I first saw Sleepaway Camp some months ago, and it was okay at first, but i just saw Psycho, and i found something wrong. but i'll get to that later. Robert Hiltzik's Sleepaway Camp was nothing more than homosexual content peppered with super evil bitches and bad acting. the scene in the beginning with the 2 teenagers on the speedboat was the dumbest scene i've ever seen in a horror film, as it was also hilarious. the character Aunt Martha was annoying as much as she was creepy. what kind of psychotic idiot would deliberately turn her own nephew into a girl??!!! if my aunt was like that, i'd secretly remove her from the family tree. felissa rose does a decent performance as "Angela", the main character/villain, Johnathan Tiersten does okay acting too, but the rest of the acting is atrocious. it's like the characters knew they were in a movie, but were trying to cover it up with cheap cliché dramatics. the ending was just unnecessary, and was really creepy. the music in the background was amazing, but it was ruined by the moans coming from Angela, which was the loudest sound in that scene. and now onto the rip off conflict. people say that the only way this film has a similarity to Psycho is meg's death in the shower, and the film rips off Friday the 13th in every way possible. that is incorrect. SC and F13 had very few similarities. the only thing they had in common was that it took place at a sleepaway camp, and that someone was going around murdering campers and counsellors. but here are ten things that SC stole from 'Psycho'.
1. The killers in both films were dressed up as the opposite sex for a majority of the films.
2. there are scenes in both films where a woman is brutally killed in a shower.
3. Both killers had maniacal "mothers".
4. Both films have an eery "who-done-it" theme.
5. both films end with a shot of the killer, with their faces twisted into a creepy and intimidating "smile".
6. SC and Psycho both take place over the course of 2-3 weeks, where as the events in Friday the 13th only occur in one day.
7. It was the killer's mothers who drove them into insanity and murder.
8. There are scenes in both films where a body is disposed of in a lake/swamp, and is eventually retrieved by the authorities.
9. Both killers were orphans.
and finally...
10. Both killers could imitate the voice of a woman/girl.
So basically, SC was rip off of Psycho more than it was a rip off of Friday the 13th. if you want to see this movie and you already saw PSYCHO, watch the film carefully, and you will find the similarities.
My rating: 3/10
1. The killers in both films were dressed up as the opposite sex for a majority of the films.
2. there are scenes in both films where a woman is brutally killed in a shower.
3. Both killers had maniacal "mothers".
4. Both films have an eery "who-done-it" theme.
5. both films end with a shot of the killer, with their faces twisted into a creepy and intimidating "smile".
6. SC and Psycho both take place over the course of 2-3 weeks, where as the events in Friday the 13th only occur in one day.
7. It was the killer's mothers who drove them into insanity and murder.
8. There are scenes in both films where a body is disposed of in a lake/swamp, and is eventually retrieved by the authorities.
9. Both killers were orphans.
and finally...
10. Both killers could imitate the voice of a woman/girl.
So basically, SC was rip off of Psycho more than it was a rip off of Friday the 13th. if you want to see this movie and you already saw PSYCHO, watch the film carefully, and you will find the similarities.
My rating: 3/10