Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988)

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

It's fun, it's light, [but] it has a hard time when its tries to get heavy.

It is an exhilarating, distressing, funny and profound film, with one of the more memorable film scores in years,

One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

I enjoyed the novelty of the original Sleepaway Camp, but the even the upped-campiness of this sequel can't make up for the persistent mediocrity. The idea was fun, but it came off a little drier than intended.

Out of all the Sleepaway Camp movies, this is definitely my favorite. Also if i had a 10 favorite movies ever, this would definitely be on that list! This movie is just totally fun and awesome! It starts out with showing what new Angela is like, and gives an awesome rock song giving a feel of what kinda movie this is! They did good with all the characters, and i really rooted for Molly, the good girl, and that guy she liked. And when they die most of them are shown to die for being a bad camper, which i like. And the deaths are really creative and great! I think Angela was great in this and i don't think she is annoying like most people say, I think she awesome and has great one liners when she kill someone! One of my favorite scenes is when those teens are dressed as Freddy and Jason, and Angela kills them as Letherface. One more thing, i think the happy campers song was perfect for this movie, loved it. So overall this is a very fun slasher film, i love this movie its awesome!

NOT ME! Personally, I have nothing against camping. I just prefer sleeping in a nice tastefully-furnished room. The thought of being on the ground with creepy crawlies and lions and tigers and bears... oh my! If that's not bad enough, you've also gotta look out for a crazy guy in a hockey mask. And if not him, then maybe the wise-cracking sister of a rock star! SLEEPAWAY CAMP was a disturbing, disgusting, thoroughly atrocious mess. SLEEPAWAY CAMP II is only slightly better. In this one, the killer from the first film has undergone various therapies and sexual realignment surgery. Declared sane, he is now a she. Meet Angela (played by Pamela Springsteen). She's a happy camper. And she'd like everyone else to be, too. However, all the teens want to do is drink, toke up, and fool around with each other. Before you know it, Angela's "sending teens home". Some of the deaths are pretty imaginative. And there's plenty of T&A, but the film is just barely watchable. This film is also notable for featuring not only Springsteen's sister, but also one of the Estevez clan: Renee. Apart from that, this film isn't worth whatever it cost to make it. And it's not really worth your valuable time. Unless you ABSOLUTELY, POSITIVELY, HAVE to see every film in existence. If so, bring your sense of humor and maybe a keg of beer along!

I recommend avoiding Sleepaway Camp's initial sequels no matter how much you loved the original. Forget they were ever made because this and part three have no resemblance to the first one. They aren't even enjoyable movies in their own rights, they're just plain shallow. The basic premise is this: Angela saying sassy things whilst hacking off campers. I'm the biggest fan of sequels, but does anybody really want to see their slasher villain look into the camera to deliver a corny one-liner whenever they go to off somebody? Its the same formula that led horror icons such as Freddy Krueger and Chucky to become mere parodies of their themselves as their sequels went on. Thankfully, the series creator (who is also the writer/director of part one) had almost nothing to do with these trash sequels. Better still, he created his own direct sequel in 2008, Return to Sleepaway Camp, which is excellent. It ignores the two sequels from the late 80's altogether and you should do the same.