college student and jenny ( kathrine baumann ) and robert ( peter hooten ) decide to drive up to a certain mountainous spot where their school chum and michael ( robert englund and in one his first movie role ) and go to live in nature away from the civilized world . a love blossoming between them and jenny and robert and through a rigorous journey to find it and come across michael humble abode and rest for awhile . while skinny dip in the river nearby and they be meet by a couple of nutty backwoods hoodlum and levon ( james keach and mr. jane seymore while move violation and wildcat ) and danker ( david pritchard ) who later proceed to attack them into the night . jenny be sexually molest and slap around a bit while robert watch helplessly with a knife to his throat before be knock unconscious . emotionally devastate by her attack and michael finally arrive with robert agonizing and full of rage . this will eventually lead to the eventual confrontation between the boy and robert a michael attempt to console jenny and whose have a hard time cop with her mistreatment . insufferably lame and incredibly corny backwoods thriller ( . absent the thrill ) have college kid and remove from the comfort of home and thrust into a traumatizing situation regard menace backwoods weirdo . the film suppose key rape sequence be rather tame and doesn not really feature a lot of sexual violence towards the victim and and it happen relatively quickly . the director pull his punch and the the proceeding scene afterward also lack any real bite . the villain arrive rather late and aren not even give much time on screen and their threat unable to really nourish in our mind . viewer like me want to see an early performance by robert englund will also be truly disappointed a he doesn not arrive into the film until it almost over and a michael and his role be of comfort friend and try to snap jenny from her emotional turmoil . thankfully for horror fan and englund would find his niche a a menacing killer ( . often a colorful fiend of some sort ) and not some gentle soul comforting victim and but and instead and cause the conflict which terrorize innocent . keach and pritchard could have be memorable villain if they would be give more time on screen and but they remain in the background because this film merely use them sparingly a a dramatic device . the film be more of a drama about love and the trial face someone corrupt and not the deliverance type of terror tale this should have be . the premise show lot of potential and but much of the film run time focus on our couple come together thanks to a break up regard jenny and popular college boyfriend marshall ( ric carrott ) and their travel to michael find his hideaway and and fall for each other . nearly 40 minute or so in and one wonder if this be a thriller at all . the director spend ample time display the picturesque setting of the mountainous wilderness with robert and jenny have a great time in the process . when the thriller elements come into the film and they be give little precious time and leave those of u and seek something more worthwhile and want . i wouldn not say this be a terrible movie and just not the one market to those who sit down to actually watch a thriller . even the brawl at the end between robert and scar face levon and which should at least make an impact and leave much to be desire . the film music test my threshold but i make it through somehow . this film deserve a different title than the one it currently have .