Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008)

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• Lafe F

  
  This is a bit of a mess. There were so many ideas, but they all couldn't be crammed into one movie. Lots of characters who could've got killed off, sorta vanished from the scene. It was cool seeing Vincent Pastore, but Isaac Hayes and Felissa Rose were a bit underused. The… More
  This is a bit of a mess. There were so many ideas, but they all couldn't be crammed into one movie. Lots of characters who could've got killed off, sorta vanished from the scene. It was cool seeing Vincent Pastore, but Isaac Hayes and Felissa Rose were a bit underused. The police officer with the voice box was a rather odd character. There were some very original deaths here. I liked the guy being dunked headfirst into the deep fryer, the drug-smoker explosion and the bed of nails. The bird cage death had buildup, but then only showed the after-effects of the rate chewing his face and gut. It took a long time to get things going, as the plot got mired in the fat kid being teased repeatedly. There was a lack of a good end chase. I would've preferred the killer to be out in the open and cracking one liners, rather than keeping their identity a mystery until the end. I hope they make another one and bring Angela back for more fun.

• Adam M

  
  Sleepaway Camp was "camp" in two ways. Large parts of it were crafted to be tacky, as carefully as the gliding final shot that delivered the audience a horror that went far beyond camp. This sequel by the original director uses two decent DPs, and is faithful to the spirit… More
  Sleepaway Camp was "camp" in two ways. Large parts of it were crafted to be tacky, as carefully as the gliding final shot that delivered the audience a horror that went far beyond camp. This sequel by the original director uses two decent DPs, and is faithful to the spirit of the original in being outright aggressive to the audience, who like the series because its editing popped with crudities and blissful nonchalance about murdering people with as much gruesome creativity as you could learn during Arts&Crafts hour. But it's stentorian, in the action and the editing. And the actors (ex. Pastore, Hayes) play it loud and caustic, usually effectively. However, it has a focal character, Alan, who is like Private Pyle from Full Metal Jacket if Pyle was just as likely to pummel the other cadets with bars of soap for a belly laugh. Everyone on the production has encouraged this poor young actor to give what we might call a career-destroying performance. That way, whatever violence happens can go around him, and if their build-up fails to scare, they can point to Alan and say they weren't taking this whole horror thing seriously anyway. The best thing you can say about Return to Sleepaway Camp is that it's not boring and moves as fast as hell. Makes it hard to get over-annoyed at any one thing -- except Alan. It's also interesting in that the writer-director populates the scene with campers that have 1 or 2 lines who we only see twice, which suggests a real camp more than a smaller cast, and more than the weird fact that this camp draws older men to continually work with adolescents -- older men which include Ronnie, from the first movie, who still wears his heart on his sleeve and muscle shirts with no sleeves. In fact, the movie is populated with realistically attractive starlets (who don't get naked or hook up with anyone). A lesson to movie makers who want every young actress to look like an almost-supermodel postgraduate.

