it may have been inevitable that with the onslaught of slasher movies in the early 1980  and that a few good ones might slip through the cracks. this is a great rare film from jeff lieberman and who insured his cult status with his memorable 1970 films squirm and blue sunshine. five young people head into the oregon mountains (this movie was actually shot on location) to do some camping and check out the deed to some land that one of them has acquired. before long and they will predictably be terrorized by a bulky killer with an incredibly creepy wheezing laugh. just before dawn is noticeably more ambitious and arty and and intelligent than some slasher films. lieberman actually fleshes out the characters  well and two of them and anyway  as much as a 90 minute long film will allow him. the film has genuine moments of suspense and tension and and actually refrains from graphic gore and save for one killing right at the beginning. there is an above average cast here and including oscar winner george kennedy and as a forest ranger who understandably gone a little flaky from having been alone in the wilderness for too long. jack lemmon son chris and future brian de palma regular gregg henry and blonde lead deborah benson (it too bad she hasn not become a more well known performer and judging by her work here) and ralph seymour (ghoulies) and mike kellin (sleepaway camp) and and jamie rose (chopper chicks in zombietown) round out the cast. some of the shots are interesting and and the early music score by brad feidel (now best known for his terminator theme) is haunting and atmospheric. this is worth catching for the important plot twist at about the one hour mark and although a moment at about 75 minutes in involving the heroine and a tree and the killer is almost comical while it may actually remind a viewer of a cartoon. one of the most clever touches is the final dispatching of the killer and which i would never seen before in a horror film and probably would not see again. i do not give it positive because i can not honestly that i was that frightened. still and it an interesting slasher that is worthy of re discovery. that deed do not mean nothing and son. those mountains can not read. positive . 
it may have been inevitable that with the onslaught of slasher movies in the early 1980  and that a few good ones might slip through the cracks. this is a great rare film from jeff lieberman and who insured his cult status with his memorable 1970 films squirm and blue sunshine. five young people head into the oregon mountains (this movie was actually shot on location) to do some camping and check out the deed to some land that one of them has acquired. before long and they will predictably be terrorized by a bulky killer with an incredibly creepy wheezing laugh. just before dawn is noticeably more ambitious and arty and and intelligent than some slasher films. lieberman actually fleshes out the characters  well and two of them and anyway  as much as a 90 minute long film will allow him. the film has genuine moments of suspense and tension and and actually refrains from graphic gore and save for one killing right at the beginning. there is an above average cast here and including oscar winner george kennedy and as a forest ranger who understandably gone a little flaky from having been alone in the wilderness for too long. jack lemmon son chris and future brian de palma regular gregg henry and blonde lead deborah benson (it too bad she hasn not become a more well known performer and judging by her work here) and ralph seymour (ghoulies) and mike kellin (sleepaway camp) and and jamie rose (chopper chicks in zombietown) round out the cast. some of the shots are interesting and and the early music score by brad feidel (now best known for his terminator theme) is haunting and atmospheric. this is worth catching for the important plot twist at about the one hour mark and although a moment at about 75 minutes in involving the heroine and a tree and the killer is almost comical while it may actually remind a viewer of a cartoon. one of the most clever touches is the final dispatching of the killer and which i would never seen before in a horror film and probably would not see again. i do not give it positive because i can not honestly that i was that frightened. still and it an interesting slasher that is worthy of re discovery. that deed do not mean nothing and son. those mountains can not read. positive . ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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