Sleepaway Camp Review - Off The Shelf Reviews
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- Join Gary and Iain for a review and discussion of, Sleepaway Camp (1983) by Director, Robert Hiltzik. Starring, Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, Karen Fields and Mike Kellin.
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I love this movie. The absurdity and homemade-ness is a huge part of the charm for me.
1pknail I like it too. People are missing out the point that it's meant to be a little bit ridiculous. The child abuser that says he calls them baldies? wft It's good trash
The mother is the Tommy Wiseau of female actors/actresses, love it
Is it really a woman? Those hands are huge.
@@TheKitchenerLeslie Jewess.
That was actually intentional. Apparently it was supposed to be creepy. She’s an abusive parent who wants a “perfect family” won the custody battle over the kids after her husband left as revenge for divorce despite abusing a boy into becoming a girl. I mean even look at Ricky who is a pretty normal boy, but in a way where he’s actually very violent and mean, even if he cares about his family and friends. The fact that him being the killer is set up is enough to prove that.
Felissa Rose has one of the sweetest personalities ever. I wish she would have gotten more roles after this film!
Rose is in a lot of films!!!!
She is great in Victor Crawley and a mainstay of The Last Drive In.
She's in all time hit "2b Moms", check it out!
After watching this review again, I've come to the conclusion that one of the things that make your reviews so enjoyable is that you have that same quality that Siskel and Ebert had of being even more entertaining when you completely disagree about a film.
This review was my introduction to OTSR two or three years ago. I then viewed all their videos, which offered insightful and often hilarious analysis of films. Gary and Iain’s channel is the first and only channel (so far) that I am a Patreon of. Their love of horror and science fiction in particular and films in general has provided much entertainment for me and many other fans. Cheers Gary and Iain. Thanks for the reviews. 😊😊😊
SLEEP AWAY CAMP answers the question: What if John Waters directed a slasher film?
This review is only 10 minutes less than the actual movie.
so what
@@TheLiveMusicGroup sowhat great streamer
"Ricky's unconscious corpse" lol
Still a great movie lol...She's a real carpenter's dream: flat as a board and needs a screw! LOL (clearly she has some nuts with her screws )
Best line i always say that line haa
In reality, it’s not like Judy was the largest busted on the project. And in the end (present day), Felissa wins the breast size!
32:32 Ian's face is priceless "yeah, male bare asses" :D
When your 14, the ending is a huge surprise! Return to Sleepaway Camp actually had the original actors for Ricky and Angela in it.
I think this movie could benefit form a remake actually. Still, the ending is probably one of the scariest things I've ever seen. Yes, I know I'm lame but fuck it. It really got under my skin :P
silja lin the ending is kind of freaky if only for the mask they used of Angelas face. That and the noise. But the twist itself makes so little sense and would still be really lame even if it did make sense so i cant take it seriously
Lmao, chick with dick, such scary, much fright. lmao
It's a interesting movie, it doesn't need a remake tho. I think it's better the way it is.
I think it depends on when you watch it. I watched it when I was about the same age as the kids in the movie, probably not long after it came out on VHS and it SCARED THE LIVING SHIT OUTTA ME!!!! That noise!!! The expression on the mask!! ( I prolly didn't realize that it was a mask back then!) There was virtually nothing on TV about homosexuality back then let alone Transsexualism!!! It fucked with my head on a whooooooole different level than anything I had ever seen!!
Our super-PC culture today could NEVER handle a remake of this movie with all the same elements and themes in tact. And I don't think a remake could recapture the unique charm this film had.
I'm literally crying.. That F'N Tape Mustache!
TH-cam likes to recommend guys doing makeup no matter how many downvotes I give it yet they waited frickin years to recommend this channel? We need to fix this algorithm.
Angela looks like a young Sarah Silverman.
yup.
