Allan C
SPOILER ALERT if you haven’t seen the first film. The gender-swap slasher Angela returns as a camp counselor and is now played by Bruce Springsteen’s little sister. The first film had a fantastic zinger reveal at the end, long before THE CRYING GAME, where the killer, Angela, turned out to be the boy from the flashback earlier in the film. This sequel can’t repeat that same surprise ending, so the filmmakers wisely acknowledge the truth about “Angela” from the start and, this time, lean much more into comedy. The main plot line is that Angela is enforcing her Puritanical expectations on all the other counselors, so anyone smoking dope or having sex is going to get violently killed. The slasher film kills are creative and mostly done for laughs. The promiscuous Ally has the grosses kill involving an outhouse, and I loved it! The actress who played Ally, Valeria Harman, gives the standout performance of the film, but when I looked her up, she only ever did this film, an episode of CHEERS episode, and a small part in some erotic thriller I’d never heard of, so that was kind of disappointing. The film’s light tone is really its strength. Also, all of the gratuitous nudity (and I mean gratuitous with a capital G!) certainly helped hold my interest as well. The film also has a funny nod to other teen films of this era by naming all the campers after 80s Brat Pack actors (Molly, Ally, Rob, Demi, Lea, Brooke, Charlie, Emilio, etc.). Overall, SLEEPAWAY CAMP II has no pretensions that it’s a serious horror film and delivers solid kills and comedy.
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
11/30/24
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Cluedo
Was a good sequel to the first one but it didnt have the same feeling to the end.
It was fun to watch but that was it.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
10/29/23
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KerryWhite's S
6/10. 65/100. | I have a feeling this will be a sort of guilty pleasure of mine now 🤔
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Rated 3 out of 5 stars
10/29/23
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Ariana C
So ridiculous, what was the cherry on top of a bad movie was the slowed down clips of her singing. They definitely thought this would blow up like the first movie.
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Rated 1 out of 5 stars
10/21/23
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Raiodesol S
The expectation following the first movie can be very decisive to a viewers opinion on this movie.
If you watched the first movie and you're expecting something similar, this movie can be a complete let down.
But if you're watching just to know what a sequel to the original Sleepaway Camp would look like, then you're probably in for a fun (and filled with nudity) movie.
The only thing you have to know is: no, there's no impactful and horrifying scene in this one.
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Rated 2 out of 5 stars
11/07/23
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Lenin P
It really shouldn't be this good, but it definitely was.
It felt like it had an extremely high kill count. At one point in the movie, I was literally saying to myself, damn.
Angela somehow finds herself back at camp, and you know what happens next. At first I thought she had a code that she would go by before deciding to kill, but I was wrong. She just kills at random, whenever the mood strikes. It struck her a lot in this film.
I love how she just kills so casually and in a nonchalant way. She acts so normal about it, a real psychopath if you ask me.
It's your usual step up of kids at camp, and all the accompanying shenanigans. So the plot, and everything else doesn't matter here. The people were pretty cool and somewhat relatable. I like the vibe I got from the actors in this one. What matters most are the kills.
In this film my three favorite kills are as follows. First, was the mutilation of the girl with a power drill while in a car. The girl literally asks Angela, "what are you looking for, a gun?" She replies, no a drill and kills her. The blood splatter was really well done here, and her facial expression made it comical even.
My second favorite kill, was when she lured the girl to the abandoned cabin, stabbed her in the back a few times and suffocated her in the porta potty. It was disgusting to watch and I could almost smell it through my TV. A really interesting and memorable kill, that's for sure.
My third favorite kill was really simple in all honesty. But it felt really freaking painful. It was when she threw battery acid on the guys face inside the abandoned cabin. Simple and effective, but oh so deadly.
I like how they paid homage to Jason Voorhess, Freddy Krueger, and Leatherface. Given the time period, it was a very appropriate thing to do. It was a nice touch.
All in all, this follow was an amazing follow up to the classic original. In my eyes, this too is also a classic. So much fun, and so much blood.
I highly recommend this to anyone who wants to sit back and watch a movie where they don't really need to think. Just plain ole fun and guts.
This gets a LennyReviewz Score of: 9/10
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Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
02/24/23
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