Directed by:
Andrew DavisCinematography:
Andrew DavisComposer:
Susan JustinCast:
John Friedrich, Adrian Zmed, Lewis Smith, Ernest Harden Jr., Rachel Ward, Daryl Hannah, Akosua Busia, Joe Pantoliano, Mark Metcalf, Jim Youngs, Cindy Harrell (more)Plots(1)
The film is set in the usual isolated forest, where a ratty-looking killer (who seems to be covered with Spanish moss) makes survival difficult for some foul-tempered campers. Among the doomed are future luminaries Rachel Ward, Daryl Hannah, and Adrian Zmed. The leaders, played by Joe Pantoliano and Mark Metcalf, are some of the most irritating characters in any 1980s slasher film, bickering until they sound like tenderfoot versions of Barnes and Elias from Platoon. The characters' constant ill temper is designed to add to the tension, but serves only as a distraction. The murders are low-key and dull, save for Metcalf's well-handled death scene, and the obligatory "telling of the legend" is less spooky than obnoxious. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
John Friedrich
USA
Best movies:
The Wanderers (1979)
A Small Circle of Friends (1980)
The Final Terror (1983)
Adrian Zmed
USA
Best movies:
The Final Terror (1983)
Bachelor Party (1984)
Sharknado 4: The 4th Awakens (2016) (TV movie)
Lewis Smith
USA
Best movies:
Django Unchained (2012)
North and South (1985) (series)
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Ernest Harden Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
Animal Factory (2000)
Born in East L.A. (1987)
Rachel Ward
UK
Best movies:
On the Beach (2000) (TV movie)
Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid (1982)
How to Get Ahead in Advertising (1989)
Daryl Hannah
USA
Best movies:
Crimes and Misdemeanors (1989)
Sense8 (2015) (series)
Kill Bill: Vol. 2 (2004)
Akosua Busia
Ghana
Best movies:
The Color Purple (1985)
Crossroads (1986)
Dead Man's Walk (1996) (series)
Joe Pantoliano
USA
Best movies:
The Matrix (1999)
The Fugitive (1993)
Memento (2000)
Mark Metcalf
USA
Best movies:
The Heavenly Kid (1985)
Ally McBeal (1997) (series)
Julia (1977)
Jim Youngs
USA
Best movies:
The Wanderers (1979)
The Executioner's Song (1982) (TV movie)
Youngblood (1986)
Cindy Harrell
Best movies:
The Final Terror (1983)
Nothing in Common (1986)
Lori Butler
Best movies:
No Man's Land (1987)
The Final Terror (1983)
Lookin' Italian (1994)