard to these camp children, was a repulsive reference to their lack of pubic hair. I was immediately sickened. Horrendous.
Actually, the family that got hit by the boat was Anglela's. We're meant to think it was Anglela in the water after the accident happened, but it was Peter, whose aunt turned him into Angela. Yeah, it's weird.
SOrry but this film is truly a classic. And the ending was truly what stuck with me when I first saw it as a child. The following sequels were quite entertaining as well IMO
Wait... What was the point of that intro scene? There was no need for that. Why is it 8 years later? The same characters don't even show up again by the looks of it.
i saw this movie at a friend's house when i was about 9 years old... it disturbed the hell out of me and i felt sick afterwards. At the end of the movie they play "Kokomo," or some crap like that, and it ruined the song for me forever. Every time i hear the song it makes me think of this movie and i feel that sense of disturbed sickness.
Spoilers if you don't understand Angela's actually the boy peter who know lives with her auntie or something so the auntie wanted a daughter so she turned him into a girl without a sex change
Well to be fair you missed out the explanation of how Angela is actually a boy. After her dad died he was sent to live with his crazy Aunt who we saw at the beginning and she already had a boy (the cousin) so the Aunt made him into a girl and called him Angela.
the girl who played angela was so cute. I had a crush on her when I was like 15 and first saw this flick. I saw a video of her explaining the movie and damn is she hot
I saw this movie on IFC once, and the ending really shocked me. Forget Dr.Manhattan from "Watchmen" and his magnificent glowing penis, Peter Baker expose' is the most shocking moment in movie history. A Great Review of a Campy Camp Film, you should do the two sequels sometime.
Good review, but in regards to the lead bully's death scene, I'm pretty sure she gets a hot curling iron inserted where a female does not want a hot curling iron inserted. Watch it again and you'll see... or don't : - ]
at 8:52 Angela kills the girl with a curling iron to the twat, in the version I saw. Still doesn't give a good excuse for the poor shadow puppets, though...
You should do the Sleepaway Camp sequels sometime, where they for some oddball reason they kept Ang....oh I mean Peter Baker a girl by giving him a sex change while he was institutionalized.
Yeah the mom in the open scene has to be some of the worst acting of all time. Has to be seen to be believed. Great review though keep up the good work.
Good job with the review. I too found this movie quit hilarious. you should also know is that this movie had two sequels which are way bad. stay away from them if you want to keep your sanity.
The movie actually does give you hints that Angela isn't who you think she is. Like in the beginning with the boat accident. You don't actually see which kid is still alive in the water. Then before she goes to camp her aunt tells her and her cousin about their doctor physicals "now make sure not to tell anyone how you got them" when she gives them their doctors reports. Later when the slut chick is picking on her in the girls cabin she says "hey Angela how come you never take showers when the rest of us do"? Sure, it had bad acting, and it is cheesy. But whoever wrote the script did a great job setting up the twist.
2:34 The first time I saw this scene, about ten years ago, the only thing I could imagine the term "baldy" meaning, with regard to these camp children, was a repulsive reference to their lack of pubic hair. I was immediately sickened. Horrendous.
+Johnny McAuliffe
That's exactly what it meant, too!
I still find it crazy the other chef is James Earle Jone's brother
FUN FACT:
Ben (the Black Chef) is played by James Earl Jones's father, Robert Earl Jones.
Actually, the family that got hit by the boat was Anglela's. We're meant to think it was Anglela in the water after the accident happened, but it was Peter, whose aunt turned him into Angela. Yeah, it's weird.
Holy crap, this review went on for ages. And ages, and ages, and.....
Anyway, I like the movie - that ending was great!
that face she made at the end kinda scared me
Uh baldies means they never had hair where adults have hair....
Say what you want about this film, but it's still miles above the sequels they later put out starring Bruce Springsteen's kid sis.
James Earl Jones' dad is in this...
The Mum is *supposed* to be batshit crazy and OTT, I thought she was one of the best actors in the film aside from Angela, funny as fuck! ^_^
it's really not that terrible,it has all the criteria to a slasher film
SOrry but this film is truly a classic. And the ending was truly what stuck with me when I first saw it as a child. The following sequels were quite entertaining as well IMO
7:00 Did the actor on the left side of the roof just turn around toward the ridge and adjust his "self?"
Hilarious review mate. The tasche, or lackthereof, was just brilliant.
Your accent puts me at ease. Thanks, dude
All the kills in this movie are something people would do as a cruel joke.
Wait... What was the point of that intro scene? There was no need for that. Why is it 8 years later? The same characters don't even show up again by the looks of it.
please review the 1989 film THE FLY 2
The ending shot makes up for the whole movie. Creeped me the fuck out.
This movie was filmed in the town I live in. Thats not the only reason I love this movie though.
I proposed to my wife while we were watching this movie.
+Joshua Rustad
Was your wife a baldy at the time? If so, bravo!
I had a crush on Angela in the '80s. And I still do, she is hot. (Felissa Rose)
I'd forgotten about that stuck-on-tache man. WTF?
i saw this movie at a friend's house when i was about 9 years old... it disturbed the hell out of me and i felt sick afterwards. At the end of the movie they play "Kokomo," or some crap like that, and it ruined the song for me forever. Every time i hear the song it makes me think of this movie and i feel that sense of disturbed sickness.
I'm a big fan of Ricky in this film Some serious potty-mouth on that kid.
