Final Terror (1981)
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27% of users liked it
(1,373 ratings)
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… More 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. ~ Robert Firsching, Rovi
- Directed By
- Andrew Davis
- Genres
- Horror
- In Theaters
- Jun 6, 1985 Wide
- Studio
- Troma
Critic Reviews
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Scott Weinberg, eFilmCritic.com
I can name at least four people who'd rather this flick be stricken from their resumes.
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Cast
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John Friedrich
as Zorich
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Adrian Zmed
as Cerone
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Daryl Hannah
as Windy
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Rachel Ward
as Margaret
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Mark Metcalf
as Mike
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Lewis Smith
as Boone
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Cindy Harrel
as Melanie
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Joe Pantoliano
as Eggar
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Akosua Busia
as Vanessa
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Ernest Harden Jr.
as Hines
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Tony Maccario
as Eggar's Mother
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Jim Youngs
as Jim
- Cindy Harrell
