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Slasher movies from the 1980s are my favorite type of movie to watch, and ranking highly as one of my favorites from that era is the 1983 classic Sleepaway Camp (watch it Here). So I’m excited to hear that Encyclopocalypse Publications has teamed with author B.R. Flynn to bring us a Sleepaway Camp novelization that will be available in trade paperback, retro mass market paperback, and Ebook editions as of August 26th. Copies are available for pre-order Here.

Written and directed by Robert Hiltzik, Sleepaway Camp has the following synopsis: After a terrible boating accident killed her family, shy Angela Baker went to live with her eccentric Aunt Martha and her cousin Ricky. This summer, Martha decides to send them both to Camp Arawak, a place to enjoy the great outdoors. Shortly after their arrival, a series of bizarre and violent “accidents” begin to claim the lives of various campers.

Encyclopocalypse Publications will release an official Sleepaway Camp novelization in paperback, mass market paperback, and e-book on August 26.

Based on the 1983 screenplay by Robert Hiltzik, the 210-page book is written by B.R. Flynn. Jennifer Nelson-Duregger pained the new artwork for the trade paperback edition.

Set in the summer of 1983 at Camp Arawak, the story follows Angela Baker, a quiet and withdrawn teenager seeking a fresh start amidst the camp’s lively atmosphere. However, as tensions rise and bodies begin to pile up, Angela’s past traumas resurface, and a darkness within her starts to emerge.

The adaptation delves deeper into Angela’s psyche, exploring themes of trauma, identity, and the societal challenges faced by those who are misunderstood. This novelization not only honors the original film’s legacy but also provides a nuanced narrative that resonates with contemporary readers.

Flynn commented, “As someone who has struggled with issues of gender and identity,...

Attention, campers! Fright-Rags has released Sleepaway Camp trading cards in single packs, factory boxes, and sealed boxes.

Single packs contain nine chip-back cards and one sticker packaged in a wax wrapper. Priced at $5, they may include randomly-inserted autograph or lenticular cards.

Each factory box includes the full 80-card base set, two parallel cards, two stickers, and a checklist. They cost $35.

Sealed boxes have two full base sets, two full sticker sets, two checklists, one autograph card, two lenticular cards, and one printing plate box topper. Limited to 250, they’re $120,

Available autographs include Felissa Rose (Angela), Karen Fields (Judy), Katherine Kamhi (Meg), Thomas E. van Dell (Mike), and Christopher Collet (Paul).

Written and directed by Robert Hiltzik, the 1983 cult classic slasher’s complicated legacy was explored on a recent episode of The Lady Killers podcast.

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“You see, I’ve always wanted a little girl.”

School’s out for the summer and it’s time to roll up our sleeping bags, forge our physicals, put on our camp shirts, and head out to the woods. Sleepaway camp is often the first significant time kids spend outside of their homes and can be an opportunity to build independence and a sense of self-worth. At a normal camp, that is. Camp Arawak may just be the worst case scenario. In addition to horrific bullies and creepy cooks, there’s a killer lurking among the canoes and cabins. Someone is murdering counselors and campers alike and no one knows who will be next.

Angela (Felissa Rose) is a quiet girl headed to camp with only her cousin Ricky (Jonathan Tiersten) to protect her. And it’s a good thing he’s there. Counselor Meg (Katherine Kamhi) and mean girl...

2023 marks the 40th anniversary of the classic slasher Sleepaway Camp (watch it Here), and 1984 Publishing has announced that they will be celebrating with the release of the “making of” book Sleepaway Camp: Making the Movie and Reigniting the Campfire, as well as a 4-song soundtrack EP! The street date for these releases is October 24th. Hardcover copies of the book can already be pre-ordered on Amazon – but if you want the EP, you’ll have to order directly from 1984 Publishing, and they’re not taking pre-orders just yet.

Written and directed by Robert Hiltzik, Sleepaway Camp has the following synopsis:

After a terrible boating accident killed her family, shy Angela Baker went to live with her eccentric Aunt Martha and her cousin Ricky. This summer, Martha decides to send them both to Camp Arawak, a place to enjoy the great outdoors. Shortly after their arrival, a series of bizarre and...

