Sleepaway Camp (1983) on Netflix
After a boating accident kills her family, Angela lives with her aunt Martha and cousin Ricky. Both are sent to Camp Arawak, where the shy girl becomes a target.
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Plot summary
Eight years after a motorboat strikes her family on a lake, Angela survives as a withdrawn girl who lives with her aunt Martha Thomas and her cousin Ricky Thomas. Martha sends the two to Camp Arawak for the summer. Angela's silence makes her an easy mark for camper Judy and counselor Meg, though Ronnie Angelo and Susie treat her kindly. Kenny and Mike mock her as well, and Ricky and his friend Paul confront them; Paul befriends Angela. The head cook, Artie, tries to assault the girl, and Ricky intervenes. Artie is then badly scalded by boiling water, and camp owner Mel Kostic calls it an accident.
Cast
Did you know?!Facts and trivia about Sleepaway Camp (1983)
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- Hiltzik sought Mike Kellin to portray camp owner Mel Kostic and tracked him down to his home in Nyack, New York after Kellin's agent initially rejected the screenplay; Kellin was ill with lung cancer during filming and died on August 26, 1983, three months prior to the film's release.
- Hiltzik privately raised funding for the film through friends, family and other "connections", eventually amassing a budget of $335,000 to make the film.
- Felissa Rose was cast in her debut role as the character and was paid only $5,000 for her performance; for the part she wore a bra to appear flat-chested.
SPOILER
For the scene in which "Angela" is revealed to be Peter Baker, Rose was originally going to wear a prosthetic; instead a local college student was paid $200 to fill in for her, shaved his body and had to be drunk before filming the scene.SPOILER
Jane Krakowski was initially cast as Judy but turned down the role upon learning of the character's death, and was replaced with Karen Fields, who improvised her performance, finding it fun to play a "bad girl" character.SPOILER
Jonathan Tiersten performed Angela's killing scenes, since Felissa Rose's contract stated that she would not do the killings on-screen due to her young age.
