Sleepaway Camp (film series)

Sleepaway Camp
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Created byRobert Hiltzik
Original workSleepaway Camp (1983)
Owners
  • American Eagle Films (1983)
  • Double Helix Films (1988–1992)
  • Go2Sho/Return to Sleeaway Corp. (2003)
Years1983–2012
Films and television
Film(s)List of films

Sleepaway Camp is an American slasher film series consisting of five films, one of which was not fully completed. The franchise primarily focuses on serial killer Angela Baker and the murders she commits, largely at summer camps.

Robert Hiltzik directed both the original 1983 film and Return to Sleepaway Camp, while Michael A. Simpson oversaw Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland, which introduced comedic elements into the franchise; Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor was directed by Jim Markovic.