Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers (1988, 80 minutes)
Comcast's description:
Camp Rolling Hills will never be the same. No matter what anyone does, the new camp counselor, Angela Johnson, will have a problem with it.
I remember, my sophomore year of high school, we had a book in my English class with four different novels in it, but we only had to read the second one, Herman Melville's Billy Budd. The story was only 80 pages, so I didn't think it would be so bad, but that was the longest 80 page story I've ever read. That's how I felt about Sleepaway Camp 2. 80 minutes doesn't sound bad, but when you fill those 80 minutes with bullshit piled on top of retardedness wrapped in that disgusting Velveeta cheese that doesn't have to be refrigerated, it feels like about 160 minutes. Hmmm, maybe Sleepaway Camp 2 was written by Herman Melville. Zombie Herman Melville.
I haven't seen Sleepaway Camp 1, so I hope I'm able to keep up. The movie starts with campers and camp counselors sitting around a fire, telling scary stories. I think I'll be able to keep up. One girl, Pheobe, tells the story of another camp, Camp Arrow Way or something like that, only 60 miles away. Unlike this clearly very safe camp, there were murders there, committed by a 14-year-old girl camper, who turned out to be a 14-year-old boy whose aunt had dressed him up as a girl since he was four. The campers speculate as to whether she's still alive and one actually hot and not just in a "for the 80's" way camper says, "She's alive. He went into a psycho ward a couple years ago and while he was there, a doctor gave him a sex change and our parents' taxes paid for it." How timely. I think I'll call him Republican Talking Points.
Before he can continue talking about how Obama is trying to abort our children with socialism, Counselor No Fun, Angela, comes to yell at Pheobe, because she left her cabin. As Angela is escorting Pheobe through the woods, she yells at her for scaring the other campers and for being a slut. For talking to boys. Pheobe says, "screw you," and goes off by herself. But, as even I know and I've only been in the woods like once in my entire life, going off by yourself in the woods at night is a bad idea and Pheobe gets lost. Luckily (or is it?) Angela finds her, but she proceeds to bash her skull in with a big log and cut out her tongue for telling scary stories. Totally proportionate, if you ask me.
The next morning, we meet our campers. Ally, the topless one, Molly, the shirt wearer, Mary, the 5th member of The Bangles, the Shode(?) sisters, the nameless black girl, and the nameless blond girl. Angela is their counselor and she informs them that she sent Pheobe home last night for doing things with boys that she should not have been doing, such as talking to them and maybe a possible blow job or two. I mean, whateves, it's camp. If you don't end the summer with at least one STD, you've wasted your parents' money. In the boys cabin, there's Republican Talking Points, bemulleted Justin Long, the nameless black guy, and Blond Guy Gold Chain. TC is their counselor; he's also Steve Sanders if Steve had just committed to growing out his curly blond mullet two, maybe three, more inches.
At breakfast, we find out that the Shode sisters are loadies, whereas Mary and Ally think it's one thing to spark up at parties, but another to be stoned all day. Uncle John, the creepily nicknamed camp owner, names Angela counselor of the week. But she didn't even get a $10 certificate to Pizza Hut or Cinnabon, so who gives a shit? Well, Angela does, because in addition to being really into murder, she's also really into being a camp counselor and she combines her two passions when she murders campers.
So Republican Talking Points and Molly are lounging by the pool being, I hate to say, kind of cute together in that way when you both like each other, but don't know if the other person feels the same way. Then Republican Talking Points whispers in Molly's ear, "Obama wants to appoint the Children of the Corn as Corn Czars and have them kill all Americans over the age of 40." It turns out that Ally also likes Republican Talking Points, so she takes her bikini top off from under her white t-shirt, then jumps in the pool, and swims over to him and Molly. I think it's her quiet confidence that guys like. But Republican Talking Points isn't into her because, like Ludacris, he wants a lady in the street, but a freak in the bed, so he and Molly make like a banana and split.
So the Shode sisters are out in the woods drinking and smoking marijuana cigarettes and one of them is passed out and the other one is making out with a dude. And then Angela busts them and the guy runs off because apparently he's a big pussy. If Angela thinks Pheobe was a slut for just talking to boys, this must have looked like Interracial Gang Bang 4. And as we already know, Angela don't care for hos and she'll fuck a bitch up, so she sets them both on fire. Before setting the second girl on fire, she adds, "Say no to drugs." Angela and her delicious bon mots.
That evening, the boys of Steve Sanders' cabin decided to do something wicked: panty raid! Do panty raids even exist in real life? I've only been to Bible camp and that was like when I was seven. Which isn't to say that this couldn't happen to me as a child at Bible camp, I was raised Catholic after all, but, if I recall correctly, it was a Lutheran Bible camp. Anyway, the girls decide to get revenge and, really, there's nothing boys hate more than girls sneaking into their room at night. Diabolical these girls are. So they bust into the boys' room at like 2:00 in the morning to steal their jock straps. But guess who's here to ruin the fun: Angela. But as Angela is walking in, Mary, the 5th Bangle, is flashing the other campers. It's like Asian Street Walkers 7 in there.
For some reason Angela and Mary are now in a car because they had to drive the 20 feet back to the girls' cabin? Angela implores Mary to just apologize for the flashing because she knows she's really a good girl. Regretfully, Mary says she would die before she apologizes. Here's a lesson for all you teens out there: don't be so melodramatic, because one day someone just may call you on your shit. And so it is, Angela kills Mary with a drill that she just happens to have in her car because she's a fan of This Old House and likes to restore New England cottages.
