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Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information. Told in flashbacks by the sole survivor.Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information. Told in flashbacks by the sole survivor.Four friends are attacked by a demon while on a picnic, due to possession of a tome of mystic information. Told in flashbacks by the sole survivor.
- Awards
- 4 nominations
Frank Bonner
- Jim Hudson
- (as Frank Boers Jr.)
James Phillips
- Reporter Sloan
- (as Jim Phillips)
Fritz Leiber Jr.
- Dr. Arthur Waterman
- (as Fritz Leiber)
Forrest J. Ackerman
- Doctor on Tape Recorder
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Jim Danforth
- Extra
- (uncredited)
Jack H. Harris
- Detective Harrison
- (uncredited)
Chuck Niles
- Voice
- (uncredited)
- Directors
- Jack Woods
- Dennis Muren(uncredited)
- Mark Thomas McGee(uncredited)
- Writers
- All cast & crew
- Production, box office & more at IMDbPro
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Did you know
- TriviaThe son of film actor Ed Begley, Ed Begley Jr. is the assistant cameraman on this film.
- GoofsVicki's hair changes length constantly, sometimes in the middle of a scene.
- Crazy creditsOn the final blackout the words "THE END" appear and are then faded out to be replaced by a "?"
- Alternate versionsThe US two disc dvd set released by Criterion features the later version of the film Equinox, as well as the super rare 1967 version The Equinox: A Journey Into the Supernatural. In addition to this, the set also features another dvd full of extras
- ConnectionsFeatured in Nightmare Theatre's Late Night Chill-o-Rama Horror Show Vol. 1 (1996)
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Not Exactly a Picnic in the Woods
It's a fun spooky movie with a different look and without the usual nighttime menace. It's also an independent production that managed some notoriety, mainly for surprisingly impressive special effects. Actually, Equinox was sort of the Blair Witch Project of its daya bunch of unknowns hitting it lucky with a shoestring effort. If memory serves, the film even had a run at one of the prestige theatres along Hollywood Blvd. The effects are not so impressive by today's digital standards; however, by 1970's norms, they were the unexpected equal of any A-production.
The story itself is pretty well structured in flashback with an effective "hook" to get viewers interested. The plot doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but then it doesn't have to, since we've got King Kong's albino brother, a castle that comes and goes, a lost book of the occult, and a shape-shifting forest ranger who's definitely not Smoky the Bear. Most of the scenes are well staged, except when the ranger gets in the girl's face, contorts his lips, and slobbers, in what I suppose was a wacky metaphor for supernatural sex. Sharp-eyed viewers may recognize Frank Bonner (Boers) from TV's WKRP in Cincinnati as Jim. He's easily the most accomplished of an uneven cast.
In fact there's an appearance of a time warp between the clothing fashions worn in the movie and the 1970 release date. In short, the hair styles and skinny pants of the movie are a long pre-Vietnam way from the bell-bottoms and long hair of counter-cultural 1970. I don't know what accounts for this apparent disparity unless release was held up for several years. Anyway, except for the rather hollow sound of the dialogue dubbing, this accomplished little indie remains an underground original.
The story itself is pretty well structured in flashback with an effective "hook" to get viewers interested. The plot doesn't make a whole lot of sense, but then it doesn't have to, since we've got King Kong's albino brother, a castle that comes and goes, a lost book of the occult, and a shape-shifting forest ranger who's definitely not Smoky the Bear. Most of the scenes are well staged, except when the ranger gets in the girl's face, contorts his lips, and slobbers, in what I suppose was a wacky metaphor for supernatural sex. Sharp-eyed viewers may recognize Frank Bonner (Boers) from TV's WKRP in Cincinnati as Jim. He's easily the most accomplished of an uneven cast.
In fact there's an appearance of a time warp between the clothing fashions worn in the movie and the 1970 release date. In short, the hair styles and skinny pants of the movie are a long pre-Vietnam way from the bell-bottoms and long hair of counter-cultural 1970. I don't know what accounts for this apparent disparity unless release was held up for several years. Anyway, except for the rather hollow sound of the dialogue dubbing, this accomplished little indie remains an underground original.
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- Mar 1, 2009
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- Budget
- $6,500 (estimated)
- Runtime1 hour 22 minutes
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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