Blackwoods (film)

Infobox_Film
name = Blackwoods
imdb_id = 0279695
writer = Uwe Boll
Robert Dean Klein
starring = Patrick Muldoon
Clint Howard
Keegan Connor Tracy
director = Uwe Boll
producer = Shawn Williamson
Wolfgang Herold
executive producer = Uwe Boll
Wolfgang Herold
Philip Selkirk
distributor = Velocity Home Entertainment
released = 2002
runtime = 92 min.
amg_id = 1:264123
language = English
country USA

"Blackwoods" (2002) is a direct-to-DVD psychological thriller starring Patrick Muldoon and Clint Howard set in the titular Blackwoods. It 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... Convicted... HUNTED!

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.

Critical reception

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.

External links

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* [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/blackwoods/] at Rotten Tomatoes (where it has a score of 11% as of March 2008)
* [http://movies2.nytimes.com/mem/movies/review.html?_r=1&title1=&title2=Blackwoods%20%28Movie%29%20%20&reviewer=Stephen%20Holden&v_id=264123&partner=Rotten%20Tomatoes&oref=login] New York Times Review by Stephen Holden
* [http://www.nypost.com/movies/42477.htm] New York Post Review by Lou Lumenick