A group of rangers go camping on unfamiliar forest grounds. All is well until the group members start getting picked off by a cunning, tactical, malevolent, killer in the woods.
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Cast
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| John Friedrich | ... | Dennis Zorich | |
| Adrian Zmed | ... | Marco Cerone | |
| Ernest Harden Jr. | ... | Nathaniel Hines | |
| Lewis Smith | ... | Boone | |
| Rachel Ward | ... | Margaret | |
| Daryl Hannah | ... | Windy Morgan | |
| Akosua Busia | ... | Vanessa | |
| Joe Pantoliano | ... | Eggar | |
| Mark Metcalf | ... | Mike | |
| Cindy Harrell | ... | Melanie | |
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Irene Sanders | ... | Sammie |
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Richard Jacobs | ... | Mr. Morgan |
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Donna Pinder | ... | Mrs. Morgan |
| Jim Youngs | ... | Jim | |
| Lori Butler | ... | Lori (as Lori Lee Butler) | |
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A group of rangers go camping on unfamiliar forest grounds. All is well until the group members start getting picked off by a cunning, tactical, malevolent, killer in the woods.
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If you go down to the woods today you're sure of...Genres:
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Country:
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EnglishRelease Date:
28 October 1983 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Carnivore See more »Filming Locations:
Crescent City, California, USACompany Credits
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The film was shot in 1981, but was shelved when the filmmakers couldn't find a distributor right away. It wasn't until 1983 when it was released to capitalize on the rising stardom of Daryl Hannah and Adrian Zmed. See more »Goofs
Water droplets are visibly splashing onto the camera, as the group is in the raft fighting the rapids. See more »Quotes
Dennis Zorich: If you people want to survive, you better start looking and thinking like the forest.See more »
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The UK cinema release (as "Campsite Massacre") was uncut. The video version (as "Final Terror") was cut by 27 secs with edits to the repeated stabbing of Mike's back during the double murder in the forest. See more »On IMDb TV, you can catch Hollywood hits and popular TV series at no cost. Select any poster below to play the movie, totally free!
Young forest rangers and their lady friends take a trip into the wilderness and are terrorized by a woodsy maniac.
Yet another slasher in the wake of Friday the 13th (1980), this one being OK as it tries to be a little different from the rest of its kind. This film tries to focus a little more on mood and suspense, rather than on gore and sex, although it does have it's share of that too. With the help of a decent cast, featuring some latter-day stars like Hannah and Ward, The Final Terror manages to be an entertaining enough effort. There's a few shocks, a good rock music score, and a creepy villain that also help carry the movie.
It's a far cry from the superior likes of Just Before Dawn (1981), but it certainly beats the lesser efforts of movies like Don't Go in the Woods (1981) or The Prey (1984).
** 1/2 out of ****