History Film / JustBeforeDawn

* YourCheatingHeart: downplayed, and never consummated, but Jonathan does show some interest in Merry Cat despite having a girlfriend.

* YourCheatingHeart: downplayed, and never consummated, but Jonathan does show some interest in Merry Cat despite having girlfriend.

A SlasherMovie from the year 1981. It was filmed by Jeff Lieberman, who also directed ''Film/{{Squirm}}'', ''Film/BlueSunshine'', and ''Film/SatansLittleHelper''.

* RopeBridge: One goes across a chasm near the cast's camp. Jonathan, when going across it alone, encounters Merry Cat's brother at the end of it, who cuts Jonathan's hand with his machete, and then the ropes holding the bridge.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Connie and Warren survive the massacre and kill the twins, but all their friends are dead.]]
* BlindMistake: Daniel forgets his glasses inside the dilapitated church, and in his nearsightedness, fails to see that it's not Jonathan coming to him and Megan, it's a killer with a machete. He is stabbed in the stomach, and Megan has to run for it.

* CueTheSun: As implied by the title, Connie deals with last of the horror just before sunrise.

* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Connie and Warren survive the massacre, but all their friends are dead.]]

* DontGoInTheWoods: Death awaits in TheOtherRainforest, in the form of [[spoiler:redneck killer twins]].

** Connie begins as a sensitive outdoors type who finds disappointment in herself when she freezes in fear when confronted by a possible thread in the woods, yet her friend Megan with far less outdoors experience didn't hesitate to grab a knife. Connie from then on works on finding strength in herself, even embracing her feminine side with more revealing clothes and make-up, all of which gives her confidence to take down the killer at the end.

** Connie starts out as a sensitive outdoors type who finds disappointment in herself when she couldn't grab the knife when confronted with a possible threat in the woods, yet her friend Megan with far less experience could. Connie spends the rest of the film finding strength in herself as a woman, even embracing her feminine side with more revealing clothes and make-up, which gives her confidence to take down the killer at the end.
** With Warren, he starts out as a confident outdoorsman who acts as the leader of the group. He remarks at the start of the trip that where they were going was no summer camp. Upon injury from the killer, Warren is stripped of his confidence and forced to watch his girlfriend Connie fight their attacker alone. Shortly before the end credits, it is ''Warren'' crying in Connie's arms.

->''Will anyone survive those hours '''Just Before Dawn'''?''

** Connie starts out as a sensitive outdoors type who finds disappointment in herself when she couldn't grab the knife when confronted with a possible threat in the woods, yet her friend Megan with far less experience could. Connie spends the rest of the film finding strength in herself as a woman, even embracing her feminine side with more revealing clothes and make-up, which ultimately gives her strength to take down the murderer at the end.

* FearsomeFoot: As the cast walks to the rope bridge they want to check out, the camera focuses on a pair of boots that step on a piece of trash that they left behind.
* FinalGirl: Connie is more of a subversion. She starts out as an ordinary Final Girl candidate. As the movie progresses though, her once-conservative clothing gradually gets skimpier until the trope is fully subverted when her boyfriend survives the final confrontation as well.

* GenreSavvy: When Ty rambles about demons in the woods to the forest ranger Roy, he is smart enough to make him elaborate his claims instead of dismissing outright.

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* FinalGirl: Averted with Connie, as both she and her boyfriend Warren make it to the end of the film.
** More of a subversion. Connie starts out as an ordinary Final Girl candidate. As the movie progresses though, her once-conservative clothing gradually gets skimpier until the trope is fully subverted when her boyfriend survives the final confrontation as well.

'''''Just Before Dawn''''' is a SlasherMovie from the year 1981. It was filmed by Jeff Lieberman, who also directed ''Film/{{Squirm}}'', ''Film/BlueSunshine'', and ''Satan's Little Helper''.

The film is set in the Oregon mountainside, where a group of kids embark on a camping trip. They are warned by a local forest ranger to not to go too deep into the woods, but they ignore the warnings and find out the hard way how dangerous the forest can really be...

The film has become a small cult favourite for its surprising originality and beautiful cinematography.

!!This film has the examples of:

* BlindWithoutEm: Jonathan's nearsightedness costs him his life.
* CassandraTruth: Youths don't believe Ty when he tries to tell them that there's evil afoot due to his drunken state.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler:The second twin dies by suffocation when Connie rams her fist deep into his mouth]].
* CueTheSun: As implied by the title.
* DontGoInTheWoods: Death awaits in TheOtherRainforest.
* EveryCarIsAPinto: Ty's and Vachel's pickup truck, which engine explodes when it strolls down a hill and hits a tree.
* FinalGirl: Connie.
* MacheteMayhem: With some custom SerratedBladeOfPain thrown in.
* OutdoorBathPeeping: While Megan and Daniel are bathing, Merry Cat is seen peeping on them. So is her brother...
** Shooting the scene turned into an example as well, as Megan's actor's nudity attracted quite a few onlookers.

* TheReveal: Halfway to the film, it is revealed that [[spoiler:[[TwoDunIt a pair]] of [[CreepyTwins twins]] are responsible for the deaths]].

* [[spoiler:CreepyTwins]]

* DontGoInTheWoods

* TheOtherRainforest

* MacheteMayhem: With soime custom SerratedBladeOfPain thrown in.

* DeathByMocking

* EvilLaugh

* MacheteMayhem

* OutsideRide
* PeekABooCorpse
* RopeBridge
* SceneryPorn
* SerratedBladeOfPain: The machetes used by the killers.
* ShirtlessScene
* TrampledUnderfoot

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'''''Just Before Dawn''''' is a SlasherFlick from the year 1981. It was filmed by Jeff Lieberman, who also directed ''Film/{{Squirm}}'', ''Film/BlueSunshine'', and ''Satan's Little Helper''.

'''''Just Before Dawn''''' is a SlasherFlick from the year 1981. It was filmed by Jeff Lieberman, who also directed ''{{Squirm}}'', ''Film/BlueSunshine'', and ''Satan's Little Helper''.

'''''Just Before Dawn''''' is a SlasherFlick from the year 1981. It was filmed by Jeff Lieberman, who also directed ''{{Squirm}}'', ''Film/BlueSunshine'' and ''Satan's Little Helper''.

'''''Just Before Dawn''''' is a SlasherFlick from the year 1981. It was filmed by Jeff Lieberman, who also directed ''{{Squirm}}'', ''Blue Sunshine''[[hottip:*:Yes, [[TheCure Robert Smith]] and [[SiouxsieAndTheBanshees Steven Severin]]'s side project The Glove named their album after it]] and ''Satan's Little Helper''.

'''''Just Before Dawn''''' is a SlasherFlick from the year 1981. It was filmed by Jeff Lieberman, who also directed ''{{Squirm}}'', ''Blue Sunshine'' and ''Satan's Little Helper''.