Blackwoods (film)
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| Blackwoods | |
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| Directed by | Uwe Boll |
| Produced by | Shawn Williamson Wolfgang Herold |
| Written by | Uwe Boll Robert Dean Klein |
| Starring | Patrick Muldoon Clint Howard Keegan Connor Tracy |
| Distributed by | Velocity Home Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | 2002 |
| Running time | 92 min. |
| Language | English |
| IMDb profile | |
Blackwoods is a direct to DVD pscyhological thriller film starring Patrick Muldoon and Clint Howard set in the titular Blackwoods. Blackwoods is Uwe Boll's sixth feature length film and his second film in English. This film was released in North America in 2002.
Tagline: Tried... Convincted... HUNTED!
[edit] Plot summary
Matt (Patrick Muldoon) travels with his girlfriend Dawn (Keegan Connor Tracy) on a vacation to Blackwoods only to discover a motel run by a quirky motel clerk (Clint Howard), a cannibalistic family, and a horrific secret.
[edit] Critical reception
Blackwoods scored 13% on Rotten Tomatoes, making it Boll's top rated film on the site. Stephen Holden from the New York Times gave Blackwoods a positive review, describing it as "smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning." Lou Lumenick of the New York Post gave a more negative review, calling Blackwoods a "low rent, direct-to-video-caliber thriller."
The film contains several Boll trademarks, including but not limited to multiple flashbacks, repeated use of slow-motion, and a twist ending.
[edit] External links
- Blackwoods at the Internet Movie Database
- [1] at Rotten Tomatoes (where it has a score of 13% as of July 2006)
- [2]New York Times Review by Stephen Holden
- [3]New York Post Review by Lou Lumenick
| Films directed by Uwe Boll |
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| Original films: German Fried Movie • Amoklauf • Barschel - Mord in Genf? • Erste Semester, Das • Sanctimony • Blackwoods • Heart of America • Seed |
| Video game adaptations: House of the Dead • Alone in the Dark • BloodRayne • In the Name of the King • BloodRayne II • Postal • Far Cry |
