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Title: Final Terror (2005) Starring: Akosua Busia, John Friedrich, Ernest Harden Jr., Cindy Harrel, and Tony Maccario Director: Not available Rating: R (Restricted) Runtime: 82 minutes Avg. Score: 3 Submit Comment Hits: 19

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• Posted on 2008-03-26
  AMAZING movie! But who the hell made this DVD?
  
  This is one of my all time favorite "killer in the woods movies, and it is really a lost gem. The main characters are played by Darryl Hannah, Rachel Ward, and Joe Pantoliano! I can't believe more people haven't seen this film. It ranks up there with The Burning as one of those great early 80s teen horror movies with a big cast of actors who later went on to make it big in mainstream hollywood. Another cool thing is that the plot is not one of the those formulated slasher films that is completely predictable. There are actually some original ideas here!
  The only thing that I found inexcusable is the DVD transfer quality. It is awful, worse than a VHS!! The sound is bad, the picture is blurry at parts and dark, just poorly done! The original movie is not like that. I originally watched this movie on VHS made by Vestron Video about 20 years ago and the picture and sound are fine. Shame on these jerks who manufactured this cheap knock-off DVD. This film deserves a deluxe treatment!! If they put out a good edition a lot more people would probably buy it.
  But all in all, I would still recommend this film. The DVD is still worth 10 bucks if you don't mind poor picture quality, or just buy one of the VHS copies still floating around. Somebody will eventually reissue this film if it sells.
  Score: 5
• Posted on 2008-02-28
  Pretty Damn Boring
  
  I saw the synopsis and thought, OK, campers, killers, woods, blood, what's not to like?! I went for it and totally regret it. The movie was slow moving, VERY poorly tranfered to DVD, and a very dark movie, I couldn't see anything most of the time. All of the night scenes are very difficult to make out what's going on. It looks a lot older than 1980's. It's missing the gore factor that I enjoy from other 80's camp movies (Friday the 13th.) I guess this one is just not for everyone.
  Score: 1
• Posted on 2007-09-27
  WHOOO STOLE MY LAND !!
  
  ANOTHER PRETTY GOOD SLASHER FILM FROM THE EARLY 80'S IT PASS FOR A GOOD RAINY DAY WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE NOTHING TO DO BESIDES MAKING LOVE WHICH I'D RATHER DO BUT IF I CAN'T WELL I'LL JUST WATCH ME SOME GOOD OLE HORROR MOVIES !!!!
  Score: 4
• Posted on 2006-12-12
  Slasher movie ? I dont think so
  
  "The Final Terror" wasn't a bad movie but it was a bad slasher movie.
  Nary a drop of blood ,ok maybe a drop or 2 but WEAK kills .Great cast ,I was in love with Adrian Zmed when I was a teenager, him without a shirt on was enough for me to buy it. .Darrel Hannah, Rachel Ward and Joe Pantoliano were virtual unknowns at the time and lend to the credibility of the cast today.
  It reminded me somewhat of the movie "Southern Comfort "because of the boobie traps and atmosphere although Southern Comfort was highly superior , too bad you cant see very much of whats going on in this movie due to the terrible quality and lighting of the disc.
  I own it because I have every movie available that is in the slasher genre.This could have been fantastic if there were BLOOD~!! You could SEE IT~!! and it were given more thought.
  Score: 2
• Posted on 2006-11-20
  ESSENTIAL FOR FANS OF 80'S LOW BUDGET HORROR MOVIES
  
  As a kid I remember seeing this in about every video store in the horror section alonside other 'classics' like Slaughter High,Scarecrows,The original The Hills have eyes and of course, Don't Go In The Woods. If you are reading this review then you know what I am talking about and the old time video stores with that musty smell and and fun it was on the weekends to get some horror movies. To me, as long as it was set in the woods or had an old house/barn or even a scary field then that is all I needed to know to make my choice.
  
  The Final Terror has all the elements of a good horror movie. I don't even mind if this formula has been done before. It has a group of campers going into a very dark forest with a crazed bus driver. They pass by a mental institution on the way that only gives it more of an edge with your mind wondering of the possiblities of someone maybe getting out of the asylum and into the woods. You have a campfire tale that talks of a crazy person roaming the woods that enforces the idea even more. Of course you have the character that gets a prank pulled on him and he stays in the woods all night howling like a wolf(you have to see this prank...a highlight of the film) that they later look for and that splits up the group for when the inevitable happens.....the leaders are the first to go leaving the others to fend for themselves.
  
  Then you have some great moments of tension including many false scares where the music builds up only to have someone they know tap them on the shoulder or something. Some of the best moments are when two of the guys go into a shack in the woods where they find out their food/raft and equipment has been hidden at and that the bus driver is the one that lives there. They find some very disturbing things in there and take off running back into the woods!!! You also have the very scary bus scene that I won't give away.
  
  Bottom line is even if this did not have future big name stars in it then this would still be what I would call an essential movie to watch for fans of movies like this. If you are a fan of newer movies with big budgets and special effects then this will most likely disappoint you. For others who want a movie that let's their mind wonder what could be next then this is for you!!!
  Score: 4