Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor (1992)

Allison Kramer suffers recurring nightmares and selective amnesia. She returns to camp to discover the truth only to find dark memories coming to life before her very eyes.

Director:

Jim Markovic

Writers:

Tommy Clohessy (original screenplay), Tommy Clohessy

Stars:

Carrie Chambers, Victor Campos, John Lodico

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Carrie Chambers	...	Allison
Victor Campos	...	Eugene The Hunter
John Lodico	...	Jack The Ranger
Felissa Rose	...	Angela Baker (archive footage)
Jonathan Tiersten	...	Ricky Thomas (archive footage)
Karen Fields	...	Judy (archive footage)
Christopher Collet	...	Paul (archive footage)
Mike Kellin	...	Mel Costic (archive footage)
Katherine Kamhi	...	Meg (archive footage)
Loris Diran	...	Billy (archive footage) (as Loris Sallahian)
John Dunn	...	Kenny (archive footage)
Desiree Gould	...	Aunt Martha (archive footage)
Owen Hughes	...	Artie (archive footage)
Robert Earl Jones	...	Ben (archive footage)
Paul DeAngelo	...	Ronnie (archive footage)

Storyline

Allison Kramer suffers recurring nightmares and selective amnesia. She returns to camp to discover the truth only to find dark memories coming to life before her very eyes.

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Plot Keywords:

unfinished film | 

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Taglines:

Don't fall asleep...You may never wake up!

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

Unrated

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

Sleepaway Camp IV Production Footage

Filming Locations:

New Jersey, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Double Helix Films, Films Around the World

Technical Specs

Runtime:

70 min 70 min (DVD) 34 min (original)

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film began production in 1992, but while filming the production company, Double Helix Films, went bankrupt and production was shut down. The existing footage was put together and included as a Best Buy exclusive bonus disk in the 2002 Sleepaway Camp Survival Kit DVD box set.

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Alternate Versions

The original 1992 "workprint cut" ran under an hour. It contained an opening narration from an unknown female stating this was a "treatment" of how the film was intended to be if production had completed. The footage was re-worked, re-arranged and re-edited with additional scenes and narration from 2009-2012 to create a 70 minute cut for release in 2013.

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Connections

Featured in The Cinema Snob: Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor (2012)

User Reviews

Not As Bad As I Expected

Luckily, I knew exactly what I was getting into before I even watched this. Essentially, this is nothing more than clips from the first three movies intermixed with the raw production footage for the unfinished 1992 sequel that was included as a bonus disc in the first round of Sleepaway Camp Survival Kit boxed sets.

Before you decide to watch this movie, you must first get it out of your head that this is going to be any sort of straight-forward narrative, or wind up being any type of real sequel to the first three films. It really helps to think of this as nothing more than a flashback episode of a television sitcom. It takes all the key scenes from the first three films and melts them together with a new, virtually threadbare story (Just like flashback episodes of Family Guy, Friends, Seinfeld, or any other television show out there). As a huge Sleepaway Camp fanatic, I sometimes find it difficult to decide on which film to watch. And on days that I can't decide, this will do quite nicely, because it is basically having your cake and eating it too. Is this the worst of the series? Absolutely. But is it so bad that I will never watch it again? Absolutely NOT.

And for the record, before any of you IMDb trolls start complaining about my review, I am ONLY a fan, and I DO NOT, I repeat, DO NOT work for anyone involved in the production or distribution of these films. Not everyone who happens to like a movie that others seem to hate is a bigwig exec trying to dupe you into spending money.