History Trivia / SleepawayCamp

* IronyAsSheIsCast: Angela, [[spoiler: as a biological boy,]] is flat-chested. Creator/FelissaRose grew up to be, well, [[https://www.instagram.com/p/CyZu3KqLGhA/?hl=en very much not]].

** Played straight with Desiree Gould, who in interviews is the complete antithesis of the ridiculous over-the-top Aunt Martha.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Judy was intended to be a blonde, to contrast against Angela's brown hair. But Karen Fields played the AlphaBitch so well that the character became brunette. Likewise, she was kept away from any of the graphic death scenes when they were being shot; although she had an idea the scenes would be intense.
* ActingInTheDark: In order to protect the thirteen-year-old Felissa Rose in the scene of Artie attempting to molest Angela, they first filmed the reaction shots of her backing away, and then Artie's coverage when she was off set. She didn't know what was happening in the scene until she saw the finished film.

* CostumeBacklash: Jonathan Tiersten really didn't like the large hat he had to wear at the social, since it kept falling off because it was so big. He also thought it looked ridiculous.

* AbilityOverAppearance: Judy was intended to be a blonde, to contrast against Angela's brown hair. But Karen Fields played the AlphaBitch so well that the character became brunette.

* FunnyCharacterBoringActor: Inverted. Angela is TheQuietOne who says very little, and doesn't emote much. Felissa Rose by contrast is a GenkiGirl known for being very lively and bubbly at horror conventions.

** Felissa Rose's mother protested about a couple of things that influenced the shooting process - and resulted in some additional {{Foreshadowing}} of the twist. [[spoiler: She did not want her daughter to be the killer, as she was too young. So the male Jonathan Tiersten acted as her double and stood in for her in most of the killing scenes. It's him wearing a wig in the scenes where Kenny and Judy are killed. His hands are used in most of the shots of only Angela's hands, again to hide the killer's identity]].

* UncreditedRole: The man who stood in for Felissa Rose in the ending has remained anonymous to this day. The actor was "a local college kid" who was paid "a couple hundred bucks" to play the role after parental complaints from Felissa Rose's mother about having her daughter wear a prosthetic penis for the scene. As a result, they had to make a mask of Felissa Rose's face for the actor to wear. For the scene; the actor had to be completely shaved, stand on a beach on a freezing cold night, wear the mask of 13-year-old girl, and he had to be naked for the scene as well. He drank several beers to calm his nerves and when the time came to do the scene, the poor guy was overwhelmed with stage fright and he broke down crying. Edward French, Felissa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, and Robert Hiltzik understand that it was an intense and bizarre scene for the actor to do, spoke about him with the utmost pity, and they still respect his desire to remain anonymous.

* InMemoriam: The movie is dedicated to writer/director Robert Hiltzik's mother, [[SugarWiki/HeartwarmingMoments whom he describes as a "doer"]].

* UncreditedRole: The man who stood in for Felissa Rose in the ending has remained anonymous to this day. The actor was "a local college kid" who was given the role after parental complaints from Felissa Rose's mother about having her daughter wear a prosthetic penis for the scene. As a result, they had to make a mask of Felissa Rose's face for the actor to wear. For the scene; he had to be completely shaved, stand on a beach on a freezing cold night, wear the mask of 13-year-old girl, and he had to be naked for the scene as well. The poor guy was overwhelmed with stage fright, probably because it was his first time acting and he was required to do something that was beyond his comfort zone. The unnamed actor drank several beers and when the time came to do the scene, he broke down crying and showed that he really didn't want to do it. Edward French, Felisaa Rose, Jonathan Tiersten, and Robert Hiltzik understand that it was an intense and bizare scene for the first time actor to do and respect his desire to remain anonymous.

* UncreditedRole: The man who stood in for Felissa Rose in the ending has remained anonymous due to the backstory behind the scene. The actor was "a local college kid" who was given the role after parental complaints from Felissa Rose's mother about having her daughter wear a prosthetic penis for the scene. As a result, they had to make a mask of Felissa Rose's face for him to wear and the nerve-wracked actor had to stand naked on the beach on a freezing cold night while wearing the mask of a 13-year-old girl. The poor guy was said to be crying before filming and he had to drink several beers before doing the scene so he could do it without changing his mind.

