Movies Like Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008)

Return to Sleepaway Camp is a 2008 comedy, horror, mystery film from Robert Hiltzik with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Sleepaway Camp and Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers.

Comedy Horror Mystery

Sleepaway Camp

1983

Years after a terrible boating accident, Angela is sent to Camp Arawak where a series of bizarre and violent "accidents" begin to claim the lives of various campers.

6.3

MagicScore

Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers

1988

Angela Baker escapes from a mental hospital and surfaces at a summer camp as a counselor who lectures her teenage charges on proper moral behavior. Those teens who break her strict rules -- from the camp chatterbox or a sex-obsessed girl to the boys who are peeping Toms -- are murdered by the impostor in various gruesome ways. As more campers go missing, intrepid counselor Molly begins to piece together the truth.

5.8

MagicScore

Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland

1989

Psychotic Angela is itching to do what she does best: slaughter dozens of teenage campers. As luck would have it, the previous site of her murders has been renamed and converted into an experimental summer camp meant to bring together privileged and lower-class teens. On the day the youths are boarding the buses to camp, Angela runs over a potential camper with a garbage truck and assumes her identity. Once she has infiltrated the camp, the real terror begins.

5.4

MagicScore

Sleepaway Camp IV: The Survivor

2012

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. In her exploration she encounters a sleazy ranger and kindly hunter. Death awaits them, as the secrets of infamous killer Angela Baker are revealed.

2.2

MagicScore

The Burning

1981

A caretaker at a summer camp is burned when a prank goes tragically wrong. After several years of intensive treatment at hospital, he is released back into society, albeit missing some social skills. What follows is a bloody killing spree with the caretaker making his way back to his old stomping ground to confront one of the youths that accidentally burned him.

6.2

MagicScore

The Final Terror

1983

A group of friends head out for what is expected to be a vacation of hiking, camping and a good time, but when a backwoods mama finds them on her turf, it becomes anything but a vacation.

5.1

MagicScore

The Final Girls

2015

A young woman grieving the loss of her mother, a famous scream queen from the 1980s, finds herself pulled into the world of her mom's most famous movie. Reunited, the women must fight off the film's maniacal killer.

6.4

MagicScore

Friday the 13th

1980

Camp counselors are stalked and murdered by an unknown assailant while trying to reopen a summer camp that was the site of a child's drowning.

6.4

MagicScore

Cub

2014

Over-imaginative 12 year-old Sam heads off to the woods to summer scout camp with his pack convinced that he will encounter a monster...

5.5

MagicScore

#10

Hell of a Summer

2023

When 24-year-old Jason Hochberg arrives for counsellor weekend at his beloved Camp Pineway, his biggest problem is feeling out of touch with his teenage co-workers. Little does he know; a masked killer has murdered camp owners John and Kathy and is preparing to strike again.

5.6

MagicScore

#11

Marshmallow

2025

At a secluded summer camp, timid and introverted 12-year-old Morgan is thrust into a waking nightmare when a once-fabled campfire tale becomes real. As a mysterious figure descends upon the camp, Morgan and his newfound friends must embark on a treacherous journey and uncover a sinister reality buried beneath the surface.

6.0

MagicScore

#12

Madman

1981

Madman Marz, an old folklore legend who murdered his family before escaping into the woods, is inadvertently summoned to a campsite to finish the spree he started decades ago.

5.0

MagicScore

#13

Don't Torture a Duckling

1972

A reporter and a promiscuous young woman try to solve a series of child killings in a remote southern Italian town rife with superstition and a distrust of outsiders.

7.3

MagicScore

#14

Blue Eyes of the Broken Doll

1974

An ex-convict, troubled by dreams that he strangles women, is hired as the caretaker on an estate owned by three very strange sisters. Soon after his arrival, a serial killer begins slaughtering blonde, blue-eyed women - and leaving their eyeballs in a bowl of water.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

The Initiation

1984

An amnesiac sorority member who has been plagued by a recurring nightmare is stalked alongside other coeds by a killer in a deserted department store where they are completing a hazing ritual.

5.4

MagicScore

#16

They/Them

2022

Campers at an LGBTQ+ conversion camp endure unsettling psychological techniques while the campsite is stalked by a mysterious killer.

4.7

MagicScore

#17

Nightmare at Shadow Woods

1987

Twins Todd and Terry seem like sweet boys -- that is, until one of them takes an axe to the face of a fellow patron at the local drive-in.

5.8

MagicScore

#18

Cry_Wolf

2005

After a local woman is murdered, a group of teenage liars create a warning e-mail of a serial killer named “The Wolf”, coming on the next full moon. The teens describe each death method The Wolf uses, but when the described victims actually do start turning up dead, suddenly no one knows where the lies end and the truth begins.

5.8

MagicScore

#19

Absurd

1981

A priest-doctor chasing a man with supernatural regenerative abilities, who has recently escaped from a medical lab, reaches a small town where the mutant goes on a killing spree.

5.5

MagicScore

#20

Cheerleader Camp

1988

A cheerleader named Alison is plagued by nightmares about the upcoming all-state finals and attends a summer training camp with her teammates. When a number of deaths start occurring at the camp, Alison's nightmares turn twisted and brutal, and she begins to believe that she may be responsible for the mayhem.

5.0

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Return to Sleepaway Camp?

The top films similar to Return to Sleepaway Camp by MovieMagicScore are Sleepaway Camp (6.3), Sleepaway Camp II: Unhappy Campers (5.8), Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (5.4). Each shares comedy/horror/mystery themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Return to Sleepaway Camp worth watching?

Return to Sleepaway Camp holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 329 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Return to Sleepaway Camp?

Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008) is a comedy, horror, mystery film directed by Robert Hiltzik, starring Vincent Pastore, Jackie Tohn, Jonathan Tiersten.

Where can I find more recommendations like Return to Sleepaway Camp?

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About movies like Return to Sleepaway Camp

This ranked list pairs Return to Sleepaway Camp (2008), a comedy and horror and mystery film from Robert Hiltzik, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Vincent Pastore take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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