I saw this on Cinemax with my older brothers around 1990-- I was 10ish at the time; the ending absolutely terrified me. I remember I had to sleep with a Bible and the lights on! LOL I think it was a combo of the sound she's making, her face, and the shock of seeing a hairy cock-- but I was traumatized. Re-watching later on as I got older, I could barely get past the dialogue and the cop with the fake mustache. Still a good 80's "midnight movie;" or at least one you can recommend to other Horrorphiles. Thanks for doing these!
Meg was actually 18/19 at the time of filming this movie, so she is an adult. Well in the UK anyway lol
anywhere
Unpopular opinion (especially for Iain, LOL!): I actually PREFER this movie to Friday the 13th.
gnc623 same
Same
It's close, but same.
This review was absolutely hilarious, Great job guys!
Just to correct a little mistake you made, Meg was actually stabbed through the side wall, not the back wall of the shower, when she falls through the curtain, look to the right hand wall, you can see the knife marks and blood on there
in all fairness, the actress playing the aunt was forced to talk in the way that she did....she knew it sounded off.
Yeah, it is supposed to be jilted and unnatural.
how comes yur not at million your content is extraordinary your time will come guys keep up the good work
I enjoyed part 2 and 3 far more than the original.
We need to kickstart a new movie in the spirit of the 80's with the same quality and equipment , I don't want it looking all shiny and modern. Mostly practical effects.
Check out "The House Of the Devil" It's a *perfect example* of how to do an 80's style movie with that classic atmosphere in modern day.
It wouldn't be too hard to reach a good enough financial goal for a movie of that style , that's the beauty of it we don't want a bunch of CGI just smartly done old school.
Now that I think about the ending. The aunt being a doctor and doing the physicals herself makes sense.
I was NOT ready for “Dude Looks Like a Lady” at the end of the video, made me burst out laughing alone at work like a psycho. Thanks Iain!
I've heard people say how horrible this movie is so my expectations were really low which I think made me enjoy this movie more! It's definitely worth watching at least once....it's not for everyone but there'll be people who LOVE this movie. 👍
Gary's reaction at 10:57 is comedy gold!
We really need a compilation of those moments.
And when the winds cry Angela, Angela I'll be there for ya.
And when the storms scream Angela, Angela I'll be there.
111highgh motley crue reference, Cool! Haha👏🎶🎸🎵
I love the ending, and that final shot is absolutely INSANE and works every time.
Wait is the guy with the "Undertaker shirt" like Kevin Smith's long lost British brother? This is my first time watching their channel
100% best movie review show on TH-cam. Huge fan. Great synopsis.
I tell everyone i know about it
I watch your reviews every morning as I start my work day - always helps pass the time. Great review guys - I've seen that still of Anglia and never knew what movie it was from.
Thanks for doing my request! Loved it.
The mother in this movie is both deranged and animatronic. It's like watching a f**ked up Disneyland attraction.
I watched this movie after this review.. I love this film,, already watched it 3 times..I reminded me of the movies I grew up watching in my teens...I love when Angela would stare at someone with the look of a predator.
That orchestral sting, man. Never gets old.
Dreadful films, hysterical review! I always thought it was Ricky AND Angela as the killers as you say, both driven mad by their Norma Bates style mother. The most horrific things in this movie are frankly the fashions, couldn't be more 80s if you had ET playing Pacman. The twist isn't that original, Deadly Blessing did the same 2 years before. I'm amazed you didn't review the F13th/NOES movies as you did Hellraiser and Halloween?.
Holy hell I've been watching you for 4 years
I just love how dumbfounded Ian looks at the very beginning of this review. His facial expression is basically saying, 'WTF did I just sit down to watch here?' And obviously plenty of others have thought the exact same thing right after viewing this totally whacked out little horror movie!
I LOVE Sleepaway Camp! One of my favorite horror films of all time!! But I don't care for the sequels.
