32 of 35 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A Beautifully Disgusting Box Set-Sleepaway Camp Survival Kit, May 20, 2004
This review is from: Sleepaway Camp: Survival Kit (DVD)
Well... Anchor Bay has done it again! This very cool box set of the cult classics - The Sleepaway Camp Trilogy has a cute "first aid" motif with bloody handprints on the slipcover. The red paint used on the slipcover for the blood actually FEELS STICKY, like real blood! Open the slipcover up and you have pictures of first aid items like band-aids, first aid cream, gauze, antiseptic wipes and the like with the DVD's right inside. Utter PACKAGING GENIUS!
Also included is a "Sleepaway Camp Diary" that gives the history of all three films and includes addresses for cool Sleepaway Camp fan websites.
All three of the features are presented in widescreen with audio commentaries, still galleries, theatrical trailers, outtakes, behind the scenes, deleted scenes and MUCH, MUCH GORE!!!
You won't believe the odd cast list in these fun movies! The first installment has a group of total unknowns with Felissa Rose as the shy, teenaged Angela. In the second and third installments Pam Springsteen (Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen's little sis) takes over the challenging, over the top role of Angela. Also in the cast are Tracy Griffith (Melanie Griffith's sister)who plays "Marcia", Renee Estevez (sister of Emilio Estevez & Charlie Sheen)as "Molly" and even an Academy Award Nominee in Michael J. Pollard (Bonnie & Clyde, 1967)as a lusty "Herman"!!!
The names of the characters are references to the pop culture for the times, with names purposefully taken from "The Brady Bunch", "The Munsters" and "West Side Story".
The real star in these three pics, however, is the special effects! Great stuff, even compared to present day F/X. The soundtrack to Sleepaway Camp II, "Unhappy Campers" has the likes of Anvil, Obsession, and even the Dead Milkmen!
Sleepaway Camp III, "Teenage Wasteland" is a very bold and different teen slasher movie as most of the "slashing, hacking, stabbing and the like" is done in the middle of the afternoon with the bright sunshine of Camp Sleepaway making the blood run "redder than ever"!
If you enjoy The Friday The 13th series, "Slumber Party Massacre" films, "Halloween" movies, or other slasher movies in this genre, you will ABSOLUTELY LOVE Sleepaway Camp as it is really in a genre of it's OWN (don't wanna give away Angela's REALLY BIG SECRET, you know)!
Happy Watching and KEEP ON CAMPIN'!!!
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21 of 23 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Don't read the back of the box!!!, August 7, 2003
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This review is from: Sleepaway Camp: Survival Kit (DVD)
For goodness sake, don't read the back of the box when you get this... it gives away the big secret of the first movie. I have no idea why they would do this. There ARE people who are interested in this, but never saw it, ya know?? I heard so many good things about this movie, especially about how there was a surprise ending, so I got the box set. Well, the first thing I did was read the back of the box... you wouldn't think they would give away the MAIN secret on the back of the freaking box, but they did. This was a really good, cheesy, 80's slasher film... with a surprise twist at the end... oh, did I mention though, that it is ruined by reading the back of the box??? I still really enjoyed the movie, even with the end being ruined for me, by the damn box it comes in. Soooo... take it from me... DO NOT read the back of this box before you watch the first movie. REALLY!!! It ruined what could have been such a freaking cool ending. In fact, during the whole movie, I felt I knew what was going on, but I thought, naaaa... surely that can't be it... they wouldn't say it on the back of the box... but yep... they sure did!! DON'T READ THE BACK OF THE BOX BEFORE YOU WATCH THIS MOVIE!!!! I really can't stress that enough.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Sleepaway Camp Series Review!, July 29, 2003
This review is from: Sleepaway Camp: Survival Kit (DVD)
I make it the point in my DVD reviews to make the review more about what the DVD offers than what it is to review the movie. When I shop for DVD's, I often already own the VHS and am looking for lots of extra features.
In the case of this latest box set from Anchor Bay, you really can't ask for more. All three movies with bonus commentary and tons of added features not to mention a "survival guide" and bonus DVD in a deluxe package edition. How can you ask for more?
To be honest, I had only seen bits & pieces of the first "Sleepaway" when I purchased this boxed set but when I was done watching all three, I felt more than pleased with my purchase. All three movies are cheesy B-horror flicks similiar to that of FRIDAY THE 13TH. Admittingly, I was more partial to the two sequels with Pam Springsteen but the ending of the first film was just crazy. If you are a cult horror fan, this set is easily worth adding to your DVD collection.
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