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I'm Travis Hunter,

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my sister, and my brother-in-law.

Hi, I'm Renee Hunter Vasquez.

Hi, I'm John Paul Vasquez.

This week, we're broadcasting live from the Recreation Center at Camp Arrawak, discussing the 1983 cult classic slasher sleepaway camp.

The film, written and directed by Robert Hiltzik, was released three years after the original

Friday the 13th.

Though there are plenty of similarities to the more famous film, at the time of its release, it became a box office success. It has since found a cult following in its own right over the years, mostly due to its shocking twist ending. This film was suggested to us by Friends of the Show, Brooke Ferris and Mandy Del Arosa. Mandy can be found on Instagram at Pinche Mom Jeans. That's P-I-N-C-H-E-M-O-M-J-E-A-N-S. So, Sleepaway Camp. What were your first impressions of the film? This was the first time I've ever seen the film at all. It was my first time, too. No, me too, honestly. Which is weird. Yeah. Because it is a cult classic. I've heard of it and I've seen the movie posters for it or whatever, but I've never seen the movie at all, like ever. It has a reputation. It's pretty infamous because of the ending, I guess. Right. And the ending was the only thing I knew about this film going into it.

Same.

I didn't even know that.

Yeah.

All I knew about it was the twist ending.

Yeah.

And it made a different watching experience for me watching this film knowing the ending.

Right.

I'm kind of envious of you because you didn't know the ending.

Like, I would like to know what that experience was like. It was something. I mean, that was...

I think it was something for all of that. Yeah, that's for sure. I can see why the film has,

especially considering the context and, or excuse me, the content of the ending,

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