SlashedDreams

Slashed Dreams (AKA Sunburst) (1975)

God damn it I hate hippies. I also hate movies that try and push some hippy agenda on me. But of course when I read the description of this movie as a young couple going into the woods only to be terrorized by a couple of homicidal rednecks I was pumped to see it. I suppose that they didn’t lie to me, but they sure as hell didn’t tell the truth either.

The movie opens up with a bunch of hippies talking about the meaning of life and how they should interact with the world. A bunch of philosophical talk happens and then Anne Lockhart from Battlestar Galactica walks by. God I loved that show. Anyway more philosophy and the cute girl and her boyfriend get into an argument. Cute girl then heads off in the car with her “we are just friends” best guy pal to see one of their classmates that dropped out of school and moved to a shack in the middle of the woods. Her boyfriend, who clearly isn’t hippie enough for her, chases after her and they break up. Then she and her guy pal then run into a creepy shopkeeper with an unhealthy obsession with candy. He tells them not to go into the woods because it is dangerous. But of course being headstrong they go off anyway. The first night out a bear eats all their food then leaves. Then they get to the shack and their friend is gone. So off to the lake for some skinny-dipping while they wait. Here the whole “we are just friends” best guy pal thing starts to break down. But before any of the good stuff happens they are interrupted by the before mentioned rednecks, who gawk and make lewd statements to the girl and then leave. That night the best guy pal becomes a friend with privledges (I guess that is the new terminology). Then the rednecks show back up rape the girl, beat up the guy, talk about how many people they have killed, and then leave. The next day Robert “Freddy” Englund shows up with some tealeaves. He makes some tea for the girl and they “wrap” about what happened to her. Luckily she is strong and is able to get over it in a few minutes. The guy on the other hand goes looking for the rednecks, finds them, has a knife fight where no one gets hurt, and chases off the rednecks. The guy, cute girl, and Freddy then go skinny-dipping. The end.

This is one of the stupidest movies I’ve ever seen. Really what is the message here? When I see rednecks doing bad things I want some revenge reaped upon them, not some crap about releasing the anger and letting the experience make you stronger. Got this movie is just so freaking pointless I don’t know what else to say.

This is a very short review for a movie that no one ever needs to see. You have been warned, put this into your DVD player at your own risk. This movie came to me from the fine folks at Mill Creek entertainment. If you are interested in some other budget releases from then check them out at http://www.millcreekent.com/

0 out of 4

John “El Juan” Shatzer