FAQ

"Le tueur de la forêt (1981)" is not technically a remake, but it is very similar to several other movies released before it. These movies include "The Forest (1982)", "Vendredi 13 (1980)", "Le Tueur du vendredi (1981)", "Survivance (1981)", "The Final Terror (1983)", "Carnage (1981)", "Madman (1981)", "La Malédiction de l'île aux chiens (1982)", and "Les Chouchous de maman (1980)". Of all the movies, "Survivance (1981)" has the most in common with "Le tueur de la forêt (1981)", and many people confuse the two as being in the same continuity.

"Le tueur de la forêt (1981)" also has never been remade, but there are very similar movies that come after its release. These movies include "Détour mortel (2003)", "Détour mortel 2 (2007)", "Jeepers Creepers : Le Chant du diable (2001)", and ''A Perfect Getaway''. Because of its bad reception among genre fans and cult fans, the likeliness of a remake is very slim.

Many people believe that "Le tueur de la forêt (1981)" is a sequel to either "The Forest (1982)" or "Survivance (1981)". Despite their many similarities, none of these films are connected to each other officially, but "Le tueur de la forêt (1981)" could serve as an unofficial, loose sequel to either "The Forest (1982)" or "Survivance (1981)". In fact, in Australia, the officially title for "Le tueur de la forêt (1981)" is "The Forest 2", despite the fact that this film was released a year before The Forest was released.

The DVD for "Le tueur de la forêt (1981)" was released by Code Red and Media Blasters in November 2007, for the first time ever, with a lot of supplemental material to grab ahold of. Fans of the film seem to be pleased with the extras for a film that generally would receive a bare-bones release.

Extras Include:

Feature Length Commentary by director James Bryan

Feature Length Commentary with Deron Miller of the band CKY, "superfan" David Masco, Star Mary Gail Artz, and director James Bryan

Theatrical Trailer

Hour long featurette by director James Bryan

3 Original Talk Show Interviews from the film's release with director James Bryan and actor Tom Drury

Poster & Still Gallery

Easter Egg

"Le tueur de la forêt (1981)" is labeled a "video nasty" like "Evil Dead (1981)", "Ténèbres (1982)", "Cannibal Holocaust (1980)", "Carnage (1981)", "La Dernière Maison sur la gauche (1972)", "Oeil pour oeil (1978)", "Le Crocodile de la mort (1976)", "Cannibal Ferox (1981)", "Driller Killer (1979)", "Pyromaniac (1979)", "La maison de sang (1982)", "Les yeux de la terreur (1981)", "La foreuse sanglante (1978)", "La Baie sanglante (1971)", "Brigade anti-viol (1980)", and "Rosemary's Killer (1981)".

"Video nasty" was a term coined in the United Kingdom in the 1980s that originally applied to a number of films distributed on video cassette that were criticised for their violent content by elements in the press and commentators such as Mary Whitehouse. While violence in cinema had been a concern for many years, the lack of a regulatory system for video sales combined with the possibility of any film falling into children's hands led to new levels of concern. Many of these "video nasties" were low-budget horror films produced in Italy and the United States. The furore created by the moral crusade against video nasties led to the introduction of the UK's Video Recordings Act 1984 which imposed a stricter code of censorship on videos than was required for cinema release. Several major studio productions ended up being banned on video, falling afoul of legislation that was designed to control the distribution of video nasties.