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'''''Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers''''' (released as '''''Nightmare Vacation II''''' in the [[United Kingdom]]) is a 1988 American [[slasher film]] written by Fritz Gordon and directed by Michael A. Simpson. It is the second installment in the [[Sleepaway Camp (film series)|''Sleepaway Camp'']] film series]], and stars [[Pamela Springsteen]] as Angela, and [[Renée Estevez]]. The film takes place five years after the events of the [[Sleepaway Camp|original]], and features serial killer Angela, working as a counselor, murdering misbehaving teenagers at another summer camp.
 
''Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers'' has elements of [[black comedy]] and references various [[horror films|horror]] franchises, such as ''[[Friday the 13th (franchise)|Friday the 13th]]'', ''[[A Nightmare on Elm Street (franchise)|A Nightmare on Elm Street]]'', and ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (franchise)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''.
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==Plot==
Five years following the events of the [[Sleepaway Camp|first film]], a girl named Phoebe, tells a group of boys at a campfire the story of the murders at Camp Arawak. Her head counselor, Angela, forces her to go back to the cabin. After the pair gets into an argument, Angela bashes a log over Phoebe’s head and then removes her tongue for having a "filthy mouth". The next day, campers Molly, Ally, Mare, Demi, Lea and sisters Brooke and Jodi, question Angela on the whereabouts of Phoebe. She tells them she had to send her home. Later that day, Angela discovers Brooke and Jodi smoking [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] and drinking [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]]. She initially let them go only to find them fornicating with one of the boys the next day. Angela chases the boy off. Afterward, Brooke wakes up on a grill and discovers Jodi's charred remains. Angela then pours gasoline over Brooke and burns her to death as well. That night, the boys start a [[panty raid]] which Angela breaks up. During a jock strap raid against the boys Mare flashes her breasts. Angela decides to drive her home and murders her with an electric drill. The next night, campers Anthony and Judd try to scare Angela, dressed as [[Freddy Krueger]] and [[Jason Voorhees]]. The plan backfires when Angela, dressed as [[Leatherface]] (wearing Mare's skinned face as a mask), slashes Anthony's throat and murders Judd with a chainsaw. The next day, Angela sets a trap for Ally and forces her down an outhouse, drowning her in human waste and leeches. That night, Demi reveals to Angela that she phoned the families of the campers "sent home" and discovered the girls aren't at home. Realizing she could be caught, Angela strangles Demi with a guitar string, before stabbing Lea to death when she finds Demi's body. The next day, head counselors Uncle John and T.C. fire Angela for "sending too many campers home". Molly and Sean go into the woods to cheer her up but the pair discover the bodies of the other campers, before Angela ties them up. After learning the whereabouts of Molly and Sean, T.C. goes after them but Angela throws battery acid in his face, killing him instantly. Sean is decapitated after he realizes Angela is the murderer from the Camp Arawak incident five years ago. Later, Angela leaves the cabin and Molly frees herself. Upon returning, Molly knocks Angela unconscious, steals her knife, and escapes. After an extended chase through the woods, Molly falls onto a rock and is presumed dead. After killing the remaining campers, Angela [[Hitchhiking|hitches]] a ride but the driver quickly annoys her and she kills her. Molly regains consciousness and makes it out of the woods but the truck pulls up behind her. Molly is horrified to learn that Angela is the driver and she screams.
Five years after the events of the [[Sleepaway Camp|first film]], a girl named Phoebe, tells a group of boys at a campfire about the killings at Camp Arawak. Her head counselor, Angela, forces her to go back to the cabin. After the pair get into an argument, Angela bashes a log over Phoebe’s head and then removes her tongue for having a "filthy mouth".
 
The next day, campers Molly, Ally, Mare, Demi, Lea and sisters Brooke and Jodi, question Angela on the whereabouts of Phoebe. She tells them she had to send her home. Later that day, Angela discovers Brooke and Jodi smoking [[Cannabis (drug)|marijuana]] and drinking [[alcohol (drug)|alcohol]]. She initially let them go only to find them fornicating with one of the boys the next day. Angela chases the boy off. Afterward, Brooke wakes up on a grill and discovers Jodi's charred remains. Angela then pours [[gasoline]] over Brooke and burns her to death as well.
 
