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| Once again reminding us that there are better movies out there |
After a long hiatus, I have returned. What better way to
start a new year by finishing something I had started last year. It’s time to
cover the final installment in the increasing shit storm know as the Sleepaway
Camp series.
I have to start this review by stating that Angela has one
of the stupidest motives in slasher history, stupider than Michael Myers’ thorn
cult. Her motive is summer camp and not in the way that Jason Voorhees sees
summer camp. She obviously loves bug juice and macrame art so much that she
would kill for it.
Since part 2 and 3 were filmed back to back, the action
takes place at Camp Rolling Rock now rechristened Camp New Horizons. In an
effort to drum up some good publicity, the owner’s are hosting an outreach program
for rich and poor teenagers.
Angela is really devoted to her motive. In the days before
Facebook, she manages to get a hold of the list of the campers. She manages to
find someone who looks enough like her so that she can use her I.D. without
suspicion. She steals a truck in order to kill her and steal her stuff. She
even takes the time to indulge in a little graffiti art.
Let’s condense this film, shall we? Most of the kids are
assholes begging to die. The fact that Angela looks so old is mentioned in increasingly
unfunny jokes. There are random acts of nude scenes and a very uncomfortable
sex scene involving Michael Pollard. I understand that sex scenes are a staple
of slasher films but this was just unpleasant. It was so graphic that one might
have mistaken that scene for a bad porno instead of a bad horror film.
There are a couple of assets that makes this film a little
more likable than its predecessor. One was the introduction of Officer Whitman.
He was mentioned in the previous installment as one of Angela’s arresting
officer and the father of one of her victims. I wish they had actually devoted
more screen time with this instead of offing him so quickly.
I also enjoyed the character of Marcia. She is such a
likable character that even Angela decides not to kill her. Marcia is also a bad ass rather than let Angela live, she engages the psycho into a knock down
drag out fight where she emerges as the victor. The film even takes time to
poke a little fun in the end at the typical romances that we find in slasher
films.
And Michael Pollard it’s not your fault you resorted to such
dire straits for money. If I can forgive Dennis Hopper for Texas Chainsaw
Massacre 2, I can forgive you.
