# Sleepaway Camp (1983)

> At a troubled summer camp, a withdrawn girl becomes the center of a vicious murder mystery whose final revelation permanently unsettles the slasher formula.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/7875

## Facts

- Runtime: 85 min
- Genres: Horror
- Director: Robert Hiltzik
- Cast: Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Paul DeAngelo, Jonathan Tiersten, Felissa Rose, Karen Fields, Christopher Collet, Desiree Gould
- TMDB rating: 6.3/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086320/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: eerie, abrasive, campy, late night horror marathon, cult film night

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- [The Mutilator (1985)](https://ember.film/movie/25707)
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- [The Slumber Party Massacre (1982)](https://ember.film/movie/16558)
- [Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)](https://ember.film/movie/21441)
- [Fear Street: 1978 (2021)](https://ember.film/movie/413991)

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