Favorite DELIVERANCE knock-offs

Mine:

• RITUALS (1976)
• SOUTHERN COMFORT (1981)
• JUST BEFORE DAWN (1981)

 

Straw Dogs.

 

Great film but doesn't it pre-date Deliverance?

 

I thought Southern Comfort was amazing when I first saw it aged about 13.

I still do.

 

Still packs a punch!

 

Southern Comfort is a classic.

 

Yes it does by about a year -so not a knock off, but the same genre and feel for sure.

 

Southern Comfort is *the* one. Ry Cooder's slide geetarr is stunning

Deliverance takes discomfort to a different level

Not sure I'm keen to see the other two....

 

Indeed!

 

Any trip I make to visit my Georgia relatives.

 

I always thought that at the end of Southern Comfort they should head for the helicopter instead of the truck as there would be less chance of one of the Cajun baddies piloting it..

 

Ahh Rituals,....five doctors go out for a weekend in the woods for a little R&R ..what could go wrong ... just watched it again not too long ago......have to say that it's an overlooked under appreciated 70's flick.....you got Hal Holbrook, which at first, would seem unfitting for this type of film, "maniac in the woods" ..but just shows what a great actor he was. As great as Deliverance is,I think Rituals can hold its own...the cinematography,atmosphere,suspense are heads above any
of the maniac/slasher films that were to come........for anybody in the NY metro area back in the day..I remember catching this on WOR's "Fright Night" Saturday nights @ 1:00 AM ....great times.

 

Snake Eater (1989) with Lorenzo Lamas. It's part Lethal Weapon, part Deliverance.

 

Southern Comfort was the best, but the subject brought to mind a book I read when I was a teenager (circa 1977) called Hunter's Blood. It was set in my home state of Arkansas, which, of course, instantly makes you think of backwoods yahoo's. It was a Deliverance rip-off, but I enjoyed reading it in my formative years. In the 80's it was made into a movie, starring Sam Bottoms, Clu Gulager, Kim Delaney, and the reliable Joey Travolta. I've never watched it, and from the trailer I looked up on YT I don't see any reason to.

 

Sad that for so long the only US version out there was a murky, mangled tv edit. Thankfully the uncut version is now available. ...
Sad

 

I Spit On Your Grave...woman goes on vacation in woods and is terrorized by 4 rednecks

 

this totally!