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Just Before Dawn

Just Before Dawn

6,0 /10 (147 Votes)
1981 EN 90 min

Overview

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.

Release date

14/10/1981

Votes

147

Popularity

1.8

Will Anyone Survive Those Hours Just Before Dawn?

Genres

Status

Released

Language

EN

Runtime

90 min

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Wuchak

Wuchak

2024-11-20

⭐ 7

**_“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 mov…

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