A band of Confederate soldiers, including Wishbone Cutter and Virgil Cane (Joe Don Baker and Slim Pickens), barely survives a battle with Union forces. Cane is mortally wounded and tells his comrades where he hid a fortune in diamonds.
As the survivors set out in search of the treasure, they encounter major difficulties. They also believe that someone is following them. Along the way, the group picks up Drusilla Wilcox (Sondra Locke), the sole survivor of a massacre.
As they move along, they slowly realize that whatever is following them uses incredible stealth, leaving no tracks.
THE SHADOW OF CHIKARA is a slow-building thriller. If you enjoy newer, mixed genre -horror / western- films like THE BURROWERS, DEAD BIRDS, or BONE TOMAHAWK, then this is a must! It's one of the earliest and it gets the atmosphere of increasing dread just right. It also brings to mind films like THE RITUAL, DELIVERANCE, SOUTHERN COMFORT, SCARECROWS, etc., just to give you some idea of the stalking sense of impending doom. Others have seen it as a template for PREDATOR, and that's pretty accurate.
For fans of mysterious, creeping terror without the need of jump scares or explosions every ten seconds...
As the survivors set out in search of the treasure, they encounter major difficulties. They also believe that someone is following them. Along the way, the group picks up Drusilla Wilcox (Sondra Locke), the sole survivor of a massacre.
As they move along, they slowly realize that whatever is following them uses incredible stealth, leaving no tracks.
THE SHADOW OF CHIKARA is a slow-building thriller. If you enjoy newer, mixed genre -horror / western- films like THE BURROWERS, DEAD BIRDS, or BONE TOMAHAWK, then this is a must! It's one of the earliest and it gets the atmosphere of increasing dread just right. It also brings to mind films like THE RITUAL, DELIVERANCE, SOUTHERN COMFORT, SCARECROWS, etc., just to give you some idea of the stalking sense of impending doom. Others have seen it as a template for PREDATOR, and that's pretty accurate.
For fans of mysterious, creeping terror without the need of jump scares or explosions every ten seconds...