Trivia

Felissa Rose was asked to return as Angela Baker and she did a reading, but didn't quite click with the comedic one-liners that Angela delivered in the sequels. She was also preparing to attend college at the time.

The characters are named after actors associated with quintessential 1980s film culture - predominantly members of the Brat Pack. Molly (Molly Ringwald), Sean (Sean Penn), Ally (Ally Sheedy), TC (Tom Cruise), Uncle John (John Hughes), Mare (Mare Winningham), Rob (Rob Lowe), Demi (Demi Moore), Lea (Lea Thompson), Brooke (Brooke Shields), Jodi (Jodie Foster), Anthony (Anthony Michael Hall), Judd (Judd Nelson), Charlie (Charlie Sheen), Phoebe (Phoebe Cates), Emilio (Emilio Estevez), Diane (Diane Lane).

Filmed from 20 September 1987 until 9 October 1987, back-to-back with its sequel, Sleepaway Camp III: Teenage Wasteland (1989), shot from 12 October 1987 until 31 October 1987. Both were filmed in six weeks.

According to some cast and crew members, during production/filming, Pamela Springsteen did not tell anyone she was Bruce Springsteen's sister. Several found out about it years later.

This film was shot in Waco, Georgia, at a camp ground formerly known to locals as Camp Waco. It is now private property. Most of the buildings used in the film are now gone. The restroom, abandoned cabin and swimming pool are the only things remaining.