Raiders of Death (1986)
Raiders of Death aka Land of Doom is an American post-apocalyptic science fiction film from 1986 directed by Peter Maris. Starring Deborah Rennard and Garrick Dowhen.
Plot
Earth has been ravaged by a nuclear war, and Harmony. a feminist warrior is forced to join up with Anderson, a soldier of fortune.
They find each other when Harmony‘s village is attacked by raiders and she hides in a cave where Anderson also hides. First they do not like each other bit they decide to join forces when they run.
On the road, they are captured by a bounty hunter named Demister, sent out by raider commander Slater. The villains all like to wear black hockey masks in the style of Jason Voorhees. Chief Slater is the boss and he’s got a mask on his face and a bionic arm. Demister ties Anderson to a tree and attacks Harmony as she tries to escape.
Harmony kills Demister with a rock and threatens to leave Anderson to die. He convinces her to let him go so he can get them both to a rumored safe haven. They take Demister’s motorcycle and ride until it’s out of fuel. Harmony and Slater walk until they come to some fortified ruins where a group of crazy diseased cannibals offer them some deer meat. They discover it is from humans and they try to escape…
As an extra bonus the Jawas from Star Wars make an appearance too.
Notable scenes
The mountain scenes in Turkey.
Making of Raiders of Death
Raiders of Death was Deborah Rennard and Daniel Radell’s movie debut – but co-star Garrick Dowhen’s final movie. 4th-billed Frank Garret only made this movie in his career.
Director Peter Maris is only known for Raiders of Death aka Land of Doom (1986), The Survivor (2006) and Delirium (1979).
Maris was also responsible for the 90‘s PC game Phantasmagoria.
Raiders of Death was filmed in the mountains of Turkey.
Our view on Raiders of Death
Raiders of Death is a low budget but good-looking Mad Max 2 rip-off and although it follows the story of Mad Max 2 very closely it doesn’t come close due to budget constraints. But Raiders has its moments and offers up plenty of action fun for the most of us at Exploitflix.
Trailer
Where to buy
DVD/VHS/Betamax/VCC LP
Watch on Youtube
Details
Genre: post apocalyptic
Released in: 1986
Era: eighties
Actors: Deborah Rennard
Director: Peter Maris
Poster artist: Unknown
Country: USA / Turkey
