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- The film received mixed reviews, with some praising its elegant cinematography and others criticizing it for its derivative elements. Director Jeff Lieberman stated that he had not seen The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) or The Hills Have Eyes (1977) before making Just Before Dawn, despite reviews implying inspiration from those films.
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115 Reviews. Hide Spoilers. Sort by: Filter by Rating: 7/10. Location, location, location. merklekranz 18 September 2018. Silver Falls State Park, Oregon, is the magnificent location where "Just Before Dawn" was filmed. Waterfalls, rock formations, and a lush green forest were used to great advantage.
Jun 30, 2009 · Just Before Dawn (1981) Review. By Christian Sellers • June 30, 2009. Of all the lost-in-the-wilderness slashers to appear in the early eighties (which would include The Final Terror and The Forest ), Jeff Lieberman’s backwards thriller Just Before Dawn was arguable the most beautifully shot and well crafted, perfectly capturing the deadly ...
60% Tomatometer 5 Reviews 52% Audience Score 1,000+ Ratings Ignoring a forest ranger (George Kennedy), Oregon hikers camp near inbred twins with pointed teeth and meat cleavers.
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Nov 27, 1981 · Just Before Dawn: Directed by Jeff Lieberman. With George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry. Five young people venture into the backwoods of Oregon to claim a property, and find themselves being stalked by a hulking, machete-wielding psychopath.
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- Horror, Thriller
- Jeff Lieberman
- 1981-11-27
Just Before Dawn was distributed in the United States by the independent company Picturmedia, who released it theatrically on November 27, 1981. The film was not a commercial success and received mixed reviews, with many highlighting its elegant cinematography, and others criticizing the film for its derivative elements.
Mar 1, 2013 · Film Review: Just Before Dawn (1981) Todd Martin 03/01/2013 Uncategorized. SYNOPSIS: A group of campers hiking through the mountains are terrorized (and brutally killed) by a crazed hillbilly who lives in the area. REVIEW:
231 ★★★★★ ratings (3%) ★★★★★. In the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters encounter a machete-wielding killer in an abandoned church. Meanwhile, five campers arrive to examine some property one of them has inherited but are warned by the forest ranger not to venture forth.