The irony of Bob Clark's 1983 film "A Christmas Story" was that it was initially intended to be a satire, a wicked deconstruction of the placid, false, Normal Rockwell-ian idyll of 1950s Americana. Christmastime was not a time of peace and ease in "A Christmas Story," but a bitter world of selfishness, childhood greed, bullying, and disappointment. Over the years, "A Christmas Story" grew in estimation to such a degree that it now is run in Holiday-season 24-hour marathons on certain cable TV stations. What was once meant to dismantle nostalgia is now just a new generation's nostalgia.

The film was adapted to a stage musical in 2009, which was, in turn, broadcast on live TV in 2017. Some who pay close attention will also have noted that 2012 saw the release of the straight-to-video "A Christmas Story 2," with actor Braeden Lemasters playing a teenage version of Ralphie, the star of the first film,...

Angela is an upcoming documentary focusing on the cult classic slasher movie Sleepaway Camp and its antagonist, Angela Baker. The movie will explore the legacy Angela has left in the horror genre through her portrayals by Felissa Rose in the original and Pamela Springsteen in the sequels. From Michael Perez Entertainment, the movie has the support of over 35 members of the cast and crew of the Sleepaway Camp family. From the directors and crew, the project has obtained over four hours of never-before-seen footage and tons of archival and behind-the-scenes photos to give fans a clearer look at the franchise's creation than ever before.

Several key Sleepaway Camp players have already been confirmed for Angela. Felissa Rose, the original Angela, will be executive producing in addition to appearing in the movie. Other confirmed cast members include Karen Fields (Judy), Desiree Gould (Aunt Martha), Jonathan Tiersten (Ricky), Katherine Kamhi (Meg), Paul DeAngelo...

Back in November, Bloody Disgusting revealed that Felissa Rose was going to executive produce an official documentary about the making of Sleepaway Camp, and with summer fast approaching, horror fans can look forward to being happy campers once again, because an Indiegogo campaign has been launched for the definitive documentary.

Directed and produced by Michael Perez, the official Sleepaway Camp documentary (titled Angela: The Angel of Death) can now be supported on its official Indiegogo page, and you can learn more in the details and trailer below:

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/angela-the-official-sleepaway-camp-documentary#/

"From Michael Perez Entertainment and Mpso Ent, maker of More Brains! A Return To The Living Dead, Crystal Lake Memories: The Complete History of Friday the 13th, You're so cool, Brewster! The Story of Fright Night and RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop comes this brand-new documentary Angela ~ The Definitive Sleepaway Camp Documentary. A fully independent retrospective into...

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1980: AMC's Palmer toasted Nina on her 19th birthday.

1985: Santa Barbara's Kelly blew up a car.

2010: AMC's Greenlee revealed herself to be alive at her wedding."History speaks to artists. It changes the artist's thinking and is constantly reshaping it into d ifferent and unexpected images."

― Anselm Kiefer

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The weather may be getting colder outside, but that doesn't mean horror fans can't have summer camp on their minds. And when it comes to summer camp horror movies, if you treasure the Sleepaway Camp franchise alongside the likes of Friday the 13th and The Burning, then you're in for a real treat, because a new documentary on the Sleepaway Camp movies is in development, with Angela herself, Felissa Rose, on board as an executive producer.

Bloody Disgusting exclusively shared the news that Angela: The Official Sleepaway Camp Documentary is "in the works" at Michael Perez Entertainment.

Expected to be four hours long, Angela: The Official Sleepaway Camp Documentary will look at the making of the four finished films in the franchise: Sleepaway Camp, Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland, and Return to Sleepaway Camp (there's no word yet if the unfinished Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor...

1967: Peyton Place's Allison famously cut her hair.

1980: AMC's Palmer toasted Nina on her 19th birthday.

1985: Santa Barbara's Kelly blew up a car.

