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Overview

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5.0/10   1,366 votes
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Director:
Charles Kaufman
Writers:
Charles Kaufman (writer)
Warren Leight (writer)
Contact:
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Release Date:
September 1980 (USA) more
Genre:
Horror more
Tagline:
If you go down to the woods today. more
Plot:
When you go into the woods today, you're in for a big surprise. When you go into the woods today you're not going to believe your eyes... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 nomination more
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(20 articles)
Mother"S Day lensing in August
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Good Stuff more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Nancy Hendrickson ... Abbey
Deborah Luce ... Jackie
Tiana Pierce ... Trina
Frederick Coffin ... Ike (as Holden McGuire)
Michael McCleery ... Addley (as Billy Ray McQuade)
Beatrice Pons ... Mother (as Rose Ross)
Robert Collins ... Ernie
Peter Fox ... The 'Dobber' (as Karl Sandys)
Marsella Davidson ... Terry
Kevin Lowe ... Ted
Scott Lucas ... Storekeeper
Ed Battle ... Doorman
Robert Carnegie ... Tex
Silas Davis
Stanley Kaufman ... Older man at Pool Party
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Additional Details

Runtime:
90 min | Australia:98 min | Germany:76 min (cut version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Mono
Certification:
UK:18 (TV rating) | Australia:(Banned) (1985 re-rating) | Australia:R (original rating) | West Germany:18 (heavily cut) | Germany:Not Rated (uncut) | Canada:R (Manitoba/Ontario) | Finland:K-18 | Portugal:M/18 | UK:R | USA:Unrated
Filming Locations:
Newton, New Jersey, USA

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Was shot for only $115,000. more
Goofs:
Continuity: In the opening decapitation, blood spatters across the car before the decapitation. more
Quotes:
Storekeeper: Don't go messin' up in Deep Barons! more
Movie Connections:
Featured in Fear in the Dark (1991) (TV) more
Soundtrack:
I think we're alone now more

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7 out of 7 people found the following comment useful:-
Good Stuff, 30 December 1999
Author: Drac-7 from Mpls

This film is certainly not for everybody, but it is actually so refreshing to see a movie that is done in this way. It is exploitation at it's finest. It is comedy at it's most tragic! A simple plot mixed with darn good acting, and impressive makeup effects...you really can't go wrong.

In my opinion, while still in the same vein as Last House on the Left and I Spit on your Grave, it is not as good. Spit being the best of the 3, but each of them has something to offer.

If you're not sure you can watch it, let me give you this scene as an example...one deranged man rapes a woman while his brother takes Kodak Polaroids, and their mother instructs them and leads them on...sound bad, yeah, but take it for what it is. Silly, odd disturbing nonsense. But it was more a "mood" movie, based around the characters and settings vs. the horror of rape and disturbing shots. This kind of horror sound like your thing? Then you're in luck, it's worth it.

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