Berserker (1987 film)

Berserker (also known as Berserker: The Nordic Curse) is a 1987 American slasher film written and directed by Jefferson Richard. The film centers on a group of campers who are stalked and murdered by a Viking berserker.

Plot

Template:More plot According to an old Nordic legend, a berserker was a bloodthirsty warrior who ate human flesh, was forbidden a restful death and fated to be reincarnated in their blood kin. A summer camp accidentally stumbles across the Berserker legend when it arises in Rainbow Valley, an area settled by Norwegian immigrants. The camp is abuzz with rumours of a wild bear killing people in the area, including speculation about an old couple who get lost. But is it really a bear?

Cast

• Greg Dawson as Josh Winter
• Joseph Alan Johnson as Mike Stone
• Rodney Montague as Larry Fishman
• Valerie Sheldon as Kathy
• Shannon Engemann as Kristi
• Beth Toussaint as Shelly
• Mike Riley as Berserker
• John F. Goff as Officer Walt Hill
• George "Buck" Flower as Pappy Nyquist
• Oscar Rowland as Homer Roberts
• Beverly Rowland as Edna Roberts

Production

Template:Expand section Parts of the film were shot at Big Cottonwood Canyon in Utah.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Release

Home media

The film was released on DVD by Quantum Leap on October 22, 2001. It was later released by Hollywood DVD on August 2, 2004.<ref name="allmoviedvd">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Vinegar Syndrome released the film on Blu-ray in 2019.

Reception

Template:Expand section Andrew Smith from Popcorn Pictures awarded the film a score of 3/10, writing, Berserker sounded great and could have become a little slasher gem but the lack of the berserker on-screen is disappointing and ‘Gentle Ben’ the bear doesn’t have any need to be in here. One to avoid unless you have a burning desire to see every 80s slasher film".<ref name="smithrev">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Todd Martin from HorrorNews.net offered the film similar criticism, calling it "a boring, confusing, hokey, mess of a film".<ref name="martin15">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Will and Roni agreed that the Viking angle was underplayed.

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