Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)
Psychotic Angela is itching to do what she does best: slaughter dozens of teenage campers. As luck would have it, the previous site of her murders has been renamed and converted into an experimental summer camp meant to bring together privileged and lower-class teens. On the day the youths are boarding the buses to camp, Angela runs over a potential camper with a garbage truck and assumes her identity. Once she has infiltrated the camp, the real terror begins.
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Too much of everything
A movie that not only functions as a solid scarefest but a razor-sharp satire.
The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one
The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.
If you ignore the fact that the busiest serial killer in the world has no problem putting on a pair of sunglasses and going back to the camp where she killed dozens of people, you will enjoy this movie. The premise isn't any sillier than the Friday The 13th movies and people seem to love those. At one point Angela fishes a hockey mask out of the lake and then asks what day it is. Wouldn't you know it's Saturday the 14th! I almost laughed. Once again, Angela manages to kill everyone at camp without arousing anyone's suspicion. It's the same plot as the first two movies but it still works. If you saw the first two, you have to see this.
*Sigh* The SLEEPAWAY CAMP series might very well be the worst in the slasher genre. The first one set the standard by having a (spoiler alert) little boy dressed as a girl who kills people... including other kids. The camp counselors were all sex offenders of one degree or another. And the ending was shocking beyond all belief, but not in a good way. It left one feeling grossed out and in need of a shower. PART 2 featured a wise cracking Pamela Springsteen dispatching 18 or so teens. Ho-hum. But of the original three, it was closest to being the best. PART 3: TEENAGE WASTELAND. The camp from the original has changed names twice now, but Angela keeps coming back to kill... and maim... and kill again. This time, they didn't even bother with a plot. Angela just goes around and kills again... and again... and AGAIN... AND AGAIN!!! It's mind-boggling when even the deaths feel like run-of-the-mill. Halfway through, you're guaranteed to lose interest... and possibly brain cells, consciousness, and any semblance of dignity. Do I make myself clear? STAY. CLEAR. OF. SLEEPAWAY. CAMP!!!
Angela Baker(Pamela Springsteen),the crazed killer, returns to the woods reinventing herself at Sleepaway Camp, now called Camp New Horizons. Posing as a mild mannered camper, Angela observes the participants at the revamped retreat. A gathering of teens, some well-to-do trying not to snob the less fortunate. Really doesn't matter to Angela, she just waits for someone to do something real stupid and simply kills them in various inventive ways. A lazy old bag named Lilly(Sandra Dorsey), runs the camp for good publicity and the money of course. And at her every whim and request, is horny old dirt ball Herman(Michael J. Pollard). The real dimwit is Snowboy(Kyle Holman); and you know that Miss Baker really wants her hands on him.If you like camp movies and crave horror as a relaxation; you'll probably find this actually may be the best escape of the trilogy. Springsteen is smooth and fantastic, and makes this flick so easy and fun to watch. Other actors could have put forth more energy; but it is what it is. Gory and bloody, yes. Disturbing sequences and sexual content, yes. But its fun. Also in the cast: Daryl Wilcher, Randi Layne, Mark Oliver and Kashina Kessler.
Production of the second sequel to 1983's surprisingly good slasher Sleepaway Camp began immediately after production finished on the first sequel, and sees director Michael A. Simpson, writer Fritz Gordon and star Pamela Springsteen reunited. Sleepaway Camp 2 took me by surprise; not being a fan of the slasher genre in general, I didn't go into it with high hopes; but found it to be a very fun and worthwhile entry into the overpopulated slasher genre. This sequel is at least as good as the second part; if not slightly better! The plot is somewhat more unbelievable...but who cares? We once again focus on homicidal transsexual Angela Baker. She's not given up on her life mission of murdering kids that go to camp, and thus the opening of Camp New Horizons; on the same site where she murdered a bunch of kids a year earlier, does not escape her attention. Angela manages to secure the identity of one of the kids due at camp; and doesn't waste any time upon her arrival as she immediately gets to work dispatching her fellow campers.Undoubtedly the main reason why the two Sleepaway Camp sequels work so well is due to the lead performance from Pamela Springsteen. Obviously, it's not exactly a heavyweight role; but Springsteen takes to it with relish and actually manages to be somewhat believable in the role. She's very entertaining too - her voice and demeanour are often captivating. The most important thing for a lot of people going into slashers will be the kill scenes; and this one isn't a let down in that respect; as Angela utilises a variety of weapons to dispatch her victims - the best of which include a flag pole, a lawnmower and a rap tape! The body count is nothing to sniff at, either. The film puts together a good support cast too; the idea of the camp bringing together rich kids and poor kids is put to good use with an assortment of interesting and amusing characters. It all boils down to a suitably amusing ending and while this film is not exactly life changing; it does represent a good fun time and I'm sure it will be enjoyed by anyone that liked the earlier films in the series.