7/10
The Return of Angela
23 November 2019
This sequel is likable enough and does the best it can, but you can tell everyone was a little tired after shooting Unhappy Campers immediately before this. It's not a bad movie, but it does beg the question of if this movie was necessary or not. It might as well be a remake of the last sequel with Angela returning (after killing a hapless camper-to-be and assuming her identity) to camp. This time, the camp is some sort of touchy feely social experiment that brings inner city kids and rich kids together to share and care for one another. Just like the last time, very few of these kids end up rising to Angela's impossibly high moral standards and she starts punishing them by beating them with stick, dropping them from flag poles, chopping their heads off with axes and lawnmowers, and even blowing their faces off with firecrackers.

Pamela Spingsteen still seems to be having fun inhabiting the homicidal Angela and there does seem to be a satirical edge throughout (especially with the characters of Herman and Lily - the husband and wife in charge of the camp), but there's a strong feeling of "been there, done that" which lingers over the entire film. There are some good death scenes and set pieces sprinkled throughout, but it's not as bouncy and vibrant as Unhappy Campers.
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