• Cassandra M

  
  It's been over 20 years now since we saw the first Sleep away camp movie and with its shocking twist! Well that movie was Cheesy and Fun to watch just like Return to Sleepaway camp (2008) It dose have the 80's feel to whole the movie, Acting is very cheesy and funny! The… More
  It's been over 20 years now since we saw the first Sleep away camp movie and with its shocking twist! Well that movie was Cheesy and Fun to watch just like Return to Sleepaway camp (2008) It dose have the 80's feel to whole the movie, Acting is very cheesy and funny! The movie starts of were the boys are messing around in the bed room as Alan come in trying to be a big shot but fails. Later all the campers are in the canteen having lunch while Frank tells them to shut the hell up so the security man can tell them something but he can't speak normal because he used to smoke a lot! And use some kind of tool to talk, of course everyone make fun of him. Meanwhile Alan is being pain as he won't eat the food that everyone is eating so he throws it on the floor and then Randy grabs him and tells him to eat it of the floor! The fight is broken by Ricky (who I think was in the 1st Sleep away camp movie) As Alan goes to see the cook and then the cook tell him not to eat the ICE CREAM but again Alan dose not listen and then The cook start to throw eggs at him, which make Alan fight back then throws knife at the cook at the same moment Frank see this and tells Alan to go to his room. Later a person in black coat and hood of the person head come in a kills the cook by pushing him into the deep fryer and gets rid of he body. The next day Frank thinks that the cook did a runner, so no one knows he was killed. Again Alan is get in being bullied by everyone boys and girls most of the movie. While everyone doing these pranks on Alan, more bodies end up dead! Then the girl that Alan likes traps him into the worst prank of all time! That makes him mad, screaming mad! And then runs into the woods. Ricky has a very weird feeling that Angela is back but no one believes him (I don't believe he can act lol) (All deaths scenes were so bloody awesome, 10/10 for every deaths scene!) When the bodies are found dead, everyone says it's Alan who killed everyone! Is it Alan? Or is Ricky right that Angela is back? Or is a new copy cat killer on campus? Overall I was not disappointed in this movie, I didn't expect to like at all. Also really like the twist., I didn't see it coming! The acting wasn't great at all but it was perfect for B- movie. I love the deaths scenes just made this movie great for me.

• A.D. V

  
  A huge step down from previous entries and THAT is an accomplishment. Dumb deaths, no surprises and a whiny main character that after 12 minutes I wanted to kill. And way too little of this: <a… More
  A huge step down from previous entries and THAT is an accomplishment. Dumb deaths, no surprises and a whiny main character that after 12 minutes I wanted to kill. And way too little of this: <a href="http://s85.photobucket.com/albums/k49/advee/?action=view¤t=Image1.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i85.photobucket.com/albums/k49/advee/Image1.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

• Steve K

  
  Disappointment. Perhaps I just wasn't in the right mood. I couldn't even finish it.

• Todd S

  
  It takes a good actor to play a bad one, and that's really the point of Return To Sleepaway Camp. Many critics have given this movie a terrible review, because they just don't understand it. Back in the 50's and 60's B-Movies were terrible because they had a very… More
  It takes a good actor to play a bad one, and that's really the point of Return To Sleepaway Camp. Many critics have given this movie a terrible review, because they just don't understand it. Back in the 50's and 60's B-Movies were terrible because they had a very small budget. The actors were bad, the effects were ridiculous, and the story was rushed. Today's B-Movies have 100 times the budget of their predecessors. Return To Sleepaway has bad acting and terrible effects, not because they had no budget, but rather to pay homage to the B-Movies of the past. If you look at it in that context, this movie is actually pretty good! The kids are great, there are some really funny lines, and the cheesy effects are hilarious. It's just a simple, funny, old fashion B-Horror movie, that I enjoyed quite a bit.

• Sylvester K

  
  Acting is bad, plot is cliche, gore decreased and it had a sad tone to it that were trying to mimic the plot of the first movie. It's bad, real bad.

• Quinto W

  
  Jonathan Tiersten is a wasted opportunity in this "original sequel", and he even looks like has fooled into going to location, but the rest of the movie is fun and has enough blood to satisfy. Plus, we get to hate on a retarded kid, which I liked for some reason.

• Sarah P

  
  This movie was really poorly made and the acting was horrible, though it was on par with Saw for ideas to kill people (or in Saw's case - for people to kill themselves) however the special effects were too bad to be cool.

• ken j

  
  its summer again and this time its at a new camp called manabe where all the kids pretty much pick on each other all summer longer while the owner gets fat off there parents cash and the consulers could careless about watching anyone but there is one kid that gets picked on alittle to… More
  its summer again and this time its at a new camp called manabe where all the kids pretty much pick on each other all summer longer while the owner gets fat off there parents cash and the consulers could careless about watching anyone but there is one kid that gets picked on alittle to much and snaps thats when people start dieing all the kids think its him one of the staff members thinks its Angela from the other camp back for more revenge but who really is the killer? Well to be honest i didnt care either way cause this movie was sloppy all the way threw and looks rushed together with no budget there was a small amount of cool kills which gave it a extra star but other then that people can avoid this one.

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