Name: Don't Go in the Woods
Genre: Horror
Released: 1981-09-05
Duration: 1 h 22 min
Cast: Jack McClelland, Mary Gail Artz, James P. Hayden, Angie Brown, Ken Carter

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Everyone has nightmares about the ugliest way to die.

Four friends take a weekend camping trip in the mountains of Utah, where a homicidal woodsman begins murdering tourists.

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Slasher Film
Low-Budget Horror
Mystery
Isolation
Gruesome
Tension
Backwoods Setting
Survival Horror

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Directed by: James Bryan
Written by: Garth Eliassen
Produced by: Roberto Gomez, Suzette Gomez, James Bryan
Music by: H. Kingsley Thurber, Hank Zinman

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Facts

September 5, 1981 · 1 h 22 min · R

Released: September 5, 1981
Runtime: 1 h 22 min
Age rating: R
Content: Violence, Disturbing Imagery
Genres: Horror
Original language: English
Made in: United States
Available in: 129 countries

Tropes

Breast Attack, Peek-a-Boo Corpse, Torches and Pitchforks +9

Breast Attack
Peek-a-Boo Corpse
Torches and Pitchforks
He Who Fights Monsters
An Arm and a Leg
Caught in a Snare
Dolled-Up Installment
Bittersweet Ending
Genre Savvy
Video Nasty
Improbable Use of a Weapon
The Sheriff

12 of 63 tropes. From TV Tropes.

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Where can I stream Don't Go in the Woods?

In the United States, Don't Go in the Woods streams on Philo, AMC+, Shudder, Screambox, and Eternal Family, and it is free with ads on Plex, Cineverse, Tubi TV, and YOW.tv. It also streams in 128 other countries.

Is Don't Go in the Woods worth watching?

33

BadGoodWatch score

Reviews are weak, with a GoodWatch score of 33 (IMDb 3.7).

Will Don't Go in the Woods scare me?

Not scaryTerrifying

At times: scares are rated 7 of 10.

Will I feel good after watching Don't Go in the Woods?

BleakHopeful

Probably not: the title analysis rates it 7 of 10 for bleakness and 4 for melancholy, against 1 for hopefulness.

What tropes does Don't Go in the Woods use?

Breast AttackPeek-a-Boo CorpseTorches and PitchforksHe Who Fights MonstersAn Arm and a LegCaught in a SnareDolled-Up InstallmentBittersweet EndingGenre SavvyVideo NastyImprobable Use of a WeaponThe Sheriffand 51 more

TV Tropes lists 63 tropes for it, including Breast Attack, Peek-a-Boo Corpse, and Torches and Pitchforks.