Sleepaway Camp
Film198385 min

Sleepaway Camp

Taste attributes: horrordetectiveslowunsavouryheavyimaginarygrittyenclosedemotive & stirringfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosion

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"…you won't be coming home!"

Boxlist takeSerious and unsavoury: an otherworldly horror film, gritty rather than glossy. Best if you like edge over warmth.

Taste details

Quality rating

6.3 /10

TMDB · 422 votes

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What lines up

  • Pace: Slow, just how this profile likes it
  • Setting / scale: Small / confined, just how this profile likes it
  • Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

What might not click

  • Originality: Balanced originality, where this profile leans fresh / original
  • Realism: Imaginary world, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

Slightly disturbed and painfully shy Angela Baker is sent away to summer camp with her cousin. Not long after Angela's arrival, things start to go horribly wrong for anyone with sinister or less than honorable intentions.

Synopsis: TMDB

Taste Attributes

Characteristics

Where this title sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Directed by

  • Robert Hiltzik

Cast

Details

Genre
Horror
Year
1983
Runtime
85 min
Status
Released
Studio
American Eagle
Taste scores
How we score

Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.

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