Post by bruce on Apr 3, 2011 14:17:40 GMT -5
Sleepaway Camp is a 1983 cult classic slasher movie written and directed by Robert Hiltzik. The film is about teen campers getting killed at a summer camp. The film came at a time when slasher films were in their heyday. The film is frequently listed as having one of the most shocking endings among horror films.
The film opens in the summer, with a family consisting of John Baker and his two children Angela (Felissa Rose) and Peter Baker out on a lake near a summer camp. After their small boat accidentally flips, John and the children begin to head ashore, where John's lover, Lenny is calling. As the family swims, a pair of teenagers pulling a water skier in a motorboat fail to notice them and hit them, killing John and Peter. The surviving Angela is sent to live with her eccentric aunt Dr. Martha Thomas and her son Richard "Ricky" Thomas.
Eight years after John and Peter's deaths, Angela and Ricky are sent to Camp Arawak by Martha. Due to her introverted nature, Angela is ridiculed and bullied, her main tormentors being fellow camper Judy and camp counselor Meg. During lunchtime, Angela, having not eaten for some time, is taken into the kitchen by head counselor Ronnie to see if there is anything in there she would like to eat. Left with the head cook Artie, Angela is taken into a back room by Artie, who intends to molest Angela. Before any harm can come to Angela, Artie is found in the midst of unfastening his pants by Ricky, who flees from the kitchen with Angela. After the incident in the pantry, Artie goes into the kitchen to boil some corn. An unseen figure knocks him off the chair and the water in the the pot falls to the floor with him and scalds him. Artie's injuries are deemed accidental by camp owner Mel Costic, who pays off the rest of his kitchen staff, including Ben to keep the event quiet.
Later that night in the recreation cabin, Angela is accosted by Kenny and Mike who begin mocking her, sonn after that incident Kenny is drowned, his body being found the next day and his death is also ruled accidental by Mel, despite suspicion from camp employees and the police. Later that day, Angela is hit with a water balloon by Billy, who is then grounded for the rest of the summer by Mel. When Billy goes to the bathroom, he gets killed when a beehive gets dropped into his stall, causing him to get stung to death by the bees inside. Mel no longer rules these events accidental and grows suspicious of Ricky, who he believes is killing those who bully Angela.
The film opens in the summer, with a family consisting of John Baker and his two children Angela (Felissa Rose) and Peter Baker out on a lake near a summer camp. After their small boat accidentally flips, John and the children begin to head ashore, where John's lover, Lenny is calling. As the family swims, a pair of teenagers pulling a water skier in a motorboat fail to notice them and hit them, killing John and Peter. The surviving Angela is sent to live with her eccentric aunt Dr. Martha Thomas and her son Richard "Ricky" Thomas.
Eight years after John and Peter's deaths, Angela and Ricky are sent to Camp Arawak by Martha. Due to her introverted nature, Angela is ridiculed and bullied, her main tormentors being fellow camper Judy and camp counselor Meg. During lunchtime, Angela, having not eaten for some time, is taken into the kitchen by head counselor Ronnie to see if there is anything in there she would like to eat. Left with the head cook Artie, Angela is taken into a back room by Artie, who intends to molest Angela. Before any harm can come to Angela, Artie is found in the midst of unfastening his pants by Ricky, who flees from the kitchen with Angela. After the incident in the pantry, Artie goes into the kitchen to boil some corn. An unseen figure knocks him off the chair and the water in the the pot falls to the floor with him and scalds him. Artie's injuries are deemed accidental by camp owner Mel Costic, who pays off the rest of his kitchen staff, including Ben to keep the event quiet.
Later that night in the recreation cabin, Angela is accosted by Kenny and Mike who begin mocking her, sonn after that incident Kenny is drowned, his body being found the next day and his death is also ruled accidental by Mel, despite suspicion from camp employees and the police. Later that day, Angela is hit with a water balloon by Billy, who is then grounded for the rest of the summer by Mel. When Billy goes to the bathroom, he gets killed when a beehive gets dropped into his stall, causing him to get stung to death by the bees inside. Mel no longer rules these events accidental and grows suspicious of Ricky, who he believes is killing those who bully Angela.