Fleshburn (1984)

Director:

George Gage

Writers:

George Gage (screenplay) and
Beth Gage (screenplay) ...

Genre:

Drama | Action | Crime | Thriller

Tagline:

A new kind of revenge!

Plot:

A soldier who deserted because of spiritual beliefs was tried and evaluated by four psychiatrists, and...

Plot Keywords:

Staked Out | Native American | Revenge | Bare Chested Male | Navajo

Cast

Steve Kanaly	...	Dr. Sam MacKenzie
Karen Carlson	...	Shirley Pinter
Macon McCalman	...	Earl Dana
Robert Chimento	...	Jay Pinter
Sonny Landham	...	Calvin Duggai
Robert Alan Browne	...	Jim Brody
Duke Stroud	...	Smyley
Larry Vigus	...	Marine Sergeant
Newton John Skinner	...	Chris

Also Known As:

Fear in a Handful of Dust

Runtime:

90 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Iceland:16 | Canada:13+ (Quebec) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | USA:R | West Germany:12

Filming Locations:

Tucson, Arizona, USA

Company:

Armitraj Productions

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): After being freed in the middle of the desert, one of the first things Dr. Sam MacKenzie does is take off his shirt to cool down. Being a Park Ranger, he would know that is the worst thing to do. All the experts say the best thing to do is keep your clothes on, as the Sun will quickly burn your skin otherwise, adding to your difficulties.

not-very-interesting revenge flick

I have this movie on a Rhino Collection called "Horrible Horrors" and it's not really a horror movie. A native American dude is sent to a psychiatric institute for leaving 4 of his companions in the desert to die as part of some tribal justice thing. Of course he was tried and committed by white folk so therefore when he escapes he goes after them, and takes them out to the desert for...either tribal justice or revenge, you can decide. He leaves these 4 people in the desert to die but they're crafty to some extent and have read their survivalist manuals, apparently, so they make shoes out of dead rabbits, eat cactus, and collect water with a plastic raincoat. Of course, Mr. "I'm Not Insane" is hanging out nearby to make sure they don't wander away from his desired fate for them, but somehow they do manage to decide that they want to live and begin to look for help. None of the characters are particularly likable so there's one big problem there, go ahead and die, the viewer might wish. At one point the head "survivalist guy" Sam, says "it's not over yet" but you'll sure wish it was. Overall it's sort of watchable but in a sort of "I'm too lazy to get up and take it off" way. 4 out of 10.