A Disappointing Continuation

I have absolutely never seen anything like this movie before. You have to see this movie.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

"Sleepaway Camp III" was shot back to back with "Sleepaway Camp II" and released straight to video a year later. As a money saving measure, both movies were shot on the same sets. The movie barely attempts to disguise this and, instead, thinks of a clever way to write around it. A pair of greedy, would-be entrepreneurs have bought Camp Rolling Hills, two years after Angela's massacre. They have rebuilt the camp into Camp New Horizon, where teens of rich families can mingle with poor, troubled youths. Angela returns to the scene of the crime, assuming a new identity, before the badly behaved tenants force her to kill again. "Sleepaway Camp III" is cheap but at least it's creatively cheap."Sleepaway Camp II" was a fairly subtle satire of eighties pop culture, eviscerating the icons of the day while gently poking fun at the rules of the slasher subgenre. Part three, meanwhile, attempts a muddled sociological message. The rich kids at Camp Rolling Hill are rotten to the core, displaying greedy, selfish behavior. The kids from the ghetto, meanwhile, are violent and unintelligent. Even the owners of the camp, winkingly named Herman and Lily, are corrupt. Herman attempts to screw his teenage tenants while Lily is a lay-about that uses the campers as a private workforce. Angela is a force of weird justice, slicing through both social stratas, deeming all unworthy.Instead of naming the victims after the Brat Pack, Michael Simpson and Fritz Gordon name the fodder after "Brady Bunch" and "West Side Story" characters. The flick intentionally recalls "West Side" with its two survivors. Marcia is from the nice side of the tracks. She strikes up a romance with Tony, a Hispanic kid from such a town that he considers being a gang member no big deal. Their attraction isn't love. Both characters admit they're just horny. Yet their relationship is the film's best implication that there is hope for the future, that different social groups can find a peaceful middle ground.Which brings us to the increasingly peculiar character of Angela. In part two, an incongruent perkiness separated Angela from the slasher pack while a barely glimpsed inner-sadness made her a deeper character. In part three, Angela is more low-key. She pretends to be a nasty kid in order to make it into the camp. Amusingly, Angela is as bad at pretending to be a street kid as you'd expect, especially when she enthusiastically proclaims her love for the Happy Campers song. In the last flick, Angela at killed those that violated her personal moral code. There's elements of that here too. However, Angela seems to be killing this time mostly because her victims aren't nice. When dropping a rich brat from a flagpole, she calls her a "fornicator." But only after criticizing her for being a cheerleader and racist first. Angela has become bitter. As the film makes obvious, it's from heartbreak. While exploring the room that used to be the main cabin, Angela flashes back to the previous film. In an extended scene, she expresses how important camp is, how it's about being accepted for who she is. No wonder she's sad and angry. The world has continuously disappointed her.While it tries, "Sleepaway Camp III" ultimately feels like the quickie sequel it is. While the cast is about the same size, the characters are nowhere near as developed. The bad kids are designated a stereotypic behavior. Riff blares his ghetto blaster. Cindy is an entitled rich witch. Snowboy spray-paints. Peter likes firecrackers. Ahab is a tough girl. Jan sleeps around. George is the football star that is secretly into kinky sex, probably the funniest of the lot, especially when he tries to put the moves on Angela. Some of the kids don't even get that much, as Greg and Anita are without any defining features. That the movie was written quickly is evident in its plot construction. After a somewhat sluggish first hour, where Angela separates teens from the group as to kill them, she spends the last half-hour cleaving through the remaining cast. Fritz Gordon's previous script transcended the time limit but it's clear the deadline got to him on this one.Part II also featured some creative, graphic kills. Unfortunately, the MPAA came down hard on "Teenage Wasteland." What Angela does to her victims can't compare to what the censors did to the death scenes. Before a head smashes on impact or a face is chopped up in a mower, the camera abruptly cuts away. A decapitation is neutered when the punch line, Angela kicking the head, is cut out. A Jeep tears arms off which is awkwardly cropped out of frame. Far too many of the death scenes are Angela hitting her victim with sticks, which is not the most cinematic violence. At least the movie doesn't skimp on the T&A, as the audience is greeted to nine spectacular breasts. (Even if the sole sex scenes features Michael J. Pollard. Did I mention Michael J. Pollard? He's in this.) The third film ends on an ambiguous note, one that ultimately defines the film. As Marcia tries to escape, Angela is fatally wounded. While driven off in an ambulance, she raises long enough to kill the paramedic and cop. When the driver asks what's going on, Angela says she's "taking care of business," a slight reservation in her voice. Killing bad people in a world destined to disappoint her is Angeal's job now. She doesn't take much joy in it. Though I love Pamela Springsteen, her delivery here is tired, especially the hilarious sleepy rap she performs. The whole movie is tired. It's not as funny or satisfying as the previous sequel. However, I'll enjoy any movie that has Pam stirring up trouble. Given more time, this probably would have been a classic on the level of part two. As it is, it's still entertaining.

