There is nothing more exciting to a big movie buff than to see a bunch of EXTRAS on the DVD of their favorite movies! And it can be a real let-down when one of your favorite movies comes out on DVD and there are NO bonus features on it!! Well this could have happened to the SLEEPAWAY CAMP DVD...but not with webmasters JEFF and JOHN on the case! It all started when ANCHOR BAY announced that they were going to put out our favorite slasher flick on DVD! It was a dream come true to know that all us SLEEPAWAY buffs would be able to have our very own beautiful crystal-clear digital copies! No more worrying about lines in the picture or a VCR eating our sacred copies...our favorite flick was coming in digital glory!

In October 1999, co-webmaster Jeff wrote Anchor Bay Entertainment in Michigan to suggest that they have Jonathan Tiersten and Felissa Rose do an interview or commentary for the DVD. At this point, Jeff had already met Jonathan and had spoken with Felissa. He had told them both about the upcoming DVD and asked them if they would like to get on it if offered. They both thought it would be great! Jeff heard back from Anchor Bay shortly after they received his e-mail. He was told that ANCHOR BAY was going to be starting preliminary production on SLEEPAWAY soon and they would contact him about the interviews once it was time.

It wasn't long before January 2000 came about! The new millennium was here! And now SLEEPAWAY CAMP was listed as a JULY 2000 Release on Anchor Bay's website!! Jeff began to worry...only another 7 months until the SLEEPAWAY DVD was supposed to be in stores! Hoping that they hadn't forgot, Jeff wrote Anchor Bay again! Once again, Anchor Bay got back to him a few days later. They told him that the VP of acquisitions had his information and that he would definitely contact him when the time came.

Once again, time passed without any word from Anchor Bay on the DVD. It was now March and something else exciting was about to happen! Jeff had made plans with Felissa to spend the last weekend of the month with her to hang-out, chat Sleepaway, go see one of her off-Broadway shows, and do the exclusive FELISSA ROSE INTERVIEW for the website!! The last weekend of March came and Jeff headed out to NY with some of his fellow SLEEPAWAY buffs!!

Sue, Matt, & Joe put on their spooky T-Shirts in preparation for going to meet FELISSA

The weekend turned out to be a fantastic time for everybody as Jeff and crew spent 3 days with ANGELA herself! It was a dream come true re-living the film with Felissa! On Friday evening, Jeff and crew got the opportunity to see much exciting exclusive memorabilia such as:

• Felissa's Mom's Exclusive on-set photo albums which Jeff scanned for the site.
• Felissa's personal autograph journal (where most of the film's cast wrote some stuff for Felissa and signed their names).
• The original Robert Hiltzik Script!!

All of this, of course, deepened the mystery as to WHAT EVER HAPPENED TO DIRECTOR ROBERT HILTZIK?? Felissa hadn't seen him since SLEEPAWAY CAMP was premiered...and wondered herself what ever became of the "Really Smart" man who created the Masterpiece! A big Surprise was about to come!! Felissa remembered a small piece of information that might serve as a good starting point in trying to find him! This lead to a possible contact number. Friday night, Felissa handed the number to Jeff and said, "You found Jonathan and Me, so if anyone is gonna do this, it's you!" And guess what?? Jeff made the call and the number lead to them finding the man himself!! The next day, Jeff and Felissa both talked to Robert on the phone! This was only the beginning of something greater to come!