Backwoods

1988
R
1h 25m

IMDb RATING

4.3/10

436

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Horror Thriller

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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IMDb RATING

4.3/10

436

YOUR RATING

See production info at IMDbPro

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Quotes
Eben: Do me a favor, boy.
Jamie: What's that?
Eben: Say 'shit'.
Jamie: What?
Eben: Say 'shit'.
Jamie: Shit!
Eben: [chuckles] I just wanted to see if you can do it.
Jamie: [chuckles] Shit.

Crazy credits
Title 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."

Connections
Referenced in Storm Warning (2007)

If you like b-movies from the 80s then you might enjoy this. Two campers are terrorized by a geek, an insane man that bites the heads off chickens. This movie (Backwoods) is also known as 'Geek' in the U.K. Its a straight to video film with a cast of unknowns, but they play their roles well. I liked the overall creepy atmosphere of the film and the last 30 minutes were very entertaining. One thing that bugged me about this movie was not knowing what really happened to Beth,the little girl. Karen is shown sporting a shotgun and shoots toward William when he is dragging her beaten boyfriend away with Beth in toe and Karen blindly fires at the trio but we never see beth again but i assume Karen shot her by mistake. Other then this tiny plot hole i liked this movie. 6/10