{"id":901,"date":"2021-10-22T09:45:16","date_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:45:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/31horrormovies.wordpress.com\/?p=901"},"modified":"2021-10-22T09:45:16","modified_gmt":"2021-10-22T13:45:16","slug":"oct-22nd-just-before-dawn-1981","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rockvideorental.com\/?p=901","title":{"rendered":"Oct. 22nd: Just Before Dawn (1981)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Just Before Dawn (1981)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Directed by Jeff Liberman<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Slashers, how can I explain em, some of you like the hate em, I\u2019m happy that they all made em.\u00a0 Idk what the fuck that was but hey, I rewatched Just Before Dawn and yeah I\u2019m gonna talk about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Just Before Dawn is about a group of friends that go hiking and camping in the middle of the woods and then two big goober hillbillies start hunting them down and killing them.\u00a0 Sounds cliche?\u00a0 Well, it kind of is, but that doesn\u2019t mean it\u2019s bad right?\u00a0 I love slashers, yall know that.\u00a0 Just Before Dawn is one of the diamonds in the rough.\u00a0 While the 80s were heavy with the genre pouring directly into your face for about 3 years.\u00a0 MOst of the early 80s fair is watchable.\u00a0 Just Before Dawn is one that isn\u2019t talked about as much as the sequel heavy Friday the 13th or even gems like The Burning.\u00a0 In 1981 the movies were still pretty fresh, by the time 1984ish came along it was played out until Freddy gave it a shot in the arm it needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The acting in this is pretty solid, including a young Chris Lemmon, son of Jack Lemmon and years away from costarring in Thunder in Paradise with Hulk Hogan!\u00a0 THATS THE THUNDER!!!! IN PARADIIIIIIIIIIIISE.\u00a0 Damn that theme is great\u2026ly bad.\u00a0 The George Kennedy plays the token recognizable actor that the genre started with Halloween and Donald Pleasance.\u00a0 Kennedy is great, he always is!\u00a0 Whether it is Cool Hand Luke or this, he gave it his all.\u00a0 The killers are two big hicks that are imposing for sure but not overly scary.\u00a0 Shit they look like two good ol boys you\u2019d see in a bar in the thumb of Michigan drinking Natty Light on a tuesday night.\u00a0 The scenery is great, but sometimes the lighting is a little rough, it happens with outdoor slashers, see the Final Terror for that example.\u00a0 The gore is a little subdued and nothing too crazy but the suspense keeps you interested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It is a shame that this movie is somewhat forgotten, aside from the recent Blu Ray release.\u00a0 It does a lot right, while some of it is formulaic.\u00a0 If you enjoy 80s slashers and even early 80s slashers, you\u2019ll like this.\u00a0 I enjoyed it better the second time around.\u00a0 I give this a B, it is a campy run through the woods type of slasher that deserves another look.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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