Return to Sleepaway Camp
Return to Sleepaway Camp

Return to Sleepaway Camp

2008Movie86 minEnglish

When campers and staff at Camp Manabe mysteriously begin disappearing and turning into gruesome corpses, paranoid Ronnie can't shake the memory of a series of grisly murders that took place at Camp Arawak two decades earlier.

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IMDb3.5/10
Director: Dustin FergusonGenres: Horror, Slasher

Plot Summary

A group of teenagers attending a summer camp become the victims of a series of brutal murders. As the body count rises, it becomes clear that a vengeful killer is stalking the grounds, picking them off one by one. The remaining survivors must race against time to uncover the killer's identity and escape the deadly camp before they all meet the same gruesome fate.

Critical Reception

Return to Sleepaway Camp was met with overwhelmingly negative reviews from critics and audiences alike. It is largely considered a low-budget, poorly executed slasher film that fails to capture the spirit of its predecessors or offer anything new to the genre. The film is often cited for its uninspired plot, weak performances, and excessive gore.

What Reviewers Say

  • Widely panned for its unoriginality and poor production values.
  • Criticized for gratuitous gore with little substance.
  • Seen as a pale imitation of classic slasher films.

Google audience: Google users generally express disappointment with the film, citing a lack of compelling story and weak acting. Many feel it is a forgettable entry in the horror genre.

Fun Fact

Despite being titled 'Return to Sleepaway Camp,' this film is not an official sequel to the original 'Sleepaway Camp' (1983) or its immediate sequels, and was made independently without the involvement of the original creative team. It was released directly to DVD.

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Wuchak

Wuchak

**_The writer/director of the first film returns for an unpleasant sequel_** This was shot in Sept-Nov 2003, 21 years after the original movie was filmed, yet it took five years to add special effects and get distribution, which explains...