Manhunt (2008)
"Rovdyr" (original title)

The summer of 1974. Four young friends have planned a relaxing weekend out in the woods. At a remote truck stop they pick up a hitchhiker, who only after a short ride demands that they stop... See full summary »

Director:

Patrik Syversen

Writers:

Nini Bull Robsahm, Patrik Syversen

Stars:

Henriette Bruusgaard, Jørn Bjørn Fuller Gee, Lasse Valdal

1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview:
Henriette Bruusgaard	...	Camilla
Jørn Bjørn Fuller Gee	...	Jørgen (as Jørn-Bjørn Fuller-Gee)
Lasse Valdal	...	Roger
Nini Bull Robsahm	...	Mia
Janne Beate Bønes	...	Renate (as Janne Starup Bønes)
Trym Hagen	...	Gutt i tre (as Trym E. Hagen)
Kristina Leganger Aaserud	...	Jenta
Helge Sveen	...	Jeger 1
Jeppe Beck Laursen	...	Jeger 2 (as Jeppe Laursen)
Erlend Vetleseter	...	Jeger 3
Jorunn Kjellsby	...	Kafédame
Martin Slaatto	...	Mann 1
Kristofer Hivju	...	Mann 2
Gudmund Groven	...	Mann 3

Storyline

The summer of 1974. Four young friends have planned a relaxing weekend out in the woods. At a remote truck stop they pick up a hitchhiker, who only after a short ride demands that they stop the car. They are terrified. Suddenly they are all ambushed and left unconscious. They wake up deep in the woods with no one around but the sound of a hunting horn. Someone is out hunting, and they are the prey

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Plot Keywords:

hitchhiker | truck stop | hunting horn | man hunt | 1970s | 

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Genres:

Horror | Thriller

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Details

Official Sites:

Official site [no]

Country:

Norway

Language:

Norwegian

Release Date:

4 January 2008 (Norway)

Also Known As:

Manhunt

Company Credits

Production Co:

Euforia Film, Fender Film

Technical Specs

Runtime:

78 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Connections

References The Last House on the Left (1972)

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Soundtracks

"Wait For The Rain"
Written by David Hess (as David A. Hess)
Performed by David Hess

User Reviews

The Møst Dångerøus Gåme.

The backwoods/survivalist horror genre is one of my favourites, but the films do have a tendency to follow the same formula, Manhunt being no exception. A typical example of 'doing things by the book', it starts in time-honoured fashion with four friends travelling through the wilderness in their VW camper-van (the film is set in 1974, a tribute to that classic of the genre, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre perhaps). After the predictable run in with hostile locals at a roadside diner, they do the expected thing by picking up a scared hitch-hiker, inadvisably stop in the middle of nowhere, and, in yet another retelling of The Most Dangerous Game, fall prey to a group of hunters who prefer killing humans to animals.

Despite all of the familiar trappings, this sort of thing can work very well just so long as there are regular thrills and inventive bloody kills, the protagonists are likable, and they don't behave like absolute idiots; Manhunt is suitably vicious in tone and features some reasonable splatter (although it's not as creatively bloody as I would have liked), but sadly its young victims aren't very appealing and act like morons. They constantly bicker with each other, stupidly insult the locals, and repeatedly make ill-advised decisions that only worsen their already dire situation. In short, I couldn't care less if they survived or ended up as trophies lashed to the bonnet of a Norwegian maniac's Landrover.