
Friday the 13th(1980)
Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.


“…you won't be coming home!”
Years after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.

Mike Kellin
Mel

Katherine Kamhi
Meg

Paul DeAngelo
Ronnie

Jonathan Tiersten
Ricky

Felissa Rose
Angela
Karen Fields
Judy

Christopher Collet
Paul

Desiree Gould
Aunt Martha
Owen Hughes
Artie

Robert Earl Jones
Ben
Sleepaway Camp is a horror film released in 1983 exploring themes of summer camp, shyness, gore, murder, serial killer, slasher. Directed by Robert Hiltzik, it stars Mike Kellin, Katherine Kamhi, Paul DeAngelo. Years after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.
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