Welcome to Camp New Horizons, where an autumn retreat brings together a group of obnoxious rich kids and surly city thugs for an ‘experiment in sharing.’ But when notorious transsexual psychopath Angela Baker joins the horny teens, she shares a lesson in butchery with axes, trucks, firecrackers, lawnmowers and more.
Well Angela's back, with a bloodlust of course, and it's time yet again for her to slaughter some unknowing teenage campers and it's basically just as fun as it has always been when it comes to the SLEEPAWAY CAMP films. Michael A. Simpson and writer Fritz Gordon that did the second film, UNHAPPY CAMPERS, are back and do just as good with this one as before. Obviously opinions may vary but if you're a fan of the first and second film you need to check this one out too. The DVD version contain how the killings really were intended to be since most of the gore was cut from the original released version in order for it to get an R rating. Anyway, the film is packed with inventive killings, is super easy to watch and if you're a fan of slashers from the 80's, all the SLEEPAWAY CAMP films are a must see.
This time the flick starts off in a pretty brutal kinda way where a teen named Maria Nicastro is chased down and killed by a truck(!) that Angela of course is driving. She then steals Maria's identity and goes to camp where she will kill, kill and kill some more. This time the setting is called Camp New Horizons and the kids there are from two different "groups"; some from the wrong side of the track, and the rest are rich kids and that's basically all there's to it. All the campers are divided into three teams and are supposed to head out and camp in the forest for three days, but will they survive three days in the woods with a tranny psychopath among them? Well, you take a guess...
 
This third film is a bit more serious than the second one was but it is still a bit goofy every here and there. The pacing is good and there's plenty of nudity, lots of boobs and even more murders if those kinds of things makes you happy. The film is very straight forward and you can pretty much tell exactly what's gonna happen next. On the other hand I don't really see that as a problem, it's just part of the fun, it makes things easy and the film is really super easy to watch.
The music in the film is somewhat annoying, especially with one of the campers from Detroit playing his crappy music until your ears almost bleed, but it's not that big of a deal really. As for the acting it is what you would expect when it comes to films like this; some of the actors are plain terrible and some are just not good, but that's also something that makes this a lotta fun so no worries really, at least as long as you know what you're getting yourself into.
I believe that if you've been around for a while and have not yet had the chance to see SLEEPAWAY CAMP 3: TEENAGE WASTELAND, it is pretty much what you would expect it to be when it comes to these types of genre flicks. It's not great but if you've enjoyed the previous two films you're gonna enjoy this one too, no doubt.
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ALTERNATIVE TITLE: Sleepaway Camp 3, Nightmare Vacation III
MOVIE YEAR: 1988
DIRECTOR: Michael A. Simpson
WRITING CREDITS: Fritz Gordon, Robert Hiltzik
GENRE: Horror, Slasher, Comedy
CAST: Pamela Springsteen, Tracy Griffith, Mark Oliver
COUNTRY: USA
RUNTIME: 80 min
RATING: 6/10
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