Back Road is a modern "cabin in the woods" horror/thriller film that follows a group of college kids messing around in the wrong neck of the woods.Back Road is a modern "cabin in the woods" horror/thriller film that follows a group of college kids messing around in the wrong neck of the woods.Back Road is a modern "cabin in the woods" horror/thriller film that follows a group of college kids messing around in the wrong neck of the woods.
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Amanda Kay Livezey
- Leslie
- (as Amanda Livezey)
Jason R. Maga
- Dwayne
- (as Jason Maga)
Eric Francis Melaragni
- Luke the Duke
- (as Eric Melaragni)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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- TriviaHalf of the film was shot in the Directors childhood home and backyard. His idea was to make an ultimate backyard movie to save costs on locations.
- Crazy creditsAfter credit scene of the mentally challenged family member laughing while covered in blood/gore.
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Non-sensical, unoriginal Story. Bad Acting. Worse Script.
A bunch of friends go on a road trip, deciding to let the roid-raging racist homophobic woman-beating meathead drive them, while he drinks beer, talks on his phone and, it turns out, doesn't even have a license.
Eventually this most unlikeable of characters hits and kills a child and, of course, they decide to dump the body and try to pretend nothing happened. They're stopped by a dope-smoking small town sheriff, who checks nothing but asks if they're making a porno...as any small-town sheriff would.
A man, the father, somehow knows exactly who did it and where they are, despite them driving for miles and miles in rural America; and inevitably goes on a gore-inducing revenge rampage.
A man, somehow, manages to survive being shot twice without any physical effects.
There are many other nonsensical happenings, plot holes bigger than the grand canyon and hilariously bad dialogue.
The film starts off with a threesome in which one of two unsatisfied girls decides to gorily bite off the man's genitals. Why? Who knows!? Just to tick off the horror nudity box I guess as it has nothing to do with the story that follows, that's for sure.
There's some kind of undercurrent about "country bumpkins" not liking these "city folk" invaders, but it's just a generic horror trope and just increases the mixed up storyline. There's no satisfactory resolution to the 'story', it's just a poor attempt at trying to replicate and blend I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Wrong Turn.
There were a few points where the script was so bad that it made me laugh out loud, which is probably not the reaction the filmmakers were going for.
I can suspend my disbelief for most films; they're rarely supposed to be 100% believable, especially horrors and low-budget horrors, but this takes the cake.
There's nothing new, interesting or actually enjoyable even for the most ardent horror fan. Crazily there's a sequel in production, but then it can't be any worse than the first attempt...probably.
Eventually this most unlikeable of characters hits and kills a child and, of course, they decide to dump the body and try to pretend nothing happened. They're stopped by a dope-smoking small town sheriff, who checks nothing but asks if they're making a porno...as any small-town sheriff would.
A man, the father, somehow knows exactly who did it and where they are, despite them driving for miles and miles in rural America; and inevitably goes on a gore-inducing revenge rampage.
A man, somehow, manages to survive being shot twice without any physical effects.
There are many other nonsensical happenings, plot holes bigger than the grand canyon and hilariously bad dialogue.
The film starts off with a threesome in which one of two unsatisfied girls decides to gorily bite off the man's genitals. Why? Who knows!? Just to tick off the horror nudity box I guess as it has nothing to do with the story that follows, that's for sure.
There's some kind of undercurrent about "country bumpkins" not liking these "city folk" invaders, but it's just a generic horror trope and just increases the mixed up storyline. There's no satisfactory resolution to the 'story', it's just a poor attempt at trying to replicate and blend I Know What You Did Last Summer, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Wrong Turn.
There were a few points where the script was so bad that it made me laugh out loud, which is probably not the reaction the filmmakers were going for.
I can suspend my disbelief for most films; they're rarely supposed to be 100% believable, especially horrors and low-budget horrors, but this takes the cake.
There's nothing new, interesting or actually enjoyable even for the most ardent horror fan. Crazily there's a sequel in production, but then it can't be any worse than the first attempt...probably.
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- Jun 12, 2024
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- $20,000 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 34 minutes
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