Just Before Dawn( 1981)

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Will Anyone Survive Those Hours Just Before Dawn?

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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. Soon after they set up camp, they begin hearing strange noises, encounter a mysterious singing girl and start disappearing one by one.

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George Kennedy
Roy McLean
Mike Kellin
Ty
Chris Lemmon
Jonathan
Gregg Henry
Warren
Deborah Benson
Constance
Ralph Seymour
Daniel
Katie Powell
Merry Cat Logan
John Hunsaker
Mountain Twins
Charles Bartlett
Vachel
Jamie Rose
Megan
Hap Oslund
Pa Logan
Barbara Spencer
Ma Logan

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A review by Wuchak

Written by Wuchak on Wed Nov 20 2024

**_“Friday the 13th” meets “Deliverance”_** Five friends take a trip out to Silver Lake in the Great Northwest because one of them has inherited property in the remote hills, but the ranger warns them of ambiguous dangers (George Kennedy) and there are questionable inbred locals. Will any make it out alive? "Just Before Dawn" (1981) came out a year and a half after "Friday the 13th" and mixes the basics of that movie with “Deliverance.” The underrated "Trapped,” aka "Baker County, USA" came out the next year and was no doubt influenced by it. I suppose this is the least of these four movi...