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Sleepaway Camp (REGION 1) (NTSC)
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This 'B' movie deserves an A+
Review date: 2005-09-16 Rating: 10 out of 10
Sleepaway Camp (1, 2 and 3) are truly fantastic horror films; made in an era when awful acting and predictably endemic storylines did not serve to reduce appeal, but rather exacerbate power. A golden age of filmmaking when expensive special effects were - rightfully - superseded by mindless violence, indiscriminate nudity, and unparalleled scenes of unrealistic gore! If such conventions are what tickles your fancy, then the Sleepaway Camp Survival Kit will no doubt leave you feeling strangely fulfilled. I can readily recall my desire to acquire this trilogy; and the ensuing satisfaction that infused my very core whence I finally did. Sleepaway Camp - following in a similar vein of though to horror/slasher films such as Psycho and The Texas Chainsaw Massacre - deals with the prevalent theme of gender distress, by way of the character Angela, who has an unfortunate habit of killing fellow campers who she/he deems to be immoral in someway. Oh yes... as any fan of the horror genre would justifiably predict; sexual promiscuity is treated with unprecedented contempt... wherein fleshly transgressions are neutralised by the hammer of dismemberment and death! However, for me personally Angela's somatic status is the icing on an already mouth-watering cake, as far from simply connoting feminine qualities - as with Norman Bates and Leatherface - Angela's once Male body has been medically castrated and reconstituted as female; in turn actualising his/her hidden status, as opposed to merely feigning its materiality by way of symbols... Oh yes... Hitchcock would be proud, for this particular Norman Bates no longer requires a maternal cadaver, as she/he is that which could once only exist through the internalisation of an external figure - the mother. Herein, Angela is the perfect slasher killer per excellence, who is allowed to thrive throughout all three of the Sleepaway Camp films, by way of their gripping, interesting, perplexing, and predictable storylines! To discuss each film in any depth would be to do them all an injustice, as you and I already know how they go - teenagers go to camp; Angel murders them all in bizarre and creative ways; credits (my apologies to those of you who already feel I have given away far too much of the plot). Thus, if you wish to purchase a piece of history that will walk you through an unquestionably classic epoch of filmmaking, the Sleepaway Camp Survival Kit is a 'must have' for all slasher film fans. I promise with this acquisition, you too will be a very 'happy camper'.
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Product Details/Specifications
Actor(s):
Mike Kellin
Jonathan Tiersten
Karen Fields
Felissa Rose
Christopher Collet
Creators:
Felissa Rose (Primary Contributor)
Jonathan Tiersten (Primary Contributor)
Michael A. Simpson (Producer)
Robert Hiltzik (Writer)
Jerry Silva (Producer)
Krishna Shah (Producer)
Michele Tatosian (Producer)
Fritz Gordon (Writer)
Director(s):
Recording label: Anchor Bay
Manufacturer: Anchor Bay
EAN: 0013131207491
Binding: DVD
Number of items: 3
Format: Box set, Colour, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen,
Release date: 2002-08-20
Universal product code (UPC): 013131207491
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Region code: 1
Running time: 243 minutes
Theatrical release date: 1988-10
Language: English (Original Language)