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Just Before Dawn

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Just Before Dawn
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R,1hr 30min
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1980
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Shriek Show
Synopsis: Director Jeff Lieberman followed his horror-science fiction film Blue Sunshine with this effort, which rehashes many of the themes explored in Wes Craven's seminal horror work The Hills Have Eyes. The plot concerns a teenage land owner who heads for the mountains of Oregon with a deed to his new property and an RV full of young friends only to discover (to their extreme peril) that words on paper mean less than nothing up there... or, in the words of horticulture-loving park ranger George Kennedy, ... Full Synopsis
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It's no wonder that among the tidal wave of Friday the 13th inspired early 80s slasher flicks a few gems would drown in the flood, and anyone lucky enough to fish out a copy of director Jeff Lieberman's Just Before Dawn will certainly find themselves richly rewarded. Those familiar with such lost-in-unfamiliar-territory nail-biters as The Hills Have Eyes (1977) will likely have some idea what a heedless ... Full Review
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Roy McLean
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