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 Released: 1988
Don�t be fooled by the poster shot of �Sleepaway Camp 2;� it actually has nothing to do with �A Nightmare on Elm Street� or �Friday the 13th.� Even with its tagline to support this contradiction, growing up I always thought this movie was some early version of Freddy vs. Jason, but that was before I familiarized myself with the entire �Sleepaway Camp� franchise. Writer Fritz Gordon and Director Michael A. Simpson dish out quite the paradox in this installment. Several years after the atrocities at Camp Arawak, a new consoler named Angela Johnson seems to be the only happy camper at Camp Rolling Hills. All the other campers experience angst and sorrow from her conservative, over-bearing rules. (Now, that�s a badge honoring pop �80s attitudes if I�ve even seen one.) She, however, plans to do something about it�with neighborly comfort and sweet little pep talks. But when the campers get a smidge out of control, Angela�s uncontrollable addiction to kill begins to surface. Remind you of anybody? Within a matter of days, the camp is polished clean in a guise-Friday the 13th style, with the exception of one teen sweetie named Molly. Will Molly be able to �cry� some sense into Angela�s �checkered� head, or will she become part of Camp Rolling Hills� bloody history? In the 80s, it was typical for bad movies to spawn from their independent predecessors, just check out the �Slumber Party Massacre� series. I�d lying if I didn�t tell you that �Sleepaway Camp� shared a similar fate, but in terms of sticking to Angela�s original character and original story, the filmmakers did a good job. Too bad �Slumber Party Massacre� didn�t have such luck.
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