# Just Before Dawn (1981)

> A group of aspiring landowners enters a remote mountain wilderness where ignored warnings and a machete-wielding killer turn a camping trip into a bleak backwoods slaughter.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/25344

## Facts

- Runtime: 90 min
- Genres: Horror, Thriller
- Director: Jeff Lieberman
- Cast: George Kennedy, Mike Kellin, Chris Lemmon, Gregg Henry, Deborah Benson, Ralph Seymour, Katie Powell, John Hunsaker
- TMDB rating: 6.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0082592/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: simple
- Violence: graphic
- Mood: bleak, eerie, foreboding, late night horror marathon, camping horror double feature

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- [The Hills Have Eyes (1977)](https://ember.film/movie/7038)

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