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A secret hidden by time that will reap its horrible revenge.
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A hillbilly father and his idiot son terrorize and murder campers. | full synopsis
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(Complete credited cast) | Christine Noonan | ... | Karen |
| Jack O'Hara | ... | William, the Geek |
| Brad Armacost | ... | Jamie |
| Dick Kreusser | ... | Eben |
| Leslie Denise | ... | Beth |
| Gary Lott | ... | Ranger |
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"Backwoods", or "Geek" (as I know it) is one of those films in the same sub-genre as Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Deliverance, Midnight, Just Before Dawn...you get my drift. It reminded me very much of "Just Before Dawn", as some of the scenes are very similar.
I won't go into a detailed description of the plot as I'm sure you will get an idea of it from the other reviews here.
The film gets off to a slow start, although the atmosphere is rather creepy. There is very little gore at all, which is a shame because it would have enhanced things greatly. When things do get going (in the last quarter of the film) is when it is most rewarding - the scenes are tense, disturbing and very well done. The film also makes you think a bit and by the end, the message I got was that ultimately humans stand alone and must protect themselves at all costs.
If you love films such as Just Before Dawn, Midnight, Deliverance, and so on, I would recommend giving this a watch. The pay-off is in the ending but sadly you have to suffer a bit of boredom to get to it.