2010: AMC's Greenlee revealed herself to be alive at her wedding."Whoever wishes to foresee the future must consult the past; for human events ever resemble those of preceding times. This arises from the fact that they are produced by men who ever have been, and ever shall be, animated by the same passions, and thus they necessarily have the same results."

― Machiavelli

"Today in Soap Opera History" is a collection of the most memorable, interesting and influential events in the history of scripted, serialized programs. From birthdays and anniversaries to scandals and controversies, every day this column celebrates the soap opera in American culture.

On this date in...

1952: On Search for Tomorrow, Jim and Sam received photos of Keith kissing another woman.

If there was one horror movie growing up that was my favorite to show friends at a slumber party, it had to be Robert Hiltzik’s cult classic shocker Sleepaway Camp, which proved that eighties slashers weren’t always a dime a dozen. Scream Factory brings this often overlooked gem home to Blu-ray with a stunning transfer and presentation that would certainly live up to Aunt Martha’s high standards.

The story of Sleepaway Camp is pretty much everything you’d expect from a slasher movie and nothing you’d ever expect, which is what makes Hiltzik’s campy and disturbing summer camp tale still one of the more memorable horror movies I’ve seen. It follows a traumatized teenager, named Angela (Felissa Rose), who witnessed her entire family gruesomely killed after a tragic boating accident. She’s been living with those haunting events for the last eight years as...

With Lucky McKee and Chris Sivertson’s All Cheerleaders Die arriving on VOD this week, I thought this would be the perfect time to celebrate some of my very favorite “mean girls” of the horror genre. And while I do love our beloved heroines as much as the next genre fan, there’s just something really fun about watching powerful women flaunt their cruelty and penchant for torturing others every now and again.

Check out my Favorite Mean Girls of Horror picks below and see if any of your favorite vengeful vixens made the list! Caution: Some of these may be a bit spoilery for the uninitiated!

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While she may have grown up a total darling in films like Return to Oz and The Worst Witch, Fairuza Balk was the true epitome of a nineties mean girl in The Craft. Her character, Nancy Downs,...

Cover your ears and hide your eyes, horror fans. Another classic is getting the reboot treatment. This time, its sexually confused slasher Angela who is being updated for a new generation, as New Line Executive Jeff Katz sets up a series based on the 1983 thriller Sleepaway Camp.

Katz has optioned the remake rights from the original movie's rights holders, which include Angela herself, actress Felissa Rose, the original's writer/director-turned-lawyer Robert Hiltzik and original producer Michele Tatosian. They will all return as producers of this new version, which should help lend the film some credibility.

The story follows the summer camp exploits of a young girl, tormented and bullied by her so-called friends. This results in a torrential blood bath of terror that is memorable for its truly shocking (at least at the time) twist ending. This new version will be updated for a modern setting. And it promises to...

Cheerleader Camp Over the years there has been plenty of annoying horror film characters for various reasons. You had Katherine Kamhi in Sleepaway Camp. She played such a good something that rhymes with witch that you would think she was one in real life. So when she got hers in Sleepaway Camp, it was well deserved! And wouldn't you be tempted to knock off someone that treated you like that? Or how about Giallo from Dario Argento. That woman, who was being held hostage, had so many opportunities to escape and get away, that she eventually became downright annoying. So much so that I would knock her off myself and end the pain that viewers sitting through that film had to endure. So c'mon, admit it, there's definitely been a character you wish you could go knock off yourself. That special someone you was rooting against. My pick goes to.

Can it be true? Is the final Saw really upon us? Hard to believe James Wan’s little indie nasty resonated with audiences six years back in a way large enough to spawn six freakin’ sequels. And what’s more surprising is that Jigsaw waited until the very end of his October reign to cash in on the trendy 3D craze that’s been putting the hurt on our wallets the last few years.

With Saw 3D’s release quickly approaching, there’s perhaps no better time to reflect on the genre’s most successful (or, in some cases, most baffling) forays into all three dimensions. Of course we’re going to cover all of the mainstays, but this list wouldn’t be worth much if we didn’t pull the curtain back on some of the truly bizarre offerings that somehow found their way to dimly lit screens all over the world.