There's something a bit sleepy about Sleepaway Camp III. All the elements are in place, but everyone involved seems so tired and just ready to go home. Perhaps this is because Sleepaway Camp II and III were shot back to back with only a few days in between them. This isn't to say that Sleepaway Camp III is a bad film - far from it. It's not going to be everyone's cup of tea, but it has its charms.
Angela is back and Pamela Springsteen returns with admirable gusto, delivering punchlines as she kills morally bankrupt teens as a weekend getaway to promote sharing and healing and all kinds of touchy feely junk. The camp is run by a hilariously daffy husband and wife (he's sleeping around with the nubile teen campers and she seems a few fries short of a Happy Meal). Meanwhile, Angela has killed a teen on her way to the camp (it's never explained how she knew she was headed to the camp or why she chose her) and she's headed up there in disguise (complete with a ridiculous wig). Pretty soon, she's slicing, dicing, and shooting all the campers who manage to fall short of her fairly high standards.
Sleepaway Camp III is blessedly short and to the point without a lot of extra fat to get in the way. Still, it's pretty much more of the same where Unhappy Campers came from, which makes it feel a bit "been there, done that." The MPAA cuts to the violence and gore don't help much either. By the end, you've had a good time, but you do feel like it wouldn't have hurt to leave the party an hour and half before you did. You don't completely regret staying, but you could have also gone home and used the extra 90 minutes of sleep.
Angela is back and Pamela Springsteen returns with admirable gusto, delivering punchlines as she kills morally bankrupt teens as a weekend getaway to promote sharing and healing and all kinds of touchy feely junk. The camp is run by a hilariously daffy husband and wife (he's sleeping around with the nubile teen campers and she seems a few fries short of a Happy Meal). Meanwhile, Angela has killed a teen on her way to the camp (it's never explained how she knew she was headed to the camp or why she chose her) and she's headed up there in disguise (complete with a ridiculous wig). Pretty soon, she's slicing, dicing, and shooting all the campers who manage to fall short of her fairly high standards.
Sleepaway Camp III is blessedly short and to the point without a lot of extra fat to get in the way. Still, it's pretty much more of the same where Unhappy Campers came from, which makes it feel a bit "been there, done that." The MPAA cuts to the violence and gore don't help much either. By the end, you've had a good time, but you do feel like it wouldn't have hurt to leave the party an hour and half before you did. You don't completely regret staying, but you could have also gone home and used the extra 90 minutes of sleep.