"Sleepaway Camp III" is pretty much exactly the same movie as "Sleepaway II", but on the other hand it's more like the backwash of its predecessor. This makes sense, given that both sequels were shot back to back. The structure of the movie is very similar (i.e. none), but this time around there are just so many shortcuts taken when it comes to the writing. Given that Angela Baker is hardly Jason Voorhees her murders have to be based around the element of surprise or clever manipulations, but for the most part the screenwriter just couldn't be bothered with writing either of those. So we see Angela merely walking up to a guy and somehow beating him to death with a branch, even though she strikes with the power of a six-year-old. Another victim dies because she's dropped from a flagpole and for some reason tries to break the fall with her head. One guy even gets shot, a slasher can't get much lamer than that. Oh, and then there are the "trust games". God knows what those are supposed to be, but they conveniently all involve someone to be blindfolded and tied up. Giving Angela a vengeful nemesis (much like in "Friday The 13th: Final Chapter) is an interesting addition, but in the end absolutely nothing is done with it (also much like in "Friday the 13th: Final Chapter", come to think about it). I didn't hate this movie, but I did like it less than the much less forced part II.

I found this a bit more fun then second movie, as it way to funny for it own good and jokes were really good in this movie, I kept laughing at some parts of the Dark humour.Both sequels to sleepaway camp have some good part in movies, they don't have the same feel anything like first .I found the death scene build up were really good but had some tension i hated the fact there was not one death scene was on screen, which was huge letdown as they could of be done really well.The acting this movie from everyone in cast was cheesy as you can get and ending was nothing boring dull and predicable. 5 out of 10 for both sequels

Production of the second sequel to 1983's surprisingly good slasher Sleepaway Camp began immediately after production finished on the first sequel, and sees director Michael A. Simpson, writer Fritz Gordon and star Pamela Springsteen reunited. Sleepaway Camp 2 took me by surprise; not being a fan of the slasher genre in general, I didn't go into it with high hopes; but found it to be a very fun and worthwhile entry into the overpopulated slasher genre. This sequel is at least as good as the second part; if not slightly better! The plot is somewhat more unbelievable...but who cares? We once again focus on homicidal transsexual Angela Baker. She's not given up on her life mission of murdering kids that go to camp, and thus the opening of Camp New Horizons; on the same site where she murdered a bunch of kids a year earlier, does not escape her attention. Angela manages to secure the identity of one of the kids due at camp; and doesn't waste any time upon her arrival as she immediately gets to work dispatching her fellow campers.Undoubtedly the main reason why the two Sleepaway Camp sequels work so well is due to the lead performance from Pamela Springsteen. Obviously, it's not exactly a heavyweight role; but Springsteen takes to it with relish and actually manages to be somewhat believable in the role. She's very entertaining too - her voice and demeanour are often captivating. The most important thing for a lot of people going into slashers will be the kill scenes; and this one isn't a let down in that respect; as Angela utilises a variety of weapons to dispatch her victims - the best of which include a flag pole, a lawnmower and a rap tape! The body count is nothing to sniff at, either. The film puts together a good support cast too; the idea of the camp bringing together rich kids and poor kids is put to good use with an assortment of interesting and amusing characters. It all boils down to a suitably amusing ending and while this film is not exactly life changing; it does represent a good fun time and I'm sure it will be enjoyed by anyone that liked the earlier films in the series.