five macho but supposedly civilized men take off to the unexplored arkansas wood to do some old fashion deer hunt . there they encounter a bunch of aggressive and large scale poacher that do not really appreciate stranger trespass their business . after a couple of banal showdown follow a truly violent and merciless hunting contest that will demand many life . this rather unknown and underrated 80 exploitation movie open rather slow and ordinary and with redundant speech about manhood and the art of deer hunting and but the exciting and genuinely suspenseful hunt sequence during the last half hour widely make up for this . this cool 80 gem have perhaps steal it storyline and most essential moment from classic blockbuster like deliverance and the deer hunter and but the raw violence and effective shock be director hughes very own merit . the film contain a couple of very graphic make up effect and like a stabbing through the neck and a very eerie close up shotgun kill . many 80 horror movie feature undistinguished ( to say the least ) southern folk a unhinged killer and the cast member of hunter blood definitely belong to the most successfully menace redneck ever . the filming location be very impressive and even the photography be surprisingly professional . keep also an eye open for billy bob thornton in a very small role a background redneck . recommend .