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| Lumberjack Man | |
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| Directed by | Josh Bear |
| Written by | Josh Bear |
| Produced by | Laura King |
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| Cinematography | Joseph Winchester |
| Edited by | Josh Bear |
| Music by | Matt Chaney |
| Distributed by | After Dark Films |
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Running time | 105 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Lumberjack Man is a 2015 American comedy slasher film, written and directed by Josh Bear. [1] It was part of the 2015 After Dark Films "8 Films to Die For" line-up.
Arriving at their annual camp retreat, the teens and staff of Good Friends Church Camp are unaware of the horror that awaits them. Near the camp grounds in an old abandoned log home an undead Lumber Jack has arisen. Armed with his axes, saw, a rolling griddle with giant flapjacks he begins to stalk and kill the teens using their blood for syrup to eat with his meal. While this goes on Dr. Peter Shirtcliff (Michael Madsen) tries to warn the head park ranger LuAnn Potts (Brina Palencia) of the terror awaiting the campers. She does not believe him as the story sounds too ridiculous to be true especially when he says it relates to the award winning Instant pancakes from J.T. Jeppson. Shirtcliff leaves to save the campers while LuAnn looking through old newspaper articles and police reports begins to believe there is something going on but is later attacked by the Lumberjack Man who nearly kills her by throwing an axe to her back, but retreats when she throws a cup of syrup at him her deputy was using earlier.
Back at the camp the campers and staff are killed off one by one in the mess hall till only Faith, Reggie the cook, and counselor Doug (Adam Sessler) are left standing. Doug abandons the two to save himself but dies from being cut in half. Shirtcliff arrives to help and reveals the truth of the Lumberjack Man and Jeppson. Back in the 19th century, in the year of 1892, when Jeppson was in the woods hunting wild cats, he was lured by a strong aroma that led him to the Lumberjack Man. Originally, he was Nehemiah Easterday, a quiet and secluded man who every first Tuesday before Lent would cook his family’s secret pancake recipe as tradition. When he refused to share the recipe for profit, due to that he has vowed to take his family's secret recipe to the grave, Jeppson kills him by drowning him in his own syrup and steals the recipe in a stuffed ocelot invoking the wrath of Easterday turning him into a vengeful monster. Shirtcliff states he rises and kills everyone who enters his woods and once he finishes his pancakes before Lent morning he becomes more powerful till he’s become unstoppable. After finding him and his home the trio try to fight Easterday but he has already finished his breakfast and now is stronger. Faith after finding the missing barrel of syrup from the mess hall in his cabin covers herself with it revealing also she’s the descendant of Jeppson, taunting Easterday to attack she fights him to he’s finally vanquished ending his murder spree, with Shirtcliff, Reggie, and an injured LuAnn they hitch a ride to town leaving the camp and the Lumberjack Man’s memory behind.
Prior to the release of the film, a viral marketing campaign was launched, which was reported by ShockTillYouDrop.com, now known as ComingSoon.net, and Internet personality and filmmaker James Rolfe. [4] [5] The marketing featured the sending of packages in the form of file boxes from the Shirtcliff Wellness Center, marked as classified by Dr. Peter Shirtcliff, a character in the film played by Michael Madsen. [5] The packages contained a box of pancake batter, a torn shirt cloth, a trophy for a 1919 flapjack festival, a newspaper clipping about a mass murder incident taking place in 1919, and promotional photos. [4]
The film premiered in Los Angeles, California on August 11, 2015 and in theaters on October 16, 2015.
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Dread Central's Ari Drew gave the film three stars, considering the film fun but lacking in writing and technical capabilities. [6] Slasher.Club writer McConnaughay condemned Lumberjack Man as a "nonsensical, ultimately bad film with occasional charm dispelled by terrible characters." [7]
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