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Post by CT on Jun 15, 2007 9:45:22 GMT -5
(1989) Directed by Michael A. Simpson "Why did I think this year would be any different?" - AngelaWelcome to Camp New Horizons, where an autumn retreat brings together a group of obnoxious rich kids and surly city thugs for an 'experiment in sharing.' But when notorious transsexual psychopath Angela Baker (Pamela "yes, she's Bruce's sister" Springsteen) joins the horny teens, she shares a lesson in butchery with axes, trucks, firecrackers, lawnmowers and more. Academy Award nominee Michael J. Pollard and Tracy (yes, she's Melanie's sister) Griffith co-star in this third wild installment of the cult body count saga, packed with all the cruel killings you love and all the gratuitous nudity you expect.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 10:13:24 GMT -5
“Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland” is a great follow-up to the second one.
**SPOILERS**
Angela Baker, (Pamela Springsteen) arrives at Camp New Horizons for a new start, but the counselors make her feel unwelcome. Taking on a fake name to move around quieter, she becomes nervous when the legend is revealed to everyone. As the owners of the camp, Herman (Michael J. Pollard) and Lily Miranda (Sandra Dorsey) begin to suspect that Angela’s identity isn’t really true, all of the campers start disappearing while the camp goes out in the woods on a retreat. Running down the list of campers until very few are left and fewer to notice, leaving only campers Marcia (Tracy Griffith) and her boyfriend Tony (Mark Oliver) left at camp. As night falls, Angela is back for one last attack on the campers.
The Good News: This series gets flack for being so cheesy and corny, but this one is pretty good. It takes place at the same summer camp as before, only a year later. While not breaking the record of the previous films’ death count, this one does come with some terrific deaths. We get the infamous lawnmower death, arms ripped off with a rope tied to a truck and a firecracker to blow someone’s head up. There is also a pretty brutal decapitation as well, and it even has some great whacks from a large stick. It gets a lot of work in this one, so watching people get beat up with a stick will be in heaven with this one. The relentless pace of this one allows for deaths to happen pretty frequently, so you never get bored if you like deaths at a fast pace. That is the best part of this film: a very fast pace. Everything happens at a quick pace, so there’s only a certain amount of time to develop a character’s traits and why they deserves their fates. It allows for rapid succession of deaths and nudity that keeps everyone watching to see who’ll get it next. A short running time, almost always a pain for these movies, helps because spending too much time with these characters would be a pain, but we know just enough about them that getting them done away with was deserving. Even still, the cheesiness of this film is a great reason why I like this series, as it just plays it straight and doesn’t try to mess with hidden meanings or anything. Its straight-up and doesn’t hide anything from the audience. The jokes in here are also pretty funny and help to add to the entertainment of the feel. Had this one been kept straight and not been played for laughs, it wouldn’t be as good. However, the jokes work and it helps with the enjoyment of the film.
The Bad News: The main thing about this movie is it’s cheesiness. It has a tongue-in-cheek approach that many may not sit well with many people, which is it’s main critique from everyone else. Also, it has a short running time where you don’t get into everyone and their personalities that many will want to get into.
The Final Verdict: Nothing but good old cheesy fun. Fun for fans of the series, and those that enjoy some humor with their blood. Slasher fans will also like this one, but fans of straight-laced slashers may be put off by the corny jokes and it’s whole atmosphere.
Rated R: Graphic Violence, Nudity, Graphic Language, drug use and an attempted sex scene
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Post by Jen on Jun 21, 2007 12:32:41 GMT -5
Didn't enjoy it as much as the first two, but still fun. It also gets a 3, but that's generous.
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Post by GL on Jun 22, 2007 10:13:49 GMT -5
Kinda feel the same way: good, but can't compare to the original ones.
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Post by Lazario on Jan 24, 2008 12:08:23 GMT -5
I gave it a 2, but of course, it's more of a 2.5 (.5's should be an option on these votes). None of these movies are classics by any means. But part 3 is much better than part 2. Seriously, ignore the killings and the sleaze, and this movie actually has something more to it. Not much, hence why I gave it 2.5. But, Angela is more interesting in this movie than part 2. You see more character from her.
First of all, when she kills the "country" girl, I actually agreed with her. She said she was spoiled and a snob - and she was right. She was those things and they made her a dispicable person. In this sequel, I agreed with most of her choices to kill the people she did. The Asian girl was a really nasty "bitch," the rap-music guy threatened to shoot her, the "nice guy" was a sleaze who aspired to be a crooked politician (and she was right when she said, "one less idiot in politics"), the camp owner guy was a lecherous creep, and I didn't really like the cop, either. He was too much of a "shoot first, ask questions later" type.
Secondly, she was more morally ambiguous in this movie. In Unhappy Campers, she was this freak who would scold anyone for doing anything she disapproved of. She even prowled through the woods, lurking and looking over their shoulders - stalking them. That was over the top and didn't fit in with the merriment and glee she would show when, for instance, she drilled the girl in the car, or chainsawed the guy and made a smiling wisecrack. Or the "barbecue" scene. In Teenage Wasteland, she was really fair and nice to almost everyone she was around.
In part 2, she was so judgmental. I could never cheer for her character when she called a girl a "slut" just for wanting to sit around the campfire with the guys and listen to scary stories. She was basically a fundamentalist / conservative type. How could people cheer for that? In part 3, she's much more of a Woman of the People. Although, she also kills a lot of people who didn't do anything wrong. I mean... killing the counselor's Wife just for being lazy? Or, the firecracker and the spray paint guys just for being loud and a little rude? And the black girl and the Asian guy at the end? That was too much, hence again - the 2.5. This was much better done in Serial Mom - in that movie, nobody cares about why she killed people. She was cool no matter what she did.
Anyway, Thirdly - the writing was better in this sequel. The little romance / relationship between the red-headed girl and the hot Latino guy was actually very sweet. Kudos to the movie for being able to pull something like that off with its largely unexperienced cast and low budget. I also liked her little twist revelation at the end of the movie. I did not see that one coming. Another great bit of moral ambiguity- you really expected her to be as pure and honest as Angela's other confidant in Unhappy Campers.
But there's also a scene in this movie that is so great- the scene where Angela takes the trash back to the cabin area where she starts to reminisce about the "good times" she had in Unhappy Campers. That was a very touching, moving scene I thought.
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