Angela's got the "DEVIL'S EYES" 😂😂😂
Ok...I am enjoying the reviews and perspective of the guy on the left. You should do your own reviews!! The movie is so bad it's good and has that memorable scene in the end. I'll never get over the look of the killer at the end of the movie.
it would be great for a nightmare on elm street series review or F13 series review or maybe a jeepers creepers review. love the work as always guys
Why didn't the dad move out of the way?!
He just stood there and watched the boat coming towards him!
"I was just thinking, I remember Kenny being a pretty damn good swimmer" classic jobber
angela being the killer wasn't the shocking surprise though Iain. lololol.
Lol. 3rd one, she was impersonating a camper, not counselor. And its really funny because they keep telling her she is so old looking and looks like she had an awfully rough life for being 17. Turns out she's only 21.
Also, they werent there for drug rehab. Long story short to minimize spoilers: Owners wanted to "experiment" and have rich kids and poor kids come together in one place and hang out? Understand eachother?
It’s like the aunty is recording a commercial during her scenes 😂😂 like in Wayne’s World 2 or The Truman Show 😂😂
Nice one guys, could you guys do the scream series next.
man I was just binge watching your stuff and this pops up. Sorry sleep. Some other time.
you guys rock. I hear no interest in Horror movies, but when I am working in my garage on paintings, listening to you you guys talking so passionately about movies is awesome. Thank you so much for making these videos! you should do fan meet ups! :)
"There is no nudity in this film"
Waits for infamous ending
The Killer kept missing Angela, just very unfortunate, Great Review
thanks for keeping it real and having you're own different opinions and disagreeing with each other when you have to, its what makes this show great, i do too recomend this movie to every horror fan,i did enjoy it when i first saw it cause it was with a big fat joint and i was shocked at everything that was happening and that last scene definitely caught me off guard, not Angela cause it was clear that she was the killer but that fucked up face and penis its definitely a shock ending not really great but shocking and worth watching
I gotta say, I saw this when I was nine years old in 1990. My family would not let me watch horror movies, so I had never seen Friday the 13th or Nightmare on Elm St etc. I never saw one of them until The Dream Child and Jason Takes Manhattan (awful!). This was actually my first horror movie. I saw it while sleeping over at a friend's house, and we did a marathon of all three. To this day I will always jokingly recommend these movies to anyone just to spread the joy that is the transsexual psychopath Angela Baker.
The two sequels are just pure camp, and need to be watched as comedy. When Angela tells Molly that her boyfriend is on TV, that was pure gold. Snow Boy calling his counselor a "Dildo" was the first time I had ever heard the word - it became my insult of choice to an age group that also was unfamiliar with it. It wasn't until years later that I actually learned what a dildo was. Pamela Springsteen whipping out a guitar and singing the I'm a happy camper song. My brother and I still know it word for word.The Sleepaway Camp trilogy will always hold a special place in my heart
When I turned 11 and graduated grammar school, upon graduation we had to vote on our favorite things; music, actors, food etc. Basic Instinct had just come out, so Sharon Stone won as the class' favorite actress.
I voted for Pamela Springsteen
Awful? Idk man, seeing jason slap that boombox out of that dude's hands is still one of my favorite moments of the series haha.
My dad bought this film for me in 1993 i was 13 wow only if he knew
Absolutely love your reviews. Just a request but if possible could you two review the original Carrie please??
This has nothing to do with the review but that Undertaker shirt is phenominal! Glad to see a fellow fan! Well since I'm here....Excellent review guys. I've always had a love for the Sleepaway Camp films. I love the cheesy, gory, sleezy vibes haha.
Great review! My theory on the crazy aunt is that Peter's dad was her brother, and maybe she caught him with another man and that's what made her clearly unhinged. So when she took Peter in after the accident, the aunt was determined to 'protect' Ricky and not have Peter grow up to be like his dad, she thought that raising him as a girl with the angelic name Angela would 'snuff the gayness' out of Peter and he therefore wouldn't corrupt Ricky.
