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I heard there is a 10 hour long uncut version..


I heard there is a 10 hour long uncut version..

Has anyone else heard this?

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I hope not since it's tedious at 1 hour, 21 minutes. There is a longer version that runs an additional 15 minutes, which is burdened by the unnecessary backstory concerning the antagonist along with some tame sex frolics of camping Gypsies.

There’s nothing wrong with the filmmaking; the sylvan cinematography features lots of colorful nature footage and is a highlight (I saw the Blu-ray version). Also, the ‘monster’ (Carel Struycken) is effective, but he doesn’t appear until the very end. This leaves the bulk of the runtime involving the activities of the campers and a couple of rangers, but their story just isn’t compellingly told. In other words, the heart of the movie is dull. Blonde Gayle Gannes is notable as Gail, but that's about it.

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