The acting is decent enough, there are a fair amount of recognizable faces in this including Clu Gulager, from many things but most memorable to me at least is A Nightmare on Elm Street 2. Forever a “That guy” Mickey Jones plays one of the hillbillies. If you don’t know the name, google him, I guarantee you have seen at least 5 things he was in! All around the cast is pretty decent, better than this movie deserves actually. How did I stumble across this? The VHS cover is gnarly! I saw someone post it on a VHS collectors page on facebook and was greatly intrigued.
Hey it’s that guy Mickey Jones (right)
The kills are few but effective enough. Really what this movie relies on is suspense. It does have some but the whole time I just kept thinking about how this movie totally ripped off Deliverence. This is truly a bizarre case of ripped off movie with good acting, I really can’t think of another movie that stands out like this. There are some scenes where you wonder how they will escape, so that is something.
If you like Deliverence or backwoods horror, then check this out. If you’re looking for something new or something as bad ass as the VHS cover, then you’ll probably be disappointed. I give Hunter’s Blood a solid C. Not great by any means but the acting is pretty good.
