The defence The Popcorn Loyalist
“Its refusal to behave is the point.”
The strange choices create the kind of friction that follows you out of the theatre and into the argument.
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Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
Comedy · Horror · 1988
Angela Baker escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a sex-obsessed girl to the boys who are peeping Toms -- are murdered by the impostor in various gruesome ways. As more campers go missing, intrepid counselor Molly begins to piece together the truth.
Movie details
Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers
“She's back...”
1988 Comedy · Horror 1h 20m
Critical arithmetic
One number, for now.
Scores change. Arguments endure.
TMDB
5.8 / 10
Community rating
Angela Baker escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a sex-obsessed girl to the boys who are peeping Toms -- are murdered by the impostor in various gruesome ways. As more campers go missing, intrepid counselor Molly begins to piece together the truth.
CriticWise case file
What this film says about your taste.
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The archetype split
Who fights over Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers?
For the defence
The Popcorn Loyalist
“Big screen, big feelings, no apologies.”
Read their case For the prosecution
The Prestige Tourist
“You like your greatness pre-approved.”
Read their objectionThe split comes from the same five-axis model used by the test, not audience ratings or review sentiment.
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Names above the title
The people responsible.
Cast & crew
Directed by
Michael A. Simpson
Written by
Michael Hitchcock · Robert Hiltzik
Pamela Springsteen
Angela Johnson
Renée Estevez
Molly Nagle
T
Tony Higgins
Sean Whitmore
V
Valerie Hartman
Ally Burgess
Brian Patrick Clarke
TC
Walter Gotell
Uncle John
S
Susan Marie Snyder
Mare
Court is in session
Put Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers on trial.
Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.
The prosecution The Prestige Tourist
“Oddness is not depth.”
A film can break every rule and still leave nothing behind but the memory of how hard it tried to be singular.