Don't Go in the Woods (2010)

Director:

Vincent D'Onofrio

Writers:

Vincent D'Onofrio (story)
Sam Bisbee (screenplay)
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Genre:

Horror | Musical

Tagline:

Making a hit can be a killer.

Plot:

A young band heads to the woods in order to focus on writing new songs. Hoping to emerge with new music that will score them their big break, they instead find themselves in the middle of a nightmare beyond comprehension. |

Plot Keywords:

Head Wound | Rock Band | Singing In A Car | Graffiti | French Girl

Cast

Bo Boddie	...	Carson
Eric Bogosian	...	Executive
Gwynn Galitzer	...	Felicity
Jorgen Jorgensen	...	Carlo
Tim Lajcik	...	Creature
Soomin Lee	...	Johnny
Kate O'Malley	...	Callie
Matt Sbeglia	...	Nick
Casey Smith	...	Anton
Nick Thorp	...	Robbie
Ali Tobia	...	Melinda
Cassandra Lee Walker	...	Ashley (as Cassandra Walker)

Directed by
Vincent D'Onofrio

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Sam Bisbee		screenplay
Vincent D'Onofrio		story
Joe Vinciguerra		screenplay

Produced by
Sam Bisbee	....	executive producer
Chris Cenatiempo	....	associate producer
Ken Christmas	....	producer
Erika Hampson	....	producer
Joe Vinciguerra	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Sam Bisbee
Bo Boddie

Cinematography by
Michael J. Latino

Film Editing by
Jennifer Lee

Makeup Department
Jennifer Suarez	....	makeup artist

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Kija Brooks	....	first assistant director

Art Department
Stephanie Armstrong	....	property master

Sound Department
Matt Gundy	....	sound re-recording mixer
Paul Levin	....	sound effects editor

Stunts
Chris Cenatiempo	....	stunt coordinator
John Finnerty Jr	....	utility stunts
Tim Lajcik	....	stunts
Maggie Macdonald	....	stunt double

Camera and Electrical Department
Nick Deeg	....	first assistant camera
Ron Schlaeger	....	steadicam operator

Costume and Wardrobe Department
Pashelle Clayton-Robinson	....	costumer

Editorial Department
Robert Austin	....	associate editor

Music Department
Sam Bisbee	....	songs by (songs by)

Other crew
Carol A. Compton	....	script clearance

Thanks
Peter Brogna	....	special thanks

Production Companies

• BrooklynHazelhurst Inc.

Distributors

• Tribeca Film (2012) (USA) (theatrical)

Other Companies

• IndieClear  script clearance

Runtime:

USA:83 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:Not Rated

Company:

BrooklynHazelhurst Inc.

Trivia:

Vincent D'Onofrio sings the song on the radio in character as country singer George Geronimo Gerkie.

Goofs:

Continuity: Appearing during the second part of the song "I'm glad I'm Blind", when the bass player Robbie (Nick Thorp) is standing. Robbies' guitar is shown alternatively in front of Nick (Matt Sbeglia)'s head, then behind. Two takes of this song with a different physical arrangement on set seem to have been edited together, resulting in this odd effect.

Movie Connections:

References Every Which Way But Loose (1978)

Really bad musical but worse horror film.

Several hipster doofus emo guys are in a band and decide to go into the woods and like work on some new music dude. We know they are cool because they have a blind guy and a Asian guy in the band. They are edgy too though because they refuse to be trendy which we see due to the lack of a black guy. Some chicks show up but don't get naked which doesn't lose too many points because none of them are close to hot anyway. After way too much bad singing a killer finally shows up and the boredom is elevated to slightly less boredom.

This movie is horrible. I mean really really bad. It fails on every level. The cast consists of a lot of unattractive young adult emo wanna be musicians who I assume are family or friends or lovers of the director Vincent D'Onofrio. They sing painfully bad songs and they all seem to be trying to imitate Violent Femmes lead singer Gordon Gano. He has a cool angst ridden voice they all just sound screechy and whiny.

It's the type of ridiculous movie that makes you embarrassed for those involved and also makes your eyes hurt. Why do they hurt? Because you are rolling them so often. Mainly at the moronic songs but also at the acting, the barely existence plot, and the lack of suspense or horror.

This is so amateurish in every way you wonder why VD didn't just shelve this pile of crap. It makes me think my sarcastic comment about the cast being VD's lovers is spot on because why would he want to destroy a friend or family members career by having anyone see this stinker? My fond memories of some of D'Onofrio's films and the fact some of the God awful morons finally do get butchered made me give up another pity star for a grand total of 2.

D'Onofrio shouldn't consider quiting his acting gig anytime soon. The cast should resign themselves to be waiters who play around town or go back to school and try to learn a trade.