mindyannfraizer

Most slashers play things by the book, but Sleepaway Camp is quirky from the beginning with tons of colorful and engagingly odd characters surrounding this tried and true tale of a misfit girl being bullied at a summer camp and a killer going after the nastiest of her tormentors. The final twist still shocks to this day.

A burned handyman returns to the scene of the crime that left him disfigured and chops up campers indiscriminately with his super sharp garden shears. Not a lot of the characters make a big impression, but Tom Savini's grotesque gore effects do and are the main reason to see this movie.

Samantha Eggar has to fight off a killer severed hand after her husband and his team accidentally stumble upon a cursed cave. The hand jumps from body to body, turning them into killers. The premise is silly and the film doesn't do a lot to bring any seriousness to it, but it's fun enough.