
Sleepaway Camp
Taste attributes: horrordetectiveslowunsavouryheavyimaginarygrittyenclosedemotive & stirringfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalrescue/escape/jeopardyself destruction/implosion
"…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
Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: very dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
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
Directed by
- Robert Hiltzik
Cast
Details
- Genre
- Horror
- Year
- 1983
- Runtime
- 85 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- American Eagle
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.











