Just Before Dawn

Just Before Dawn (1981) is Jeff Lieberman's backwoods horror film, ready to watch online on iFILM. Five friends drive into the Oregon mountains to look over a plot of land one of them has inherited. The forest ranger flatly tells them to turn around. They don't.

Deep in the trees, two enormous twin brothers are already waiting, machetes in hand. First the odd noises, then a little girl singing somewhere in the mist, then the first of the group simply gone. Oscar winner George Kennedy plays the gruff ranger, and Lieberman builds his scares from the dead quiet of real wilderness rather than buckets of gore. Ninety lean minutes that end on a turn most slashers never dare. A solid pick for anyone who loves early-eighties backwoods horror. Stream Just Before Dawn (1981) online on iFILM.