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Released
1981 · FILM

Just Before Dawn

Will Anyone Survive Those Hours Just Before Dawn?

Directed by
Runtime
90 min
HorrorThriller

Synopsis

In the Oregon mountains, a pair of hunters come across a machete-wielding killer hiding in an abandoned church. At the same time, five campers arrive to inspect a property one of them has inherited, but are cautioned by a forest ranger against proceeding further. Shortly after they establish their camp, they begin hearing strange noises, encounter a mysterious singing girl, and are soon picked off one by one.

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Principal cast & crew: 18

These are the principals we have on file — the full crew ran to the hundreds. Every film this size was made by far more hands than any credits list ever names.

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This is a minimum, not a total. We only count the credits we’ve captured so far, and coverage is uneven — a blockbuster might show a few hundred names while another of the same size shows a couple dozen. The real crews all ran into the thousands. The number here only grows as full credits are enriched — so we frame it as a floor, never a headcount.

Craft leads on file

Edited by Robert Q LovettShot by Dean KingScored by Brad Fiedel

Also known as

  • Blutige Dämmerungde
  • Pánico antes del amaneceres
  • Survivancefr

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