Sleepaway Camp - Resurrection and Legacy

Resurrection and Legacy

In the late 1990s, Jeff Hayes and Australian Web master John Klyza brought the fan base of Sleepaway Camp into the open, with the first official Sleepaway Camp web site. Today, both Klyza and Hayes have their own Sleepaway Camp sites, with Hayes running the official Sleepaway Camp and Return to Sleepaway Camp sites and Klyza running the official sequels site. Hayes did audio commentary for the first Sleepaway Camp on DVD, while Klyza provided commentary for Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers and Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland.

The film has been referenced several times in pop culture, such as:

• Art punk band The Blood Brothers borrowed the title of their song "Meet Me at the Waterfront After the Social" verbatim from a line spoken by Angela.
• Metal band Frightmare wrote a song about the film, simply titled "Angela".
• Senses Fail named a song after Angela Baker, titled "Angela Baker and My Obsession with Fire".
• Robot Chicken aired a sketch about the movie, which included a horrified Robert Hiltzik exclaiming "Oh my god! Someone remembered this movie and wrote a comedy sketch about it!"
• The band (and movie features) CKY (Camp Kill Yourself) is named in reference to the movie. They also released an EP entitled Disengage the Simulator, the cover art for which features Angela. Lead singer Deron Miller is also married to the actress who played Angela. They met on the set of Return to Sleepaway Camp.
• The film's sequels feature songs performed by metal band Obsession (featuring Mike Vescera) including the title track for Teenage Wasteland, "Methods of Madness".
• Post-hardcore band These Arms Are Snakes' album Oxeneers begins with two song titles which refer to the Sleepaway Camp series. The first song on the album is called "The Shit Sisters" after two characters in the second film, and the second song on the album is called "Angela's Secret".