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Jeff Hayes Talks To Macabre Daily About His New Book About “Sleepaway Camp!”

Everyone remembers the first time they saw “Sleepaway Camp.” Robert Hiltzik’s deranged debut slasher is so indelible, it’s nearly impossible to imagine it as part of a horror marathon. If you’ve never seen it before, what other films would you remember? To commemorate the film’s 40th anniversary, author and filmmaker Jeff Hayes has written a book, “Sleepaway Camp: Making the Movie and Reigniting the Campfire, from 1984 Publishing. Hayes talked to us about writing the book and his journey to talk to the people behind the scenes. He also debunked some rumors about the genesis of the film, and gave us some details on the script on the in-development reboot!

Campfire Stories: Inside the new book “Sleepaway Camp: Making the Movie and Reigniting the Campfire!”

This year marks 40 years since the release of “Sleepaway Camp,” which is both hard and easy to imagine. Easy, because it’s dated, yet hard because it hasn’t aged. It’s still the deranged slasher wrapped around a sweet tween romance (and for some reason, an entire baseball game). Not to mention one of the most infamous endings in horror. While it’s celebrated at cons and revival screenings, author Jeff Hayes has written “Sleepaway Camp: Making the Movie and Reigniting the Campfire,” a new book chronicling the making of the film.