Don't Go in the Woods (1981)

Four young campers, Craig, Peter, Ingrid and Joanie, back-pack through the mountains for a relaxing weekend in the wilderness. They are out camping in broad daylight, while someone else is ... See full summary »

Director:

James Bryan

Writer:

Garth Eliassen (original story and screenplay)

Stars:

Jack McClelland, Mary Gail Artz, James P. Hayden

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Jack McClelland	...	Peter
Mary Gail Artz	...	Ingrid
James P. Hayden	...	Craig
Angie Brown	...	Joanne
Ken Carter	...	Sheriff
David Barth	...	Deputy Benson
Larry Roupe	...	Store Owner
Amy Martell	...	Artist's Child
Tom Drury	...	Maniac
Laura Trefts	...	Dr. Maggie
Alma Ramos	...	Running Girl - Victim #1
Carolyn Braza	...	Cherry - Victim #2
Frank Millen	...	Dick - Victim #3 (as Frank Clitus Muller)
McCormick Dalten	...	Bird Watcher - Victim #4
Cecilia Fannon	...	Lady Artist - Victim #5 (as Cecelia Fannon)

Storyline

Four young campers, Craig, Peter, Ingrid and Joanie, back-pack through the mountains for a relaxing weekend in the wilderness. They are out camping in broad daylight, while someone else is killing tourists in the woods. Craig warns the others not to go into the woods alone. The hillsides are crawling with fat women huffing up hillsides, nerdy bird-watchers, and young couples. Most of whom meet gruesome ends at the hands of a deranged and growling back-woodsman with a sharp spike - who announces his presence by shaking the nearest branch and whooping. The 'happy' campers don't see a man and his wife being chucked off a cliff whilst they splash about in the river below. They enter a forest which becomes denser and darker as they progress. Peter and Ingrid fear that they are lost. Something large suddenly comes lunging forward with a gleaming machete. Craig slips dead to the ground as the machete cuts him up. Peter and the others flee screaming into the forest. The rest of the day and ...

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Plot Keywords:

machete | camper | woods | forest | weekend | 

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Taglines:

Everyone has nightmares about the ugliest way to die.

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Genres:

Horror

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Certificate:

R

Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

4 September 1981 (USA)

Also Known As:

Don't Go in the Woods... Alone!

Filming Locations:

Park City, Utah, USA

Company Credits

Production Co:

JBF

Technical Specs

Runtime:

82 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.66 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

In the scene where Craig tells Peter, Ingrid, and Joanie the ghost story around the camp fire there's no cut away shots of Craig at all in the scene. According to director James Bryan the footage of Craig telling the story was accidentally ruined so the scene had to be cut with footage of the other cast members and Craig's voice-over.

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Quotes

Craig: [tying Joanne in a sleeping bag] Now I've got you, bitch! Let's hear you say uncle! Say uncle! Say it, bag of bitch! Say it! Say it, bag of bitch! Say it! Say uncle!

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Connections

Referenced in The Cinema Snob: Friday the 13th (2013)

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Soundtracks

(Theme Song)
Written by H. Kingsley Thurber
Sung by H. Kingsley Thurber

User Reviews

'WRONG TURN' without the turn!!!!

Yet another of the films that languishes in the hell that is 'Banned by the BBFC'. My only question being 'did you watch a different film to me?' I cannot even begin to think why this was considered banworthy (is that a word?) unless it was 'cos they didn't want to subject us to this!!! This is definitely another one of those 'So Bad they're good' contenders that I love so much I also think that an average mark of 2.2 out of 10 seems a bit harsh for this film I would give it at least a 3!!

Basically this film consists of a 'Crazy Man' running around in the most densely populated 'middle of nowhere' that I have ever seen and killing people with a large Machete on a stick

It really is that SIMPLE