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Sleepaway Camp; *****/*****
SCARE FACTOR: 3/5
Has some tense moments, and the ending is a real shocker. I'm counting "twists" into the scare factor, because it pretty much causes your heart to jump like any scary scene would. I think twists are a lot better then scares anywho.
COMEDY FACTOR: 0/5
You might laugh at the 80's style, but nothing in the film is expecially funny. Not on purpose, at least.
BLOOD & GORE: 2/5
It had some nice kills that looked fairly realistic, but not as much gore or blood as what some slashers have. Fairly tame in this department if you're used to hardcore stuff. What it offers is still good, though.
NUDITY & TA: 5/5
A whole lot of shirtless boys, and a full frontal shot - even. Nothing from the ladies, except for a skimpy bathing-suit shot from the nasty-ass Judy.
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HOLY BUTMUNCHING RACOONS! And here I was all along saying how bad slashers usually are. I take that back, twofold! Unlike other slashers, mainly Friday the 13th, this doesn't get boring fast. Actually, it manages to stay interesting all the way through. Baaah, I'm blown away by the ending >_< I need to recollect my thoughts. I got tinglies from the moment she said "Peter", and then it was followed by the best shot in the entire movie. Baaah! Ok, ok... so the entire movie was fairly interesting, a nice summer camp romp with a few killings here and there. But unlike other slashers, there is something BESIDES killing. There is a story, and a slight romance building up. Speaking of that romance, I couldn't help but smile very widely when Angela first spoke to the boy. from that moment onwards, I rather liked Angela. She made me happy, and all those nasty campers who made fun of her just pissed me off royally. Ok, so... yeah >_< this is incoherent. The effects were good, for the deaths that is - some of the best I have seen, or at least better then those in Friday the 13th. I was expecially impressed by the still-boiling skin, and the bee-attack victims. How the bubbles still popped actively on his face, and how utterly nasty those bee stings looked. I was glad the entire movie wasn't a string of murders, very happy. If it was that, I would have gotten bored - fast. Like I said before. The acting was subpar, and sometimes felt like a school production the way certain lines were delivered. And did anyone notice how homoerotic this film was? There was barely any female skin at all, but a whole lot of man. Yes, a whole lot. I think we saw every camper minus their shirts, except for the muscular councellor, but he wore revealing things anyway. So yeah, I'd reccomend this film. If you love slashers, or hate them - this might be a film that changes your mind. I'm not sure if I should go ahead and watch the sequels, heard they were bad... and I don't want to ruin my fond memory of this title.
Next up in the marathon - Dead Birds :)
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