I had always wanted to see this film since the late 80s when I stumbled across the trailer on Paragon's GATES OF HELL tape. It looked like a surprisingly gory and effective slasher flick... unfortunately, the truly *gruesome* scene where a hunter is stabbed through the groin (with the serrated knife blade coming out of his rear) is the ONLY gore scene in the entire film! The rest of it is completely unoriginal and painfully boring nonsense, which is a shame, because director Jeff Lieberman is capable of so much more. His other terror films, SQUIRM and BLUE SUNSHINE, both stand out as clever, scary fun.
I am confused how the film was rated R with that one truly nauseating knifing left intact... it makes me wonder if other similar gore scenes were removed, or whether they were simply never shot...
Brad Fiedel's "back to nature" score is more irritating than evocative, and displays none of the energy of his later work in THE TERMINATOR.
In short, if you've seen the trailer to JUST BEFORE DAWN, you've seen all you ever need to.
I am confused how the film was rated R with that one truly nauseating knifing left intact... it makes me wonder if other similar gore scenes were removed, or whether they were simply never shot...
Brad Fiedel's "back to nature" score is more irritating than evocative, and displays none of the energy of his later work in THE TERMINATOR.
In short, if you've seen the trailer to JUST BEFORE DAWN, you've seen all you ever need to.