JUST BEFORE DAWN - I forgot how haunting and atmospheric this early eighties backwoods horror is. It's been ages since I last saw it, and I kind of wrote it off as being slow and a bit boring, but this time I was really struck by its murky, oppressive ambience. Jeff Liebermann's direction has a claustrophobic quality, and the score is amazing, like 70s German trance music when they just got hold of sequencers. The opening credit sequence sends a shiver down my spine. An eerie classic.
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