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The Woods Have Eyes (2007)

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When a group of young campers wander into the backwoods of upstate New York to see if Cappy's Cabin--a place they think exists only in urban legend--is real, they find themselves in a twisted game of predator and prey as night begins to fall. All they have to do is survive until dawn, but Cappy is very, very real, and night has only just begun.

IMDB Rating: 3.6

IMDB Votes: 516

Genere: Horror, Thriller

Country: USA

Duration: 90 min

Plot tags: slasher, rough, serious, suspenseful, scary, suspense