A
drunken man named Ty (Mike Kellin) and
his nephew and his nephew Vachel (Charles
Bartlett) are hiking in the woods on a
mountain exploring a chapel. Suddenly
Vachel is killed by a hulking maniac
mountain killer (John Hunsaker) and then
wears his uniform.
This causes Ty to think that there are
demons in the m,ountains and tries to
warn a group of 5 young campers as one of
them by the name of Warren (Gregg Henry),
owns a property up in the mountains about
it as they were once warned by a forest
ranger named Roy McLean (George Kennedy)
not to go up in the mountains but of
course, they don't listen.
They of course go hiking, swimming and
party at night.
An estranged backwoods family who lives
in the woods called the Logans threatens
them to get off the land or they'll raise
the devil.
They think nothing of it and carry on to
what they're doing. But suddenly the
mountain killer does away with one of
Warren's friends and then Warren and his
girlfriend Constance (Deborah Benson)
discover his corpse in the river and
tries to survive as their other friends
have disappeared.
They try to gety help from the Logans but
they don't help out and soon they are
terrorised by two hulking mountain twins.
I loved this movie
as it is dark, creepy and an awesome look
at the great out doors in the mountains.
They had lots of talented people invovled
with this film and I loved it's low
budget look to it giving it a total dark
feel to it.
It was like a cross between Friday
the 13th and the original Texas
Chainsaw Massacre with good
freak out killers.
For a low
budgeter, the actors perform superbly for
a flick it's time.
Gregg Henry and Deborah
Benson were terrific and full of
energy and character.
Chris Lemmon is believeable and
really stood out as an outgoing jokester
in the film showing plenty of pizzaz.
Jamie Rose was also wonderful as
the flirtatious teen in the film as she
knew how to make you smile by watching
her performance.
We have a supporting role by George
Kennedy who was wonderful as a
forest ranger.
There's another supporting actor
performed by the late Mike Kellin
who played a terrific crazed drunk and
performed in another camp slasher film
before his death titled Sleepaway
Camp.
Katie Powell was very convincing
as a backwoods girl.
Just looking at John Hunsaker as
the inbred twins just convinces you
enough that there is nothing pleasant
about him.
Jamie Rose's
character is skinny dipping in a lake and
her breasts are exposed.
Not really bloody
but the mountain twins brutally stab a
couple guys in the chest. Hey, the
original Halloween got
away with no blood so why not this one
too.
Jeff
Lieberman brings his chemistry to
life with this film as the actors were
well coached.
He shows great shots of the mountains and
the sun rising especially in the opening
credits.
There's a nice and drunken dialogue
sequence between Mike Kellin and
supporting part actor Charles
Bartlett in a deserted chapel.
There's a good shot on a hole in the roof
of the chapel with John Hunsaker looking
in and a scared expression on Kellin's
face which looks classy for a start on a
horror film.
A good shot on a truck rolling down a
hill and hitting a tree and catching on
fire.
A nice stiff expression on Bartlett's
face with a knife next to him about to be
killed.
George Kennedy looked natural
talking to his horse asking why it's
upset as well as a good moment with Gregg
Henry in his mobile telling him and
the cast who play his friends that
camping in the mountains isn't a good
idea.
A good shot on Deborah Benson
trying to see what is out there in the
woods and Kellin creeps up from
behind her and acts all crazy.
A good shot on Hunsaker jumping
on the back of the mobile driving away
along with a great crazy laughter on Kellin
falling to the ground.
Perfect shots on the main cast walking
along the rope bridge and trying to be
safe.
There's a good distance shot on
supporting actress Katie Powell at
the bottom of a waterfall running away
with the main cast on top of the cliff
watching her.
There's also a perfect distant shot on a
cliff with a waterfall and the main cast
rolling down the hill.
We spot a perfect camera shot on both Chris
Lemmon and Jamie Rose
making out in a lake and Hunsaker
walking behind a waterfall and going
underneath the water towards them. Rose
does well by freaking out after that she
discovers that someone else is touching
her in the lake underwater.
Rose does well looking out at
night during a bonfire and calling out
who's out there after she hears a noise
which seems creepy.
A great setting of the main cast at night
dancing to some music at a bonfire and
suddenly their ghetto is shot which
causes them to be silent as they do well
with that too acting shocked.
A good and dark shot on supporting actors
Hap Oslund, Barbara Spencer
and Powell as a backwoods family
approaching them.
A good dark shot on both Kennedy
and Kellin having a dialogue and
Kellin talking to him about
demons in the mountains.
Great angle shots with Lemmon on
a rope bridge and Hunsaker
standing on the other side staring coldly
at him as well as good shot on Hunsaker
cutting off the ropes. Lemmon does
well trying to struggle by climbing up
the rope.
A great shot on both Henry and Benson
kissing in a lake near a stream and Lemmon's
lifeless body starts to flow off the
stream surprising them.
Both Rose and Ralph Seymour
do a great job pretending to make out
thinking it's someone else watching them
along with a good blurry shot on Hunsaker
slowly walking towards them. A good shot
on Rose running away after she
discovers what is happening along with a
good shot on Hunsaker slowly
walking towards her inside the chapel
with an evil grin being cornered and does
well by screaming. Another good shot on Hunsaker
taking pictures with a camera through a
broken window.
Also, the scenes with the mountain twins
attacking the surivivors looked very
scary and a scene that will bear in my
mind is when Deborah Benson's
character hears a whistle blowing and its
one of the mountain killers and a good
shot on Hunsaker coming right up at her
and blowing the whistle.
A perfect moment with Benson
climbing up a tree to escape and Hunsaker
trying to chop it down with her
screaming.
A real scary direction between Henry and Benson
is when they think the terror is over the
crickets stop chirping and they get
nervous with good shots on them staring
around and cringing.
Lieberman directed the killing
scenes better than any director in a
slasher film of that genre.
A great shot on both Henry and
Benson kissing in a lake near a stream
and Lemmon's lifeless body
starts to flow off the stream surprising
them.
Also the scenes with the mountain twins
attacking the surivivors looked very
scary and a scene that will bear in my
mind is when Deborah Benson's
character hears a whistle blowing and its
one of the mountain killers and a good
shot on Hunsaker coming right up at her
and blowing the whistle.
A perfect moment with Benson
climbing up a tree to escape and Hunsaker
trying to chop it down with her
screaming.
Lieberman directed the killing
scenes better than any director in a
slasher film of that genre.
Brad Fiedel's
composition is a classic with the
whistling sounds and the deep keyboard
playing. Thumbs up for him along with
some low creepy keyboard playing, drum
thumping and the odd metal crunching
sounds.
Of course he composed for many classic
motion pictures like Blue Steel and
the Terminator movies.
We have a songtrack by Blondie
with the classic "Heart of
Glass" while the 5 young campers are
driving up to the mountains.
There's also a neat cheesy sounding disco
type song that the campers are dancing to
at night before the backwoods family
shoots their ghetto blaster which I also
loved that was of course composed
directly for the film by Fiedel.
Jonathan: Last
one down is a.... (Rolls down the
hill) rotten egg.
Megan
(Tossing her lipstick in the air):
Alright, I found my carmel cream!
Megan:
This place smells funny
Daniel (Sniffs):
It's not funny
Warren:
Hey! There are no demons. You hear me???
No Demons.
Warren
(Nervously): Ok... No more
devils... no more demons... No more... no
more nothing out there... Just God's
little creatures... More scared of you
than you are of them.
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