In the Deep Woods (TV 1992)

Joanna mourns for her friend. She's victim of a serial killer, who's specialized on successful young women. He dumps their bodies in the deep woods without leaving any trace - the police is... See full summary »

Director:

Charles Correll

Writers:

Nicholas Conde (book), Robert Nathan (teleplay),

Stars:

Rosanna Arquette, Anthony Perkins, Will Patton

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Rosanna Arquette	...	Joanna Warren
Anthony Perkins	...	Paul Miller, P.I.
Will Patton	...	Eric Gaines
D.W. Moffett	...	Frank McCarry
Christopher Rydell	...	Tommy Warren
Amy Ryan	...	Beth
Beth Broderick	...	Myra Cantrell
Harold Sylvester	...	George Dunaway
Kimberly Beck	...	Margot
Paul Perri	...	Allen Harkins
Greg Kean	...	Ken Hollister
Ned Bellamy	...	Jerome Spears
Mary Gregory	...	Grace Warren
David Grant Wright	...	Larry Jenner
Ava Lazar	...	Cynthia Manning

Storyline

Joanna mourns for her friend. She's victim of a serial killer, who's specialized on successful young women. He dumps their bodies in the deep woods without leaving any trace - the police is clueless. Shortly after Joanna is addressed by a man, who says he's private eye Paul and investigates for the parents of another victim. His many weird questions worry Joanna - maybe he's the psychopath? Soon she fears to be in danger herself and looks with suspicion on all her friends and relatives.

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Plot Keywords:

serial killer | psychopath | based on book | based on novel

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Taglines:

In The Deep Woods

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Genres:

Crime | Thriller

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

26 October 1992 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Escada de Corda

Filming Locations:

San Diego, California, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Frederic Golchan Productions, Leonard Hill Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

95 min

Sound Mix:

Stereo

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

'Anthony Perkins'' final performance.

User Reviews

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Back to back, from one decent TV thriller ('Through the Eyes of a Killer') to somewhat another. Yeah somewhat. I'm kind of lukewarm on it. 'In the Deep Woods' had the ingredients for a tight, relentless and interesting thriller, but director Charles Correll's sinuously pedestrian handling and Robert Nathan and Robert Rosenblum's material (adapted from Nicholas Conde's novel) piles on the red herrings and all too convenient developments. By being a knotty plot, it keeps you off balance and never strikes me as predictable. It's just hard to believe some incidents, as some things that occur just had me thinking "Oh, why?". Everything seems to move at a snail's pace, but you stay with it because you want to know how it'll pan out. There's a few effective suspenseful sequences and a very dreary tone streaming through it, but there's just too many generic and replicate patterns. Its well shot, edited and leanly scored. This would be Anthony Perkins last role, and it's a blank performance (just think of his failing condition), but his stable presence eventually wins out. The perky Patricia Arquette is suitably fine in the heroine role. As for Will Patton, he looks lost at sea with his character.