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Back Woods

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Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Back Woods is too bizarre to describe.........
Review: This film reminded me of when I bought my first camcorder years ago. I made all kinds of little shorts. I still get a kick out of watching those tapes. This is a very student film. It's like watching a train wreck. You want to turn away but just can't.
I actually got embarrassed during a few scenes and I watched it alone. The makers of this film make no pretense as to the fact this is a good film. They know it's bad and they run with it.
I admire them for that.
This probably doesn't deserve 3 stars but I gave 'Silo Killer' 2 stars and I'll never watch that movie again!
Will I watch 'Back Woods'again? Yes, probably so but I won't tell anyone. 'Back Woods' is like nothing I've ever seen before and that's probably a good thing.
The copy I got is actually autographed on the cover by the star.
That's funny enough right there.
Here's my advice, instead of buying this movie talk a friend into buying it. After your friend has watched it ask to borrow it and just never return it. I promise your friend will be too embarrassed to ask for it back and you save a few bucks.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Totally Bent !!!
Review: this is a Great Horror Flick, the NEW and Strange ways the Victoms are taken out is just Genius. its worth Buying even if you have to beat up kids at school for their MILK Money to afford this Great CLASSIC!!!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Viva la France, viva la 'Back Woods'
Review: When Stanley Kubrick released "The Shinning," I was among the critics who asked themselves, "Why doesn't Nicholson do the whole transvestite thing? That could be funny." The conclusion that I came to was that Stanley Kubrick, who had enough inititative to institute the greatest jump cut in film history ("2001"), lacked the "chutzpah," for lack of a better word, that is showcased in Grant Woodhill's masterful cross-dressing horror masterpiece, "Back Woods." For anyone who felt that "The Blair Witch Project" was an exercise in masturbatory horror sans payoff, "Back Woods" pays those blue-balled debts off in dividends.

The film transcends ethnic boundaries with its diverse cast, who hail from the beatiful rice fields of China to the cobblestone streets of old time France to the shopping mall-ridden streets of suburban Chicago. Utlizing Woodhill's now patented ...-style directing and the ponderous camera tilts up to a vast sky, "Back Woods" is a visual feast for the eyes from digital frame to digital frame. As a director myself, I was impressed with the lavish production values on this film; the gas station set alone must have set the filmmakers back a couple of clams.

As far as the acting, the Davids (Hayes and Brenders, the latter who lights the screen on fire in a film-ending cameo) bring the vivid writing to life. There is not one performance in this film that could be called sub par, including an Oscar-worthy turn by the female lead's nipple, which ironically gets more screentime than most of the unfortunate victims of the serial killer, Luther.

While "Back Woods" wasn't graced with a wide theatrical release, it has the power to stand alongside the titans of cinema. Coppola and Brando. Scorsese and De Niro. And now Woodhill and Hayes. While I don't see Joan Rivers reviewing these strapping young men of Hollywood on E!, I see them reigning as the kings of straight-to-video releases for a long time.

(And on a side note, fans of this film would also benefit watching some of my work, including "Bad Boys" and the soon-to-be-released remake of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with the broad from "7th Heaven."

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Viva la France, viva la 'Back Woods'
Review: When Stanley Kubrick released "The Shinning," I was among the critics who asked themselves, "Why doesn't Nicholson do the whole transvestite thing? That could be funny." The conclusion that I came to was that Stanley Kubrick, who had enough inititative to institute the greatest jump cut in film history ("2001"), lacked the "chutzpah," for lack of a better word, that is showcased in Grant Woodhill's masterful cross-dressing horror masterpiece, "Back Woods." For anyone who felt that "The Blair Witch Project" was an exercise in masturbatory horror sans payoff, "Back Woods" pays those blue-balled debts off in dividends.

The film transcends ethnic boundaries with its diverse cast, who hail from the beatiful rice fields of China to the cobblestone streets of old time France to the shopping mall-ridden streets of suburban Chicago. Utlizing Woodhill's now patented ...-style directing and the ponderous camera tilts up to a vast sky, "Back Woods" is a visual feast for the eyes from digital frame to digital frame. As a director myself, I was impressed with the lavish production values on this film; the gas station set alone must have set the filmmakers back a couple of clams.

As far as the acting, the Davids (Hayes and Brenders, the latter who lights the screen on fire in a film-ending cameo) bring the vivid writing to life. There is not one performance in this film that could be called sub par, including an Oscar-worthy turn by the female lead's nipple, which ironically gets more screentime than most of the unfortunate victims of the serial killer, Luther.

While "Back Woods" wasn't graced with a wide theatrical release, it has the power to stand alongside the titans of cinema. Coppola and Brando. Scorsese and De Niro. And now Woodhill and Hayes. While I don't see Joan Rivers reviewing these strapping young men of Hollywood on E!, I see them reigning as the kings of straight-to-video releases for a long time.

(And on a side note, fans of this film would also benefit watching some of my work, including "Bad Boys" and the soon-to-be-released remake of "Texas Chainsaw Massacre, with the broad from "7th Heaven."


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