4 men in the old West must make a several day long crossing of a desert pass. 2 of them are scum - they're litterbugs (!) and drunks, and hope to rape and even kill a "squaw". It's Apache country, but they feel safe if they keep moving. They come upon a strange isolated cabin in the high country... The exact nature of what they encounter is unclear, but the result is not.
NOT an action movie, but a surrealistic fairytale. If considered as a standard rape & revenge plot, it becomes very tedious. The acting is poor. There is overuse of cuts to a bird or birds watching in the bushes. The youngest cowboy appears to be a decent kid, and the 4th member won't take part in what the worst two men do, so there is an exploration of the nature of not trying to prevent evil, or of simply being associated with it. Joan Stapleton looks a little like Barbara Steele. The video I saw from "Obscure Video & DVD" had very aged color. Most color, except the sky, was brown to orange, but it fit very well with the surreal feeling of the movie.
NOT an action movie, but a surrealistic fairytale. If considered as a standard rape & revenge plot, it becomes very tedious. The acting is poor. There is overuse of cuts to a bird or birds watching in the bushes. The youngest cowboy appears to be a decent kid, and the 4th member won't take part in what the worst two men do, so there is an exploration of the nature of not trying to prevent evil, or of simply being associated with it. Joan Stapleton looks a little like Barbara Steele. The video I saw from "Obscure Video & DVD" had very aged color. Most color, except the sky, was brown to orange, but it fit very well with the surreal feeling of the movie.