Every one who has seen Peter Collinson's OPEN SEASON will notice some similar elements here. Vietnam war vets, a remote cabin near a lake, hunters, a poor couple between all of them.... This film is however a bit more interesting and less gratuitous in the violence than the Collinson's feature, and also DELIVERANCE of course. Each character has motivation to act and to commit violence. This is somewhere a social, psychological thriller, not a horror, survival slasher as masterpiece DELIVERANCE was for instance. Rod Steiger is excellent here, in this role seemingly made for him. I also thought of Serge Leroy's LA TRAQUE, same DNA too.
Review of Wolf Lake