@IggyHazard Yeah Wake Me Up Before You Go Go is a fun cheesy pop song.
Spoilers if you don't understand Angela's actually the boy peter who know lives with her auntie or something so the auntie wanted a daughter so she turned him into a girl without a sex change
the girl screaming in the water reminded me of the Nintendo sixty four kid.
This movie is shit, but the ending where 'she's' standing there, gob open and knob out making constipated goose noises freaked me the fuck out!
are you watching this on VHS.
Holy Mack! I didn't even notice that copper had a real tash and then later on its a fake one. LOLZ!
Well to be fair you missed out the explanation of how Angela is actually a boy. After her dad died he was sent to live with his crazy Aunt who we saw at the beginning and she already had a boy (the cousin) so the Aunt made him into a girl and called him Angela.
I love getting new episodes of this. Awesome.
+diabeticmonkey
The fact he's still going strong to this day makes my heart swell. :D
the girl who played angela was so cute. I had a crush on her when I was like 15 and first saw this flick. I saw a video of her explaining the movie and damn is she hot
Tell me more about what it was like to live in America in the 80s.
I saw this movie on IFC once, and the ending really shocked me.
Forget Dr.Manhattan from "Watchmen" and his magnificent glowing penis, Peter Baker expose' is the most shocking moment in movie history.
A Great Review of a Campy Camp Film, you should do the two sequels sometime.
LOL I must say Angela at the end is pretty creepy XD
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Nicholas Papadimitriou
Because of the penis? Don't want to say that in 2020, you might offend someone! Wow, how the world has changed. lol
It's like The Crying Game without Forest Whitaker.
How young do you need to be? 5 or 6?
9:23 Time-travelling Colin Farrell with feathered hair and fake 'stache.
seems to me that pretty much everyone have pulled up, really really thight trousses ?..
I like how there are no likable characters whatsoever.
" JOHN" hahaha that reaction made me crack up
scary thing is-I grew up with guys like the one at 2:45
the shityness of this film lasted for AGES AND AGES
Sleepaway Camp 2 & 3 are actaully pretty good... haha, I like them.
+Jack James
They're still entertaining to this day. :)
Good review, but in regards to the lead bully's death scene, I'm pretty sure she gets a hot curling iron inserted where a female does not want a hot curling iron inserted. Watch it again and you'll see... or don't : - ]
I have all 3 sleepaway camp movies on dvd. the first one being my favorite.
lol its like how Gorge Michel seen friday the 13th an ace Campin joke
Funny review as usual :)
Funniest bit was at 7.17 girl took that water balloon like a bullet!
at 8:52 Angela kills the girl with a curling iron to the twat, in the version I saw. Still doesn't give a good excuse for the poor shadow puppets, though...
You should do the Sleepaway Camp sequels sometime, where they for some oddball reason they kept Ang....oh I mean Peter Baker a girl by giving him a sex change while he was institutionalized.
8:53 she kills the girl by stabbing her babymaker with a hot hair curler, pretty original
@ 10:32 LOL
Manchester?
Calling the kids 'baldies' is pretty disgusting. Referring to lack of pubic hair obviously.
4: 42. I did that to a mate of mine on a three-day trip to the lake district during my first year in college.
at 1:29 i thought for sure there would be a troll 2 reference .
Its more surprising than the Crying Game.
He needs to see sleepaway camp 2 and 3 and the even worse return to sleepaway camp
mate you should really do sleepaway camps 2, 3 and yes 4 too, theres some good material there
OPENING TITLES!!!
i wish i could earse this movie from my mind, but scars are there for life
For some reason, the Cook reminds me of Ricky Gervais... blasphemy, I know.
awesome review dude.i love that movie.
This movie made me laugh. So do your review because it was just so funny.
2:43 is peak screenwriting 😂
the script and acting are terrible but I still kind of like the sleepaway series for its unique brand of sleaziness
Please do Mega Piranha.
Top review! you need a TV show John! "You are one Funny Fucker" In the least 'Mo-ish' way possible!
Part 2 is a classic, I dunno who recommended this to you but try part 2 and avoid all of the rest of the series.
Yeah the mom in the open scene has to be some of the worst acting of all time. Has to be seen to be believed.
Great review though keep up the good work.
"Hello boys, I'm bent. Take a look at my nob" HAHAHA
Good job with the review. I too found this movie quit hilarious. you should also know is that this movie had two sequels which are way bad. stay away from them if you want to keep your sanity.
I call this camp blood 3
Ha ha ha ha ...it's Groucho Marx at 9:32....love this film
Even though it's bad it's still funny
Terrible film, but just bad enough to be spoofed on Robot Chicken and torn apart by our beloved Shitcase Cinema!
I was going to check this out today....
Great episode!
The ending is so funny
9:24 Absolutely pissed myself :-D
I'm very confused by the fact she is a sheman.
why?
You're too old to comprehend the greatnes of this movie.
baldies? oh lord.....
And that bestial growling/moaning. Hilariously WTF indeed..
Somebody just had to go and type it didn't they :/
i love sleepaway camp its a great movie 2 and 3 are shit though and the 4th has funny klills.
Another clon of Friday the 13th,,, lol
This looks shitty but the second and third were great
You could have done this a lot better
You should review return to sleepaway camp the new one...its shit
Growing up, I didn't know a single boy whom DIDN'T own a pocket knife.
We started carrying them around seven.
Fucking hilarious.
thats fucked up
It's a TRAP!