Backwoods (1987)

A hillbilly father and his idiot son terrorize and murder campers.

Director:

Dean Crow

Writers:

Dean Crow (story), Charles Joseph

Stars:

Christine Noonan, Jack O'Hara, Brad Armacost

Cast

Complete credited cast:
Christine Noonan	...	Karen
Jack O'Hara	...	William, the Geek
Brad Armacost	...	Jamie
Dick Kreusser	...	Eben
Leslie Denise	...	Beth
Gary Lott	...	Ranger

Storyline

A hillbilly father and his idiot son terrorize and murder campers.

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Plot Keywords:

murder | camping | independent film

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Taglines:

A secret hidden by time that will reap its horrible revenge.

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

5 April 1988 (USA)

Also Known As:

Geek

Filming Locations:

Indiana, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

Overlook Films Ltd.

Technical Specs

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

User Reviews

Too slow

The plot = A young couple travel throughout the country on they're bikes in search of a camping adventure, After they venture into the part of the woods that people in the town are scared off they come across an odd family with an even odder son.

This is yet another in a long line of camping slashers that came out during the 1980's. Despite the theme of campers getting mixed up with an odd local family, it's actually somewhat different than what we usually get from this particular sub-genre. In fact it takes over an hour for anything to actually happen, during that time this movie just attempts to build the tension and flesh out the characters.

But to be honest none of this worked in my opinion as this movie was just way to boring, and the cast were just not interesting for me to care about. Even the so-called pay off didn't work By the time things start rolling it's already an hour in and I've almost lost entirely all interest. The attempt to build character development was a worthy, but failed, effort for a flick in this genre.

All in all "Backwoods" is just way too slow paced to be considered interesting, cause by the time anything happens you would have likely lost interest.