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Sleepaway Camp is a american film of genre Thriller directed by Robert Hiltzik released in USA on 18 november 1983 with Mike Kellin
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 18 november 1983
Length 1h27
Directed by Robert Hiltzik
OriginUSA
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, Serial killer films, Road movies, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Rating62%
Sleepaway Camp (also marketed on VHS as Nightmare Vacation) is an American 1983 exploitation slasher film written and directed by Robert Hiltzik, who also served as executive producer. The film tells about a young girl and her cousin sent to a summer camp, where a group of killings begins shortly after their arrival. The film came at a time when slasher films were in their heyday, and is largely known for its twist ending, which is considered by some to be one of the most shocking endings among horror films. Sleepaway Camp is also notable as the last movie of Tony-nominee Mike Kellin, and as the film debut of Christopher Collet.
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In 1975, John Baker and his lover, Lenny, take John's children Angela and Peter on a boating trip. After the boat capsizes, John and the children attempt to swim ashore where Lenny is waiting for them, but they swim into the path of a reckless motorboat driver and are struck. We see that John and Peter are killed.Actors
Mike Kellin
(Mel)
Jonathan Tiersten
(Ricky)
Katherine Kamhi
(Meg)
Felissa Rose
(Angela)
Christopher Collet
(Paul)
Robert Earl Jones
(Ben)
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