A hillbilly father and his idiot son terrorize and murder campers.A hillbilly father and his idiot son terrorize and murder campers.A hillbilly father and his idiot son terrorize and murder campers.
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- Crazy creditsTitle card before end credits: "GEEK (gek) (<dial. geck, fool < Du. gek, madman, fool <MLowG. geck: orig. echoic of unintelligible cries) (Slang) a performer of grotesque or depraved acts in a carnival, etc., such as biting off the head of a live chicken."
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Oh no!! Not Kentucky mountain hillbillies again!
It's a shame that this lovely site doesn't feature a poster image of this 'Geek', a.k.a Backwoods. The VHS copy I rented showed a mad-raving freak, waving around a butcher's hatchet. It attracts horror lovers and, in all honesty, I have to admit that the cover motivated me to rent it without knowing anything about it. Big mistake, of course! Backwoods stands as one of the lousiest pieces of trash I ever beheld
and that does mean something! This film is a bloodless 80's slasher and that's about the worst idea possible. The makers clearly intended to bring tension and dept instead of blood and gore but they failed miserably. After an hour of viewing, you still haven't seen any of the cast-members dying (unless you think decapitated chickens are gruesome). What other reasons do you have for seeing a slasher besides teen-butchering??? The heart-breaking story about a lone Kentucky farmer and his deranged son? The thrilling adventures of a young couple camping? The only aspect worth mentioning is the eerie opening/end credits song. The slowly sung and chilling lyrics give you the wrong impression that you're about to watch a good film. Check out 'Deliverance', 'The Texas Chainsaw Massacre', 'Just before Dawn', 'The Hills have Eyes' or even Rick Roessler's 'Slaughterhouse' instead! Anything but this turkey!
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