the mountainous wood and young happy camper and a warning by a park ranger and a lurking figure . the ingredient be there for a horror delight and and director or co writer jeff lieberman do an adequate job at achieve it . it formulaic woodland horror and but for most part the execution be at the top the game and the story ( which be quite basic in a trimmed sense ) be effectively tell in certain realism . maybe a little more exposition wouldn not have go astray and but lieberman craftsmanship make up for the material flaw and typical detail with rise tension and moody visuals and a smothering atmosphere create by brad fiedel very ominously linger score . whenever that very creepy whistling be cue in and it paint a truly unnerving sense that settle in with the beautiful backdrop . cinematographer dean m. and joel king do a striking job too . there plenty of style abound and even with it minimal scope and the build up be slow grinding . at time the pacing can become a stop and go affair . it not particularly violent and but there still a mean streak evident even if some of it happen of screen . the latter chase scene and escalate fear be well do and a it have the darkness come alive with it burly killer or s and you get actor george kennedy rid his white horse in a slight and but wonderful turn . there a likable bunch of performance while deborah benson make for a strong and dashing heroine . gregg henry and chris lemmon ralph seymour and jamie rise and mike kellin and katie powell round off a modest cast of believable delivery . the final climax be rather twisted and but the end be one of those type that leave you thinking be that it . a well etch backwoods slasher item and which probably play it a little too safe to truly set it apart from the norm .