Return to Sleepaway Camp

Return to Sleepaway Camp is a 2008 American slasher film written and directed by Robert Hiltzik.

The film stars Vincent Pastore, Jackie Tohn, Jonathan Tiersten, Paul DeAngelo, Isaac Hayes, and Michael Gibney.

Several boys are lighting farts and after failing, Alan threatens them, but is soon stopped by camp counselor, Randy.

and Marie force Karen to lure Alan to the back of the stage, where they take his clothes off, tie him up, blindfold him and embarrass him at the social.

After returning to his cabin, Frank is knocked unconscious with a hammer and wakes up with his head inserted in a birdcage.

Whilst Randy urinates, the killer ties him to a tree, using fishing line to wrap around his penis.

The killer jumps down from the rafters and lands on the top bunk, causing the spikes to impale Bella.

In a post-credits scene, a flashback set three weeks before the film shows how Angela escaped from the psychiatric clinic.

An executive producer of the film, Thomas E. van Dell, claimed that most of the corrected CGI had been completed by December 2006, but director, Robert Hiltzik, felt that it needed more work to meet his expectations.

A 2/5 was bestowed by David Harley of Bloody Disgusting, who regarded Return to Sleepaway Camp as a draggy, unimaginative, and unfunny film with an ending "that manages to disappoint with its banality".

[1] Dread Central's Steve Barton gave Return to Sleepaway Camp a 1½ out 5: "Gone is the really black humor of the first film.

A poor script, a total lack of compelling campers, and a too-brief glimpse of Angela all spell trouble for this nostalgic trip back to camp-land.

Hiltzik should've taken Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor's demise as a warning and let this series go quietly.