That night, the boys start a [[panty raid]] which Angela breaks up. During a jock strap raid against the boys Mare flashes her breasts. Angela decides to drive her home and murders her with an electric drill. The next night, campers Anthony and Judd try to scare Angela, dressed as [[Freddy Krueger]] and [[Jason Voorhees]]. The plan backfires when Angela, dressed as [[Leatherface]] (wearing Mare's skinned face as a mask), slashes Anthony's throat and murders Judd with a chainsaw.
 
The next day, Angela sets a trap for Ally and forces her down an outhouse, drowning her in human waste and leeches. That night, Demi reveals to Angela that she phoned the families of the campers "sent home" and discovered the girls aren't at home. Realizing she could be caught, Angela strangles Demi with a guitar string, before stabbing Lea to death when she finds Demi's body.
 
The next day, head counselors Uncle John and T.C. fire Angela for "sending too many campers home". Molly and Sean go into the woods to cheer her up but the pair discover the bodies of the other campers, before Angela ties them up. After learning the whereabouts of Molly and Sean, T.C. goes after them but Angela throws [[battery acid]] in his face, killing him instantly. Sean is decapitated after he realizes Angela is the murderer from the Camp Arawak incident five years ago.
 
Later, Angela leaves the cabin and Molly frees herself. Upon returning, Molly knocks Angela out and escapes. After an extended chase through the woods, Molly falls onto a rock and is presumed dead. After killing the remaining campers, Angela hitchhikes but the driver quickly annoys her and she kills her. Molly regains consciousness and makes it out of the woods but the truck pulls up behind her. Molly is horrified to learn that Angela is the driver and she screams, ending the film.
 
==Cast==
* [[Pamela Springsteen]] as Angela Johnson / Angela Baker
* [[Renée Estevez]] as Molly Nagle
* Tony Higgins as Sean Whitmore (credited as Anthony Higgins)
* Valerie Hartman as Ally
* [[Brian Patrick Clarke]] as T.C.
* [[Walter Gotell]] as Uncle John
* [[Susan Marie Snyder]] as Mare
* Terry Hobbs as Rob Darrinco
* Kendall Bean as Demi
* Julie Murphy as Lea
* Carol Chambers as Brooke Shote
* Amy Fields as Jodi Shote
* Benji Wilhoite as Anthony
* Walter Franks III as Judd
* Justin Nowell as Charlie
* Heather Binion as Phoebe
* Jason Ehrlich as Emilio
* Carol Martin Vines as Diane
* Tricia Grant as Girl Sent Home
* Jill Jane Clements as Woman in Truck
 
==Production==
Jerry Silva, who had served as a co-producer on ''[[Sleepaway Camp]]'', approached Double Helix Films about producing a follow-up to the film.<ref name="SleepawayII&IIIProd">{{cite magazine |last=Nicoll|first=Gregory|date=January 1990 |title= Sleepaway Camp 2 & 3|url=https://archive.org/details/cinefantastique_1970-2002/Cinefantastique%20Vol%2020%20No%203%20%28Jan%201990%29/page/n11/mode/1up?view=theater|url-status= |magazine=[[Cinefantastique]]|location= |publisher= Fourth Castle Micromedia|access-date=August 1, 2023}}</ref> [[Michael Hitchcock]], then a staffer at Double Helix, was assigned to write both ''Sleepaway Camp II'' and ''[[Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland]]'' and did so under the pseudonym of Fritz Gordon.<ref name= "SleepawayII&IIIProd"/> Michael A. Simpson, a filmmaker based in [[Atlanta, Georgia]], was hired as director in the Fall of 1987 and shot both ''Sleepaway Camp II'' and ''III'' [[Back-to-back film production|back-to-back]] in order to keep the production budgets at $1 million or less.<ref name= "SleepawayII&IIIProd"/> [[Felissa Rose]] who had played Angela in the original was approached by the producers to reprise her role, but as she was busy with her enrollment in college at the time the role was recast with [[Pamela Springsteen]].<ref name="Collum 2004">{{cite book|last=Collum|first=Jason Paul|date=2004|title=Assault of the Killer B's: Interviews with 20 Cult Film Actresses|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=myJzBgAAQBAJ&pg=PA143|publisher=[[McFarland & Company]]|page=143|isbn=978-0786418183}}</ref>
A [[YMCA]] youth camp in [[Waco, Georgia]] was used for the fictional Camp Rolling Hills.<ref>"A Tale of Two Sequels" Documentary. ''Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers'', Blu-ray. Scream Factory. 2015.</ref> Filming began on September 20 and wrapped on October 9, 1987.▼
 
▲A [[YMCA]] youth camp in [[Waco, Georgia]] was used for the fictional Camp Rolling Hills.<ref>"A Tale of Two Sequels" Documentarydocumentary. ''Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers'', Blu-ray. Scream Factory. 2015.</ref> Filming began on September 20 and wrapped on October 9, 1987.
 
