A group of teenagers
decide to camp out and go hiking in the
woods of Utah and decides to camp out
there.
The leader of the pack named Peter (Jack
McClelland) tells the rest of the hikers
some safety tips of never going in the
woods alone and to always stick together.
But suddenly they realise that they are
stalked by a vicious blood thirsty killer
that stores his dead bodies in bags and
in his shack as he tries to kill all of
them as well as others residing there.
This film can
almost guarantee you to be put to sleep
if you are having sleepless nights. Just rent this at your video store and
watch it as you'll see what I mean. However, the camera work does show some nice scenery in
the forest and the mountains around Utah.
Then we have a campfire tale by Peter which doesn't look convincingly at
all and it looks extremely hokey.
Then there's a scene by a painter who gets slayed and it sounds
like she is having an orgy than sounding
like she's being hacked to death.
However, there is a good scene and camera
shot on a
fisherman at a creek when a bear
trap is slams into his face and then the Maniac moves in for the kill while Peter himself is running for his life before he
gets killed which is one of the only
scene's worth watching.
We have Craig goofing
around and tying Joanie in
her sleeping bag and tying her to a tree
which should look well done but its
as if these characters were forced to
do this.
We do have a good killing scene involving Joanie inside the shack of
the Maniac looking menacing so a
good point on the filmmakers work with
that scene.
There is also a good revenge scene at the
end involving Peter and Ingrid against the Maniac but that's all folks
Bottom line is when you see the
box you probably think "Oh boy a
cheezy looking but interesting looking
film I gotta check it out" but
surprise! A boring weak plotted film. This film was made for no good reason
which is really sad! Instead of titling
it "Don't Go in the Woods"
which was a lame title anyways, they
should've called it "Don't Watch
this Lame Film" which suits the film
itself! It's also a total ripoff to Just
Before Dawn and easily
forgettable too.
The acting is
terrible and full of virtual unknowns as
they show no characterisation to their
roles and just read their lines.
The graphic slayings are
the main plot of this film.
A mother is brutally slayed while
painting a picture and it leads a violent
bloodshed
A guy's face is caught in a bear trap
A teen is bloodied while being slayed
A guy in a wheelchair has his head
decapitated
Bodies in bags .
A hiker is stabbed by a sharp stick
A bloodied boy is hung from a tree
A teen is bloodily stabbed by a large
knife
The killer is bloodily stabbed a bunch of
times
H. Kingsley
Thurher's composing is bloody
annoying and terrible. I would NEVER hire
this person. |
