The Final Terror [2 Discs] [Blu-ray/DVD]

Director: Andrew Davis Andrew Davis

Overview

This mediocre slasher film from director Andrew Davis is worth watching more for its cast than for its cliched story. The film is set in the usual isolated forest, where a ratty-looking killer (who seems to be covered with Spanish moss) makes survival difficult for some foul-tempered campers. Among the doomed are future luminaries Rachel Ward, Daryl Hannah, and Adrian Zmed. The leaders, played by Joe Pantoliano and Mark Metcalf, are some of the most irritating characters in any 1980s slasher film, bickering until they sound like tenderfoot versions of Barnes and Elias from Platoon. The characters' constant ill temper is designed to add to the tension, but serves only as a distraction. The murders are low-key and dull, save for Metcalf's well-handled death scene, and the obligatory "telling of the legend" is less spooky than obnoxious.

Product Details

Release Date:	07/01/2014
UPC:	0826663150667
Original Release:	1981
Rating:	R
Source:	Shout Factory
Language:	English
Time:	1:22:00
Sales rank:	6,661

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Daryl Hannah	Windy Morgan
Rachel Ward	Margaret
John Friedrich	Dennis Zorich
Adrian Zmed	Marco Cerone
Joe Pantoliano	Eggar
Ernest Harden Jr.	Hines
Mark Metcalf	Mike
Lewis Smith	Boone
Cindy Harrell	Melanie
Akosua Busia	Vanessa
Irene Sanders	Sammie
Richard Jacobs	Morgan
Donna Pinder	Mrs. Morgan
Jim Youngs	Jim
Tony Maccario	Eggar's Mother
Susan Justin	Composer

Technical Credits

Samuel Z. Arkoff	Executive Producer
Andrew Davis	Director
Ken Myers	Special Effects
Joe Roth	Producer