==Releases==
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[[Scream Factory]], under license from [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer|MGM]], released ''Sleepaway Camp II'' and its sequel, ''[[Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland]]'', for the first time on Blu-ray disc on June 9, 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dreadcentral.com/news/91888/scream-factory-unveils-sleepaway-camp-2-sleepaway-camp-3-artwork/|date=March 3, 2015|title=Scream Factory Unveils Sleepaway Camp 2 and Sleepaway Camp 3 Artwork|last=Barton|first=Steve|website=[[Dread Central]]|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}</ref>
 
In the United Kingdom, the film was released via Futuristic Entertainment, under the title "Nightmare Vacation 2". There was over two minutes of scenes cut from the film in order for it to receive an "18" certificate by the [[British Board of Film Classification|BBFC]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Sleepaway Camp 2 | url=https://www.bbfc.co.uk/release/sleepaway-camp-2-q29sbgvjdglvbjpwwc0yoty3mdg | website=[[British Board of Film Classification]] | date=October 6, 1988 | access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref> as the film was deemed too violent for an uncut release. This was due to the strict regime of the time when film distribution had to adhere to rules under the [[Video Recordings Act 1984]]. The scenes cut were the removal of Phoebe's tongue, a shortened version of Ally being stabbed in the back, the complete scene where Ally is drowned in the [[outhouse]] is removed, and a shortened version of Diane being stabbed in the stomach.<ref>{{cite web | title=Sleepaway Camp II (aka Nightmare Vacation II) | url=https://www.movie-censorship.com/report.php?ID=401653 | website=movie-censorship.com | access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref> This version was also released on DVD from 23rd Century Home Entertainment.<ref>{{cite web | title=Nightmare Vacation 2 (Region 2) (AKA Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers) | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Nightmare-Vacation-Region-Sleepaway-Camp/dp/B001GCQ3CU | website=amazon.co.uk | access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref>
 
''Sleepaway Camp II'' was eventually released completely uncut in the UK for the first time when it was made available as part of the "Sleepaway Camp Trilogy" DVD box set from [[Anchor Bay Entertainment]] on May 31, 2004.<ref>{{cite web | title=Sleepaway Camp Trilogy [1983] [DVD] | url=https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sleepaway-Camp-Trilogy-Pamela-Springsteen/dp/B0001Z5YWI | website=amazon.co.uk | date=31 May 2004 | access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref> It was also available in standard case packaging, both of which are now out of print. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray by 88 Films as part of their "Slasher Classics Collection" in April 2016.<ref>{{cite web | title=Sleepaway Camp 2 - Unhappy Campers (Blu-ray) - Slasher Classic Collection 17 | url=https://88-films.myshopify.com/products/sleepaway-camp-2-unhappy-campers-blu-ray-slasher-classic-collection-17 | website=88-films.myshopify.com | access-date=February 1, 2022}}</ref>
 
==Reception==
On [[review aggregator]] website [[{{Rotten Tomatoes]], ''Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers'' holds a 55% approval rating, based on 11 reviews with an average rating of prose|62|4.59|13||access-date={{RT outdata|access of 10.date}}}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sleepaway_camp_ii_unhappy_campers|title=Sleepaway Camp 2: Unhappy Campers|website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}</ref>
 
Tim Salmons of The Digital Bits said that "[Blu-ray release of the film] is half of one of the most enjoyable high-definition horror experiences of the year".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thedigitalbits.com/item/sleepaway-camp-ii-unhappy-ce-bd|last=Salmons|first=Tim|title=Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers - Collector's Edition|publisher=The Digital Bits|date=June 11, 2015|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}</ref> Brandon Peters of Why So Blu? wrote: "It's unfortunate that the original negative, master what have you has been lost, but I still think the film looks better than it ever has before".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://whysoblu.com/sleepaway-camp-ii-unhappy-campers-collectors-edition-blu-ray-review/|last=Peters|first=Brandon|title=Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers – Collector's Edition (Blu-ray Review)|publisher=Why So Blu?|date=May 24, 2015|accessdate=July 12, 2021}}</ref>
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