CAMP GRINDHOUSE

Buy a pass to attend all four weeks of Camp Grindhouse and take home the limited edition ringer t-shirt.  Only the coolest camp counselers need apply. 

Meatballs: Wednesday, July 12th
Sleepaway Camp: Wednesday, July 26th
Up the Creek: Wednesday, August 9th
Malibu Beach: Wednesday, August 23rd

$40 for FilmScene members and $45 to the general public.

Wednesdays get weird when Late Shift at the Grindhouse hosts Ross Meyer, Joe Derderian, and Aaron Holmgren dig up low-budget b-movies, horror and gore-fests, and camp classics for your viewing pleasure. Buy your ticket and take a ride in our Time Machine! Punch in and earn a bonus! $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon tallboys and $3 small popcorn! PLUS -- special custom trash trailer reel curated by Ross with cheap swag and prize giveaways!

Sleepaway Camp (1983)

Directed by Robert Hiltzik (Return to Sleepaway Camp)

Dear Mom and Dad, I've been at Sleepaway Camp for almost three weeks now and I'm getting very scared...

"A nasty Friday the 13th rip-off that's better than most." - Michael J. Weldon, The Psychotronic Video Guide

"This is a film that appears to be an attempt at a legitimate, serious film that ends up being something wonderful batshit. It’s filled with ridiculous dialogue, over the top murders and that ending!" - Sam Panico, B&S About Movies

"Quirky, cheesy, less violent than its peers, and frequently kind of sweet, Sleepaway Camp is not your average 80s slasher film."  - Nate Yapp, Classic-Horror.com

"In 1983 filmmaker Robert Hiltzik sent a shockwave through the world of horror entertainment with Sleepaway Camp, his deceptively complex tale of gender confusion, bullying, childhood trauma, and murder set in and around the normally fun-filled cabins of an upstate New York summer retreat." - Justin Beahm, Scream

Welcome to Camp Arawak, where teenage boys and girls learn to experience the joys of nature, as well as each other.  But when these happy campers begin to die in a series of horrible 'accidents' they discover that someone - or something - has turned their summer of fun into a vacation to dismember.  Has a dark secret returned from the camp's past... or will an unspeakable horror end the season forever?  

From its grisly special effects to the truly shocking climax, Sleepaway Camp is no ordinary 'body count' movie.  See for yourself why this killer thriller spawned three sequels and became one of the most surprising horror hits of the '80s!

Part of Camp Grindhouse at FilmScene.