Review of Just Before Dawn (1981) by Christopher B — 15 May 2007

One of the better entries in the slasher genre, this modestly made horror is very atmospheric and the villain is quite scary. The use of ambient noise rather than a score is very effective as well.

However, if you are a Jeff Liberman fan, skip the DVD commentary. "The Texas Chainsaw Murders"? Even my wife knows it's "Massacre" and she never watches horror films. If he was trying to prove that he never saw it, it worked, but unfortunately also makes him look like an idjit in the process. And "Showing the murderer in the BG creates suspense"? Ya think? Did you think up that ingenius concept? Oh well, great movie from a great director who I never want to hear talk again. (though he's not near as bad as Zak Snyder's Dawn of the Dead commentary. I wanted to punch him. "He's a superstar!").