Berserker (1987)

Genres - Horror  |   Sub-Genres - Supernatural Horror  |   Run Time - 85 min.  |   Countries - United States  |   MPAA Rating - R
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Synopsis by Cavett Binion

A cluster of unappealing college students (of the Friday the 13th variety) on a camping trip in the mountains of Utah find themselves stalked by a "berserker" -- a ferocious and legendary man-beast known to ancient Viking lore as a kind of cannibalistic shock-trooper who was kept in a cage, dressed in animal skins and brutalized until he became psychotic enough to strike fear into the heart of an enemy in battle. What exactly this devilish warrior is doing so far from the fjords is never really explained to anyone's satisfaction -- some kind of ancient Nordic curse is mumbled about, but that's it. Not much different than the standard slasher fare, even down to the masked killer who wears a huge bear-snout.

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supernatural-forces, animal, attack, auto-industry, camp, cannibal, demon, demonic-possession, killing, monster, reincarnation, stalking, teenagers, Viking