The bit where angela and peter are sitting in peter's bed after they presumably watch their dad and his boyfriend have sex sort of suggests the idea that angela may have either tried to have sex with him or actually had sex with him afterwards which could explain the panic he/she had when she and paul started making out because his/her first sexual expedience may well have been against his/her will at the hands of an older sibling.
I don’t think there’s any argument that this is a terrible movie. It’s legendary because outrageous ending.
Great, subversive ending. Good practical effects. Memorable score. Funny. Hardly terrible.
I am a Undertaker fan too
Listen once i saw Iain wearing a undertaker T-shirt, it was a automatic like for me #thankyoutaker
mrsanatra1- In a spooky little girl voice "He's here"
Long live the streak, long live the deadman. Thank you taker!
Funniest review so far. The absolute highlights are: 4:13, 4:52, 5:47, 6:20, 9:42, 11:00 (G’s face), 27:57 ‘beehive in a bog’, 38:49
Wetting myself watching this one 😂
Sleepaway camp is an amazing movie. The sequels are also great.
Thank God Henry Cavill kept his mustache for Mission Impossible: Fallout, or else God forbid he would've had to don a black tape or CGI mustache.
And you guys, if you haven't already, need to check out 2 films, both of which can be found here on youtube:
1. The Last Slumber Party (1987).
2. Gore-met Zombie Chef From Hell. (1986?)
Hahahahaha.
The most unique horror movie ever. It's my 4th favorite slasher movie behind Halloween, Black Christmas, and Friday the 13th Part 6. Speaking of which, please review Black Christmas and its remake and the original Friday the 13th.
Lone Wolf Black Christmas is the earliest of those films chronologically and for me easily the best. It's a masterpiece.
Grandmastergav86 My personal favorite is the original Halloween, but Black Christmas is an underrated masterpiece. The characters, the suspense, the atmosphere, the ending....I love it.
Any chance of you guys reviewing Slither (2006) please?
The mother figure is like a character that's escaped from a John Waters movie....
You guys should review Slumber Party Massacre!!
The problem with some of these films is they aged like milk in a fire. If you didn't see them when they came out, they just don't hold up anymore.
nah you're wrong
Maybe......its just maybaleen
This movie is a work of art
The Angela character has that same vacant look in her eyes like Eleven in Stranger Things!
I love sleepaway camp. Then again I love campy horror which most slashers are. I know it's bad and badly acted. Something about it stays with me... it's not the twist. Is it because it's a camp film? It's not the daisydukes. Is this the case of so bad it's good because I hate Seed of Chucky and Freddys Dead. I think it is a legit guilty pleasure.
Funny enough, the kids were better actors than most of the adults.
Gary’s facial reactions are hilarious. Iain is cool but I gotta disagree with him on this one. This movie is a classic! Barely found this channel a few days ago but I’m going through everything that sticks out to me!
40:15 that is Ricky wearing a wig in the doorway there's a documentary on TH-cam that talks about it
Of course, now we know there are 211* genders. So that leaves room for endless remake cash-ins for this franchise!!!
"Oh my god, Angela was a VHS tape-kin this whole time! Whaaaaaaaaat!?!?" (cut to squiggly-lined Angela fast-forwarding to her next kill). Oooh this script is gonna sizzle when I get done with it :)
*So far
I love sleepaway camp nothing like it and never will
This is almost like British Half In The Bag. Just missing your own "Rich Evan's".
LOVE YOUR CONTENT GUYS!MUCH LOVE FROM KANSAS!
Cheers Dakota, always nice to hear that :D
Wait.
So the actress mother forbade her to participate in any killing sequence, but she allowed her to be shown and forever be remembered as that crazy shouting youngling with genitalia on display??
Anyway, you need to have more reviews of rancid movies. So many reaction bits.
