Angela, speaking for the first time and opening herself to Paul, tells him goodnight as well, making him rejoice. After the brawl, Paul befriends Angela and tells her goodnight. When campers Kenny and Mike mock Angela, Ricky and his friend Paul fight them. Camp owner Mel Kostic dismisses it as an accident in order to avoid bad publicity. Later, an unseen figure causes Artie to knock over a pot of boiling water and severely scald himself. Head cook Artie takes Angela to the kitchen pantry, where he attempts to molest her, but is caught by Ricky, who runs out with Angela. Shy, meek and introverted Angela quickly becomes a target for ridicule and bullying, mostly from her bunkmate Judy and their counselor Meg, while Angela's other counselor Susie and the camp's head counselor Ronnie do what they can to help her fit in. Aunt Martha sends Angela to Camp Arawak for the first time, along with Ricky, who had attended the camp before. They attempt to swim ashore where Lenny is waiting for them, but camp counselor Mary Ann recklessly strikes John and Peter with her speedboat, leaving just Angela alive.Įight years later, in 1983, Angela now lives with her eccentric aunt, Dr. Angela and Peter prank their father by capsizing their boat. In summer 1975, John Baker and his partner Lenny take John's children Angela and Peter on a boating trip near Camp Arawak. It was followed by three sequels, Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988), Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989), and Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008). Since its release, the film received a positive critical response and a cult following.
Released during the heyday of slasher movies, the film is known for its infamous twist ending, considered to be one of the genre's most shocking.
It stars Felissa Rose, Katherine Kamhi, Paul DeAngelo, Mike Kellin (in his last screen appearance), and Christopher Collet (in his first).
It is the first film in the Sleepaway Camp film series, and tells the story of a young girl sent to a summer camp that becomes the site of a series of murders shortly after her arrival. Sleepaway Camp (released as Nightmare Vacation in the United Kingdom) is a 1983 American slasher film written and directed by Robert Hiltzik, who also served as executive producer.