Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor (2012)

What a great trip down memory lane for Sleepaway Camp fans! This film takes the 20 year old archived footage of the never completed Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor and edits it together with stock footage of from the first three films to form a history of the franchise as well as tell a new story in the back drop. A must have for SC fans and newcomers alike!

Fantastic item for the Sleepaway Camp-fan! Even though the Picture itself is not the best you could wish for, it needs to be in every movie Collection where the other movies in the series is. It's in great condition and the cover looks great. Very recommendable!

Oh. My. Gosh.Where should I even begin?! Well, let me start by saying that I have been an avid 'Sleepaway Camp' fan since my childhood years. So, the late 80's, let's see. I was around 12 and I was always into the horror genre. I also remember watching the first three movies in this series and wishing for a long time that the franchise would come out with a fourth sequel. Alas, you know how the old saying goes: Be careful what you wish for!Now, I will share that I went into buying this movie with an open mind. I had already read the negative feedback before viewing it, along with some of the VERY limited positive feedback, but like I always do, I watch first and then pass my own judgement after the fact. Yup, and sadly, this time ... I got to say majority opinion rules here. How should I put this delicately for any sensitive fans out there who may have 'liked' this release?! I can't really, I'm so sorry, plain out: It SUCKED! I'm sorry, it did, and this is coming from a fan who usually ends up taking a liking to the 'underdog' films. I was one of the few fans who advocated for Halloween 5 when so many other fans put it down. Yeah, you heard me right: I liked that movie. But I don't like this one. AT ALL.Which brings me to my main point: Why is this even called a movie again?! Essentially, it's a recap of the first three films in flashback form. This is what almost makes up the entire 'movie', which wouldn't be so bad in and of itself if the viewer wasn't deceived into believing that this, ahem 'movie, had it's own new and cohesive plot line. Seriously, this should have been labeled as nothing more than a special feature DVD, celebrating the first three movies and the lost footage for the uncompleted film of '92. I'm insulted that this is passing off as a fourth sequel. There's no new plot to follow and I can't even begin to understand how to make out the ending, except for the 'obvious' on where they might have intended to go with it which is: Angela is still out there and alive. The box summary is very misleading because I didn't at any point see where 'Angela's secrets are revealed.' The flasbacks just show what we already know from the first three movies. There wasn't enough new footage to even explore that as far as I could tell. We get a few continous minutes of archived footage near the end of the film with small integrations of 'Allison' here and there throughout the rest. There's a small written summary on 'Allison' at the beginning of the movie. That's it. Hardly enough material to make a brand new sequel and tell a new story. I don't even understand why the movie is titled ... 'The Survivor' unless I read into it how I want to. But the movie confirms nothing about it.In conclusion, I'll state that I don't know what the original intentions for the footage might have been back in '92 had the movie been completed; however, in this case, I will say, I think it was better to let 'sleeping dogs lie.' Either that, or if they wanted to revisit this 'canon' in Sleepaway Camp history, it was better to forget the archived footage all together (keep it a special feature) and then recast to make a whole new movie with the originally intended plot line. The time period in the movie could have been set in '92 or '93, whichever they intended, leading from the time of the events at the end of the third film. At least this way, maybe I could have gotten a much better and cohesive storyline.Bottom line: I feel cheated as a Sleepaway Camp fan. I'm more insulted that it's being passed off as a brand new movie in the franchise. People, it's not! Please don't be deceived by the title. Nor the 'movie summary.' What you read is not what you get, plain and simple. I'll be honest, the only 'fans' who might find this worth their while are the ones who couldn't get their hands on their own copies of Sleepaway Camp II and III because they're out of production. At least you get to add some cool flashback scenes from those movies to your collection. But other than that ... utterly pointless.Return to Sleepaway Camp even puts this so-called 'movie' to shame. That used to be my least favorite in the franchise.Better luck on the next film ... if there ever is one.

While I do agree this film wasn't as good as the others and the quality wasn't great, I think the filmmakers had a good idea going. Personally, instead of making Allison Angela (which i think was what they were aiming for), I think they could have made her someone who happened to survive all three experiences or that movie 2 and 3 and Angela was a different person from Peter and that she's the movie 2 and 3 one but had also been there for the first movie and was a copy cat killer.The hunter looked a little like Lenny (John Baker's boyfriend from the first movie) to me and could have been written as his father, dealing with the loss of his son(who had turned to different people to replace John) to Aids (these movies were filmed during the Aids crisis after all). I also think, since the hunter said their was no ranger, but we saw one, that ranger was really Peter trying to kill Allison for taking his identity. The movie could have ended with the hunter defeating both Allison and Peter, who he would also know was some what of a step-grandson. I also think, in that scene from the first film where Peter and Angela are sitting on a bed after they see John and Lenny together, think Peter did something bad to Angela, so he would have had to deal with the pain of knowing that.

Good movie and the people that made this really showed off their great editing skills!

i like this movie we have whole collection

Sleepaway Camp IV(1992/2012) was a failed attempt at finishing the aborted Sleepaway Camp IV filmed in 1992. The first 50 minutes of this film are padded with stock footage. There's brand new footage of Carrie Chambers, John Lodico, and Victor Campos spliced in. This direct-to-video movie was brought to us by Jim Markovic and Krishna Shah; these guys gave us the 1979 Bruce Lee exploitation film The Real Bruce Lee. This movie feels like finding a red, juicy apple with a giant worm in it!To paraphrase The Cinema Snob, this DVD-R release smells like gasoline and a tire store! The first stock footage film that I saw as a kid was Vanishing Son IV(1995). The first hour was padded with flashbacks from the first three TV movies. Silent Night, Deadly Night Part 2(1987) was also padded with stock footage. In Sleepaway Camp IV, the cute, sexy Allison Kramer(Carrie Chambers) is haunted by memories of serial killer Angela Baker. To be honest, the "plot" is a joke. Sleepaway Camp IV was filmed in 1992, but the production company went broke and the movie was shut down. Unedited footage of Sleepaway Camp IV was a bonus disc with the 2002 DVD boxed set version of the Sleepaway Camp movies. This film does make it look and feel as if Felissa Rose, Pamela Springsteen, and Carrie Chambers combined are Angela. Also, B-movie starlet Carrie Chambers is very cute, sexy, photogenic, comely and attractive. She looks good in swimwear. She also does a decent job playing Allison. She alone makes this film worth a look. I only recommend this film to hard core Sleepaway Camp fans and Z-grade movie buffs.

I haven't actually watched the movie, as I had purchased it for my father, who is a huge fan of the Sleep Away series. Still, I thought I should at least comment that the seller was courteous and the item arrived in a timely matter. A+

I have never seen such a load of crap in my life. Appalling copy to start with. Even if this rubbish had the blu ray treatment nothing could improve the fact that this rubbish is an insult to fright fans. Total rip off and a complete waste of money.