I never saw the end of this movie. I lasted about half an hour before I thought, 'WTF am I watching this shit for?' It really is one of the most awfully written, performed and executed films I have ever seen. The 'twist' is the only thing that makes this film stick in people's minds. And frankly, it isn't even very well executed from what I've seen.
The movie is actually pretty good.
Cool.
Sleeps way camp is awesome and a cult classic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If you want a film bad enough to make you forget the Sleepaway Camp sequels, check out John Travolta's homage to the cult of Scientology, Battlefield Earth. Of course, all the Dutch angles might give you a nasty headache. Go on, I dare you.
The age of the kids makes this movie more realistic. Mel dating the young camper was more disturbing than Artie attempting to rape Angela.
14:56 did the director say "Do your best Scooby-Doo impression"?
The "camp" was real in this movie...
I’m crying at this review. That tape tash 🤣. Tears rolling down my face 😭
YES!!!!!!!!
You guys should review 'MARTYRS'
This is the movie that found me this channel. Still one of my favorites
Reacting only to Sleepaway Camp (not the sequels):
A lot of the bad acting can be blamed on poor writing. Fucking Lawrence Oliver couldn't make that dialogue work.
Despite having seen this film only once in 1986, I can still remember most of it vividly. Not saying that makes it good or bad, but certainly a memorable film. I owe that to some very interesting concepts (albeit, poorly executed). Gender ambiguity and sexual confusion causing the psychic break of the killer is a novel approach, IMO, especially because the seeds are sown so early and regularly in the movie. Intellectually, I was engaged in that element of the story, but obviously not enough to warrant watching again. lol
Exactly. I think the twist wasn't so much that Angela was the killer, because her behaviour and being bullied throughout by the other girls (and to a lesser extent) boys at the camp set up her taking revenge. The whole gender identity /sexual confusion aspect of the movie was really well done. The acting is kind of poor and 'campy' (pun kind of intended!) but the premise and how it was set up throughout the movie with hints at Angela not being all 'she' seemed was good. The twist was that Angela wasn't Angela, not that 'she' was the killer. You've got a killer who is a boy who has lost his father (who is gay and has been witnessed having sex with his boyfriend) and sister in an accident and has been left to live with his Aunt (who is certifiable), and who makes him live as a girl for 8 years, only to find himself attracted to another boy. A much better premise than is given credit for.
It was a B movie 🍿 but a cult classic in my house!
Lots of comments about the ending, and rightfully so! Now here's another: I used to think that eerie facial expression combined with that growling and hissing meant Angela was now possessed. Yes I've since learned the consensus is she's now completely out of her mind. Demonic-looking face... nightmare fuel indeed!
The mother reminds me of the female characters from the very old cartoon shows, mostly Olive from the Pop-Eye cartoon.
I knew you were going to show the Robot Chicken clip.
The director made the aunt act like that; the actress was very uncomfortable delivering the lines that way. She's just meant to be bayshit insane.
Batshit*
The first time I watched this movie was during the summer of 2002, on VHS.
When the movie ended I took the tape and broke it with my bare hands.
Anyone who didn't realize that Angela was the killer (and thought that she was innocent) is a bloody humongous idiot. If this film does get remade for today's film going audience, I wouldn't make Angela such an out cast. If you wanted no one to suspect that it was her and want the movie goers to at least consider that might've been her cousin, than have Angela engage with other children and make some friends and make her cousin a little weird and slightly freaky, but not so weird and freaky as to actually isolate him as a character.
I so agree with both of you, which makes me really feel like a split personality! 😂😂😂
LOL I'm hysterical. here guys.. You both are too funny!
I've never seen this film, but the ending was spoiled for me, because of a Horror/Slasher documentary I just had to watch. The mom looks quite manly, doesn't she? I'm still watching, and I haven't gotten to your spoil alerts, yet. I have to see this film. I know it's a bit cheesy. I believe, it's good kind of cheesy, though. Thanks, Guys! ; D
I went to this camp, and they made us watch this movie 3 times in 2 weeks.