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Old 08-13-2013, 09:20 PM
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Gonna absolutely put everything behind Sleepaway Camp.

One of the most imaginative and unique American horror films ever made, it plays with genre conventions (almost in a Lynchian way). It utilizes soap-opera drama to contrast with increasingly bizarre murder scenes, as well as dealing (tangentially?) with gender/sexuality issues. And the ending. My God. A master stroke that, in one jaw-dropping instant, recontextualizes everything that came before it, casting an instant haze of sickening confusion and creeping menace. Here's a little blurb I wrote for it quite some time ago if you're looking for additional backup on this movie: http://enjoythemonologue.wordpress.c...rier-scariest/
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