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Post by CT on Jun 15, 2007 9:40:32 GMT -5
(1988) Directed by Michael A. Simpson "That's what you get for not obeying your counselor, and here's what you get for telling such evil stories and having a filthy mouth. What a bad camper!" - AngelaFive years after the horrific slaughter at Camp Arawak, transgendered lunatic Angela Baker has become a counselor at Camp Rolling Hills. But Angela is about to teach 'bad campers' a brutal lesson in survival when these horny teens are sliced, stabbed, drilled, barbecued, chain sawed and worse. Renee Estevez co-stars in this outrageously vicious sequel to the original cult hit, filled with gratuitous nudity, rampant mullets and gore galore.Rate this movie one a scale of 0 - 5 stars. (5 being the 'best'!)
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Post by GL on Jun 21, 2007 10:14:21 GMT -5
“Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers” is a more than adequate sequel to the original.
**SPOILERS**
A couple of campers at Camp Rolling Hills are sitting around telling ghost stories, and one of them (Heather Binion) is killed in the forest around the camp. The camp's head counselor, Angela, (Pamela Springsteen) convinces the others that she left home. As the others help out the children in the camp, Molly (Renee Estevez) and Sean, (Tony Higgins) start to develop a friendship that really infuriates Angela. Suddenly, some of the counselors start to be sent home for illegal behavior, Molly becomes a bit suspicious of her, yet also has to deal with Ally, (Valerie Hartman) another counselor making moves on Sean. When Angela finally reveals that she has been killing the other counselors instead of sending them home, she kidnaps Molly and drags her to her secret cabin in the woods. With all the dead bodies around, Molly has a small chance to escape and stop her killing spree.
The Good News: With all the gruesome deaths in here, one might wonder if it's a "Friday the 13th" film. We get battery acid to the eyes, a knife in the chest, repeated stabbing in the back, a decapitation, strangulation, and a massive object striking the head. In addition, we also have non-traditional deaths like drilling a hole into the skin with a power drill, having a tongue cut out, and being shoved into a "used" outhouse filled with leeches. If you know what an outhouse is, you'll know what I mean by "used:" if not, then watch it, since I won't spoil that kill. The main thing it lacked was dismemberment, but with the variety of killing in the movie already, I won't complain. Another big clue is all the nudity. Several women are topless more than once, even going so far as having one character being topless for ninety percent of her screen time. Not at all bad, but still an example of how similar it is to the "Friday" series. The ultimate example: to pull a prank on the woman, a few guys dress up as Jason Voorhees, Freddy Kruegar, and Leatherface to scare them in a pretty pointless scene, but now the real point is that they dressed like Jason, hockey mask, machete and all. It did feature a few gruesome deaths, and a way to get some good blood and guts in, but all it did was only prove how close this is to a Jason film.
The Bad News: This is basically the same as above. The cheesiness involved is more overt and over-the-top as horror-comedies are today. After every kill, there is a smart-aleck remark done at the characters' expense. Some were pretty funny, but they where all pretty cheesy that it might turn off some people. The rest of the movie is also done with a pretty cheesy attitude, where all the people involved are aware of the fact that the film is cheesy, and are playing the film with a tongue-in-cheek manner. The cheesiness is so high up the chart that even a second grader unfamiliar with the genre can find at least thirty references alone. That high value of really bad scenes is really a clue to how bad this might appear to people.
The Final Verdict: This film isn't all that bad for a slasher film from the eighties. It has enough gore, nudity, and cheesiness to win over any fans of these issues. Check it out if you enjoy those things, but heed caution if you want subtly or complex issues in your horror films. Avoid all together if you hate humor with horror.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Graphic Language, two sex scenes, and drug use
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Post by Jen on Jun 21, 2007 12:30:40 GMT -5
Not quite as unique as the first one, but still good cheesy fun, with some good death scenes. They don't make 'em like this anymore..... A 3 from me.
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Post by GL on Jun 22, 2007 10:12:39 GMT -5
I love that it's cheesiness is what's ood about it. Here it works rather than being a handicap.
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Post by The Walking Dude on Jun 27, 2007 6:54:26 GMT -5
I love that it's cheesiness is what's ood about it. Here it works rather than being a handicap. agreed- these sequels take the moralizing that the slasher genre gets accused of to an absurd level- Its not even safe to swear if Angela's around.
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Post by GL on Jul 6, 2007 11:36:16 GMT -5
Too true:
All the potty-mouths get it The ones who flashes her boobs the most gets the most violent death The pranksters get it The stoners get it The perverted counselors get it The clean, pure one gets saved
A nice bit of moralizing, though perhaps Angela should've gotten it for being a carpet-muncher.
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