Later that week, it's camp out time! And the boys have something else wicked planned: dress up as Freddy Kruger and Jason to scare the girls. Horror movie references in a horror movie, how postmodern. Angela finds out about this and uncharacteristically overreacts. Bemulleted Justin Long, dressed as Freddy Krueger, gets slashed on the throat with his own hand knives. Irony! Nameless black guy, dressed as Jason, gets chopped in half with a chainsaw. They died doing what they loved: acting like d-bags.
Meanwhile, Ally, who bailed saying she had cramps, is off in a bathroom boning Blond Guy Gold Chain. Dude, I get sex cramps all the time, too. The sex scene between Ally and Blond Guy Gold Chain, is kind of awkward; it's like they're actual teens or something. But Angela finds out from the still alive girls that Ally allegedly has cramps, so she goes to bust her, but Blonde Guy Gold Chain hides in the stall. Not wanting to get too full on murder before going to sleep, Ally's allowed to live, for now.
The next day, Ally and Blond Guy Gold Chain finally get to finish boning on a blanket in the woods. When they're done, Ally asks him if he has AIDS. That would have been better to know before the unprotected sex. Ally then just scampers off back into the forest, not wanting to cuddle or anything. Blond Guy Gold Chain thought they loved each other; and that she was being shipped off to Nam the next day. Turns out Molly is scampering through the woods at that very moment as well. Ally tells Molly that she hates her because Ally also likes Republican Talking Points. Molly's totally milquetoast, so she cries about this. Of course she does. Angela comforts her and, for Ally, it's time to die.
Ally finds a note for her in the bathroom, which reads, "Abandoned cabin @ 5:00. Obama wants to bring about the race war and have the streets run red with Aryan blood. -Republican Talking Points" So Ally heads to the abandoned cabin, which is, oddly enough, next to the haunted amusement park, but Republican Talking Points isn't there; Angela is. Dastardly! Angela says that she knew Ally was dumb enough to fall for this. For once, Angela and I are in complete agreement. She stabs Ally in the back a few times, but that isn't enough. She then forces Ally into the outhouse toilet, which is filled with poo and leeches and Ally's leeched to death. The leeches are organized and it's all part of Gaia's revenge; I saw it on an episode of Sightings.
Angela heads back to the cabin. There already is nameless black girl. She's starts talking to Angela about how she called Pheobe's house and her parents said that she was still at camp. And then she called the Shodes' parents and they said the same thing. And then Susanna Hoffs said the same thing about Mary. And nameless black guy's parents and bemulleted Justin Long's parents, et al. The whole time she is talking, Angela locks the door and goes through the room searching for something with which to kill nameless black girl. She settles on a guitar string and strangles her. Oh nameless black girl, we hardly knew ye. Bon mot time: "you talk too much."
And because we're like 50 minutes into the movie, they need to step up the killing. So nameless blond girl shows up as Angela is trying to hide nameless black girl's body, so she has to die too and Angela stabs her. Where was her knife when she was searching for something with which to kill nameless black girl?
Because she has "sent home" all the girls in her dorm except Molly, Uncle John and Steve Sanders decide to cut Angela, unfortunately only figuratively. Because Angela loves camp counseling so much, she's super sad about being fired. At least she'll always have murder. Because Molly is an idiot, she feels bad for Angela and asks Republican Talking Points to come with her to comfort Angela. But Blond Guy Gold Chain, displaying uncharacteristic intelligence, says "Fuck her." I concur.
So Molly and Republican Talking Points find Angela near the abandoned cabin. Molly tries to comfort Angela, but Republican Talking Points decides it's a good idea to look in the abandon cabin. Just like voting republican, this is not a good idea. You'll never guess what's in the abandoned cabin: all the dead bodies. Because this movie is some fucked up morality play, Angela doesn't immediately kill Republican Talking Points and Molly because she considers them good people. So she just ties them up and gags them.
Back at the camp, Steve Sanders asks Blond Guy Gold Chain where Republican Talking Points is and he finds out he's with Angela, so he too goes to find Angela, which he does. And then he gets a Kelly Temporary Services mug full of car battery acid to the face. Too bad he wasn't wearing goggles.
And here's where our story gets Shakespearian. Republican Talking Points confronts Angela, "You're not Angela Johnson. You're Angela Baxter, the Angel of Death of Arrow Way." So I guess the message of the story is never trust a tranny? That's why I don't let Alexis Arquette house sit for me; I ain't cleaning up after 10 murders. Angela denies all this, but he says, "I know it's true. My dad was the one who arrested you." Angela then beheads Republican Talking Points. His beautiful head!
Molly manages to untie her hands, she is our heroine after all, and she tries to escape but Angela tackles her. Molly gets ahold of Angela's knife and stabs her in the leg. God, stab her in the chest, dumbass. Because she didn't stab her in the chest, Angela chases after Molly and Molly falls off a cliff...four feet. That's it? Fuck that noise. But she hits her head and now she's dead. Or is she?
Angela decides that at this point, fuck it, she's just gonna kill everyone at camp. They really should have gotten her a Cinnabon certificate. So she kills some nameless counselors, Uncle John, and some nameless campers. We don't find out the fate of Blond Guy Gold Chain. Later, we see Angela in a car with a Paula Dean-esque woman driving. She's a smoker, which means she's immoral, so Angela stabs her. To be fair, she was probably already planning on killing her, but the smoking made it easier.
Hours later, Molly is back from the dead, like Jesus and Nikki Sixx. She runs for help and thankfully (or is it?) she manages to flag down a passing car. And you will never guess who is driving that car.
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