* UncreditedRole: [[spoiler: The man who stood in for Felissa Rose in the ending has remained anonymous due to the backstory behind the scene. The actor was "a local college kid" who had to do the role after parental complaints from Felissa Rose's mother and as a result they had to make a mask of Felissa Rose's face for him to wear. The nerve-racked actor was paid a couple hundred dollars to be completely shaved and he had to stand naked on the beach on a freezing night while wearing the mask of 13-year-old girl. The poor guy had to drink several beers before doing the scene so he could do it without changing his mind and he was said to be crying before filming.]]

* CreatorBacklash: The director later said he regretted having [[spoiler: Angela kill the kids who threw sand on her]]. He wanted every victim in the movie to be an AssholeVictim and later decided that this was a bit DisproportionateRetribution.

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Felissa Rose's mother protested about a couple of things that influenced the shooting process - and resulted in some additional {{Foreshadowing}} of the twist. [[spoiler: She did not want her daughter to be the killer, as she was too young. So the male Jonathan Tiersten acted as her double and stood in for her in most of the killing scenes. It's him wearing a wig in the scenes where Kenny and Judy are killed. His hands are used in most of the shots of only Angela's hands, again to hide the killer's identity]].
** Willy Kuskin, whose character is bullied, was a victim of bullying in real life, as a result, Frank Trent Saladino had to intervene when the other members took things too far.

* UncreditedRole: [[spoiler: The man who stood in for Felissa Rose in the ending has remained anonymous due to the backstory behind the scene. The actor was "a local college kid" who had to do the role after parental complaints from Felissa Rose's mother and as a result they had to make a mask of Felissa Rose's face for him to wear. The nerve-racked actor was paid a couple hundred dollars to be completely shaved and he had to stand naked on the beach on a freezing night while wearing the mask of 13 year old girl. The poor guy had to drink several beers before doing the scene so he could do it without changing his mind and he was said to be crying before filming.]]

* UncreditedRole: [[spoiler: The man who stood in for Felissa Rose in the ending has remained anonymous because of the backstory behind the scene. The actor was "a local college kid" who had to do the role due to parental complaints from Felissa Rose's mother and as a result they had to make a mask of her face for him to wear. The nerve-racked actor was paid a couple hundred dollars to be completely shaved and he had to stand naked on the beach on a freezing night while wearing the mask of 13 year old girl. The poor guy had to drink several beers before doing the scene so he could do it without changing his mind and he was reportedly crying horrendously before filming.]]

* UncreditedRole: [[spoiler: The man who stood in for Felissa Rose in the ending has remained anonymous because of the backstory behind the scene. The actor had to do the role due to parental complaints from Felissa Rose's mother and as a result they had to make a mask of her face for him to wear. The actor was paid a few hundred dollars to stand naked on the beach on a freezing night while wearing the mask of 13 year old girl. The poor guy had to drink several beers before doing the scene so he could do it without changing his mind and he was reportedly crying before filming.]]

* UncreditedRole: [[spoiler: The man who stood in for Felissa Rose in the ending has remained anonymous because of the backstory behind the scene. The actor had to do the role due to parental complaints from Felissa Rose's mother and as a result they had to make a mask of Felissa Rose's face for him to wear. The actor was paid several hundred dollars to stand completely nude in the cold while wearing the mask of 13 year old girl. The poor guy had to drink several beers before the scene so he could do it without changing his mind and he was reportedly crying before filming.]]

* UncreditedRole: The man who stood in for [[spoiler: Felissa Rose]] has remained anonymous. This is because of the backstory behind the scene. [[spoiler: The actor had to do the role due to parental complaints from Felissa Rose's mother. They had to make a mask of Felissa Rose's face and he was paid a few hundred dollars to stand, completely naked, wearing only a teenage girl mask, on the beach during the cold night. The poor guy had several beers before the scene so he would do it without changing his mind and he was crying before filming.]]

* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Felissa Rose's mother protested about a couple of things that influenced the shooting process - and resulted in some additional {{Foreshadowing}} of the twist. [[spoiler: She did not want her daughter to be the killer, as she was too young. So the male Jonathan Tiersten acted as her double, and stood in for her in most of the killing scenes. It's him wearing a wig in the scenes where Kenny and Judy are killed. His hands are used in most of the shots of only Angela's hands, again to hide the killer's identity]].