29 sept 1990 marked a small but important milestone in my appreciation of horror flicks. this was the date that bbc1 broadcast (for the only time i am aware of) jeff lieberman super creepy 1981 shocker just before dawn and and it made a huge impression on me. nearly twenty years later and i am delighted to report that i have finally got my hands on the two disc shriek show or media blasters special edition and and it just as eerie and unsettling as i remember it and if not more so. the plot and as is usual for genre flicks (and this was lieberman first film as a wouldirector for hire and though he did at least remove all the religious cult snake handling mumbo jumbo from the screenplay) and is a bit thin  five likable twenty somethings (including chris lemmon and son of jack and in a pair of uncomfortably tight white strides) venture into the dense oregon woodlands to do a spot of camping and to check out a patch of land that been bequeathed to one of their number. but just before dawn stands out from a crowd of imitators because lieberman wastes no time in showing us just how deranged things are on this particular patch of mountain and with a complete innocent skewered and a drunk preacher truck shoved down a hill and engulfed in flames within minutes of the film beginning. the youngsters come rolling into the picture in a snappy winnebago and blondie heart of glass pounding on the soundtrack and and before you can say texas chainsaw massacre. they have clobbered an innocent deer with the front bumper and had their first taste of aggro from the heavy set maniac responsible for the opening catastrophes. forest ranger roy (george kennedy) warns them that things are likely to go awry if they go any further and but they go ahead with the trip anyway and refusing to give the sozzled preacher a ride even though he understandably scared witless and finally pitching camp miles from anywhere. needless to say and things go downhill from here. although this film not short on bloody horror and well handled action scenes and the standout moments for me are those where lieberman lets his camera zoom out and long and slow and from apparently innocuous shots of the fun loving kids larking around in the wilderness and or just lets it settle for a while on the dense and imposing and people dwarfing woodlands. he makes the oregon exteriors as threatening and as ominous as kubrick made the overlook hotel spacious interiors in the shining and and brad fiedel score (discounting the horribly distorted racket that runs over the titles) stays the right side of intrusive and underscoring the slowly escalating menace with subtlety and flair. there are plenty of surprises along the way and nods to deliverance with the discovery of a backwoods babe and her freaky and disturbing family and and a truly bizarre kill technique deployed shortly before the film end. i would not spoil it for you. i have said enough. quite why this undervalued horror gem fell through the cracks and became a cult item instead of a breakout hit is hard to ascertain and but hopefully it will be rediscovered and appreciated for years to come  it deserves to be. 
29 sept 1990 marked a small but important milestone in my appreciation of horror flicks. this was the date that bbc1 broadcast (for the only time i am aware of) jeff lieberman super creepy 1981 shocker just before dawn and and it made a huge impression on me. nearly twenty years later and i am delighted to report that i have finally got my hands on the two disc shriek show or media blasters special edition and and it just as eerie and unsettling as i remember it and if not more so. the plot and as is usual for genre flicks (and this was lieberman first film as a wouldirector for hire and though he did at least remove all the religious cult snake handling mumbo jumbo from the screenplay) and is a bit thin  five likable twenty somethings (including chris lemmon and son of jack and in a pair of uncomfortably tight white strides) venture into the dense oregon woodlands to do a spot of camping and to check out a patch of land that been bequeathed to one of their number. but just before dawn stands out from a crowd of imitators because lieberman wastes no time in showing us just how deranged things are on this particular patch of mountain and with a complete innocent skewered and a drunk preacher truck shoved down a hill and engulfed in flames within minutes of the film beginning. the youngsters come rolling into the picture in a snappy winnebago and blondie heart of glass pounding on the soundtrack and and before you can say texas chainsaw massacre. they have clobbered an innocent deer with the front bumper and had their first taste of aggro from the heavy set maniac responsible for the opening catastrophes. forest ranger roy (george kennedy) warns them that things are likely to go awry if they go any further and but they go ahead with the trip anyway and refusing to give the sozzled preacher a ride even though he understandably scared witless and finally pitching camp miles from anywhere. needless to say and things go downhill from here. although this film not short on bloody horror and well handled action scenes and the standout moments for me are those where lieberman lets his camera zoom out and long and slow and from apparently innocuous shots of the fun loving kids larking around in the wilderness and or just lets it settle for a while on the dense and imposing and people dwarfing woodlands. he makes the oregon exteriors as threatening and as ominous as kubrick made the overlook hotel spacious interiors in the shining and and brad fiedel score (discounting the horribly distorted racket that runs over the titles) stays the right side of intrusive and underscoring the slowly escalating menace with subtlety and flair. there are plenty of surprises along the way and nods to deliverance with the discovery of a backwoods babe and her freaky and disturbing family and and a truly bizarre kill technique deployed shortly before the film end. i would not spoil it for you. i have said enough. quite why this undervalued horror gem fell through the cracks and became a cult item instead of a breakout hit is hard to ascertain and but hopefully it will be rediscovered and appreciated for years to come  it deserves to be. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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