Very rarely do I just not finish watching a movie. We shut Return to Sleepaway Camp off half way through. I don't intend on ever slogging thorough the latter half. Since I didn't complete the film, I thought, who am I to blog about it. Well, here I sit, blogging about it.I can't say I have a venomous distaste for RTSC. It's a joke. The film never took itself seriously. The tone is too silly to allow one to hate it. The acting was terrible. The dialogue is goofy. The "plot" is thin and I'm pretty sure we figured out the "spoiler" by the time we shut it off. Sure, it elicited a few chuckles, but again I say, the whole film is a joke. If you watch it, you will laugh at it.
I have heard people say that RTSC contains one of the most annoying characters in horror film history. That would be the character of Alan. You will spot him instantly and yes he is awful. You will most likely want him to die. I don't think that's something to be proud of but this film doesn't have much else going for it. I can't even say this movie is a vehicle to deliver a cornucopia of awesome camp kills. Like I said, we got half way through and only 2 people had died. It wasn't even anything to write home about.
If you want my opinion, Return to Sleepaway Camp is a total waste of time. It's filled with kids who are way too old to be at camp, and I didn't even see any nudity. If this film got awesome in the second half, let me know and I may try again. But as of now, I am happy to have that 40 minutes of my life.
4 comments:
The film is many things, but "way too long" is probably its chief flaw. You probably got about five minutes away from the killfest, but honestly, it's probably not worth heading back in. I'm guessing you spotted the "twist" already. I actually don't think it's that much worse than the rest of the Sleepaway Camp trilogy, but the others didn't try quite as aggressively to be so bad. They just were, which gave them charm.
My friend watched the whole thing. He's still in a padded cell.
oh thank god!! I thought I was the only person that hated this movie. The second half is, if anything, worse than the first. The movie's biggest crime is Alan is never killed. No one deserved death more than that fucker.
Like Martyrs, this film has divided horror fans across the globe! I will check it out eventually, but I'm in no rush and my expectations are pretty low to say the least, so I may like it for what it is.
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