Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989)

User Rating:

4.8/10   

Director:

Michael A. Simpson

Writers:

Fritz Gordon (writer)
Robert Hiltzik (characters)

Genre:

Comedy | Horror

Tagline:

She's back to Slash last year's record.

Plot:

Angela is back, in the form of an angry inner-city camper on the hunt for blood. Camp New Horizons, on the recycled grounds of the former murders...

Plot Keywords:

Camp | Murder | Hit By Truck | Revenge | Sociopath

Cast

Pamela Springsteen	...	Angela Baker
Tracy Griffith	...	Marcia Holland
Michael J. Pollard	...	Herman Miranda
Mark Oliver	...	Tony DeRaro
Haynes Brooke	...	Bobby Stark
Sandra Dorsey	...	Lily Miranda
Daryl Wilcher	...	Riff
Kim Wall	...	Cindy Hammersmith
Kyle Holman	...	Snowboy
Cliff Brand	...	Officer Barney Whitmore
Kashina Kessler	...	Maria Nacastro
Randi Layne	...	Toni Richards
Chung Yen Tsay	...	Greg Nakyshima
Jarrett Beal	...	Peter Doyle
Sonya Maddox	...	Anita Bircham

Also Known As:

Nightmare Vacation III
Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland (USA) (video title)

Runtime:

80 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

UK:15 (DVD rating) | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Singapore:PG (cut) | Australia:M | UK:18 | USA:R | West Germany:18

Filming Locations:

Bremen, Georgia, USA

Company:

Double Helix Films

Trivia:

The hockey mask Angela used in Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (1988) is seen in the fishing scene. As it is pulled out of the water, another camper remarks that the date is "Saturday the 14th."

Goofs:

Crew or equipment visible: When Maria is walking down the street and the camera is following her, someone is reflected in a shop window pushing the dolly.

Quotes:

Lily Miranda: What's your favourite colour?
Angela: Blood red.

Movie Connections:

References "The Flintstones" (1960)

Soundtrack:

Wild Eyes

"Party all night, teenage wasteland!!"

Sleepaway Camp 3: Teenage Wasteland is not as good as the first, yet better than the second. This is one of those movies you're not supposed to like, but do. While not being a Troma movie, it's basically their version of a slasher flick. The same team behind Sleepaway Camp 2 improved upon their formula and made it hysterical. I was constantly cracking up. "Good thing you're dead, cuz in a couple years your breasts would have been sagging something terrible." Another great line was "I like movies that make America look great. Like Rambo part 3." I was rolling. Pamela Springsteen does a fine job again and manages to be quite attractive now that she's lost that ridiculous hair "style" from the last movie. In continuing certain traditions from the original sequel, part 3 stars a famous actresses' sibling (Tracy Griffith) and the characters are named after television shows such as The Munsters and The Brady Bunch. Some great gore scenes also make the movie enjoyable. Sleepaway Camp 3 is a very funny finale to a decent horror/comedy trilogy. But how many people can you kill with a log??