As a teenager I admit to not being a fan of the original but I certainly loved the two sequels - and this one is still the epitome of fun 80s slasher flicks.

Angela Baker is back this time using a fake name, having had a complete sex change and taking the guise of a goody-goody counselor at Camp Rolling Hills where she has a fun time singing the "Happy Camper" song, playing games and doing crafts - but it doesn't last for long as her murderous tendencies take over and it's a smorgasbord of dead teens as she begins to weed out the "bad" campers.

With all the juvenile jokes, nudity and gore you've got to love (and even a panty raid scene and cheesy heavy metal soundtrack) this is high entertainment that never takes itself seriously and has a lead actress in Pamela Springsteen (yes, she's rocker Bruce's sister) who's perfect and gives Angela a charm even while she's drowning the camp slut in the memorably gruesome outhouse scene.

This one's a pleaser that might run out of steam close to the end but has enough fun nudging other movies in the ribs (Freddy, Jason and Leatherface get theirs) while having lots of memorable deaths and an engaging slasher that you can forgive its couple of shortcomings. Gotta love the humourous "choose your weapon" moment.

There's one more to go (it was shot back-to-back with this one).

Directed By: Michael A. Simpson.
Written By: Fritz Gordon.

Starring: Pamela Springsteen, Renee Estevez, Susan Marie Snyder, Valerie Hartman.

Picture Ratio: 1:85:1 Widescreen.

Picture Quality: This is a good transfer that's a little fuzzy at times (due mostly to the lower budget) and minimal grain - it looks better than ever before (so good that you can see dead bodies "blink" at times).

Extras: Anchor Bay makes us smile with a decent batch of features. There's a shaky and poor quality trailer, a teaser for part three that lives up to the "teaser" title, three decent still galleries (behind-the-scenes/artwork, abandoned cabin scene and make-up effects), behind-the-scenes/outtakes with commentary and an okay commentary track with director Simpson and writer Gordon that's moderated by John Klyza of sleepawaycampfilms.com.