Everyone has nightmares about the ugliest way to die.
Four friends take a weekend camping trip in the mountains of Utah, where a homicidal woodsman begins murdering tourists.
Jack McClelland
Peter
Mary Gail Artz
Ingrid
James P. Hayden
Craig
Angie Brown
Joanie
Ken Carter
Sheriff
David Barth
Deputy Benson
Larry Roupe
Store Owner
Amy Martell
Artist's Child
Tom Drury
Maniac
Laura Trefts
Dr. Maggie
Alma Ramos
Victim - Running Girl
Carolyn Braza
Victim - Cherry
Frank Millen
Victim - Dick (as Frank Clitus Muller)
Paul Michael Thorpe
Posse Member
Michael Smith
Posse Member
Cecilia Fannon
Victim - Lady Artist
Dale Angell
Victim - Tourist at Falls
Linda Brown
Victim - Camper in Sleeping Bag
Gerry Klein
Victim - Man in Wheelchair
Tom Ruff
Victim - Man in Tree
Director
James Bryan
Writers
Garth Eliassen, Garth Eliassen
H. Kingsley Thurber
Original Music Composer
Hank Zinman
Original Music Composer
Suzette Gomez
Costume Design
S.K. James
Production Design
Hank Zinman
Director of Photography
JPV852
12/27/2020
Really awful in every regard: acting, setting, pacing, intensity, horror/gore. Nothing. And at times, at least early, absolutely hilarious with the dialogue and bad dubbing work. I did watch this very late so I did get a little tired towards the end, but still this is quintessential good-bad territory. **1.0/5**
Wuchak
12/22/2022
**_Possibly the worst Friday the 13th knockoff of the 80s_** Hikers in northern Utah find themselves the prey of a psycho outcast living in the wilderness. "Don’t Go in the Woods” (1981) is a low-budget slasher in the tradition of “Friday the 13th” (1980). It’s similar to the future "The Final Terror" (1983) and "Berserker” (1987), but those are masterpieces by comparison; so is “Blood Hook” (1986). Everything is here for a competent slasher, but the creators forgot to include a story with fleshed out characters. As such, the proceedings come across as random gory killings in the wilds (with glaringly fake blood) attached to a dull “story.” It doesn’t help that the “mad” antagonist is too cartoonish to provoke fear. Some other issues off the top of my head: There’s a rotund Sheriff who could hardly walk a city block on paved sidewalk, let along hike rough trails in the Rockies. Meanwhile the two main female characters are plain Janes so the creators throw in one attractive brunette in the opening snippet, plus a curious cameo of an alluring redhead skater. Then there’s the oddball humor, like the guy in a wheelchair who gets decapitated. Unless you need to see every 80’s slasher or if you’re interested in quality forest cinematography and thrills à la "Open Season" (1974), give it a pass. The film runs 1 hour, 22 minutes, and was shot in Utah, southeast or east of Salt Lake City in Provo (falls), Heber City, Brighton and Park City. GRADE: D+/C-
