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Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers poster
Directed by
Michael A. Simpson
Genre
comedy horror, slasher film, teen film, LGBTQ-related film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 20m
Rated
R
Rating
5.8 of 10 from 327 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A serial killer named Angela Baker works as a camp counselor and murders teenagers who break the rules. The movie has a lot of dark humor and makes fun of other horror films.

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What happens

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers is a 1988 American slasher film directed by Michael A. Simpson, written by Fritz Gordon, and starring Pamela Springsteen and Renée Estevez. The second installment in the Sleepaway Camp film series, it takes place five years after the events of the original, and features serial killer Angela Baker, working as a counselor, murdering misbehaving teenagers at another summer camp. Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers features prominent elements of black comedy and references various horror franchises, such as Friday the 13th, A Nightmare on Elm Street, and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre. It was followed by a direct sequel, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989), one year later. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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