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{{trope}}
{{quote| ''It's the road less traveled for a reason...''}}
 
Works where the horror lurks in the realm of rural areas where modern man doesn't belong. Expect inbreds, deranged killers and especially [[Cannibal Clan|Cannibal Clans]]s (along with [[Unfortunate Implications]]).
 
[[Don't Go in The Woods]] (usually in the [[Deep South|Deep]]/[[Savage South]]) is the most common flavor, though other locales such as a [[Swamps Are Evil|swamps]], [[Thirsty Desert|deserts]], [[Ghost Town|abandoned towns]], [[Deserted Island|deserted islands]], endless stretches of highway, [[Absurdly Spacious Sewer|beneath]] [[Sinister Subway|the bustling city streets]], and even [[Slippy -Slidey Ice World|snowscapes]] have seen use.
 
[[The Other Wiki]] refers to this as "[http://en.[wikipedia.org/wiki/:Hixploitation |Hixploitation]]".
 
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{{examples}}
== Film ==
* ''[[And Soon the Darkness (Film)|And Soon the Darkness]]''
* ''[[Ax Em (Film)|Ax 'Em]]''
* ''[[Cabin Fever (Filmfilm)|Cabin Fever]]''
* ''[[The Cabin in The Woods (Film)|The Cabin in Thethe Woods]]'' (part of it, anyway; it gets complicated after that)
* ''[[Carver (Film)|Carver]]''
* ''[[Deliverance (Film)|Deliverance]]''
* ''[[The DevilsDevil's Rejects (Film)|The Devils Rejects]]''
* ''[[Don't Go in The Woods (Film)|Don't Go in Thethe Woods]]''
* ''[[Eaten Alive (Filmfilm)|Eaten Alive]]''
* ''[[Eden Lake (Film)|Eden Lake]]'' (for [[Oop North]])
* ''[[Friday the 13 th13th (Filmfilm)|Friday the 13 th]]''
* ''[[Frontiers (Film)|Frontiers]]''
* ''[[Hatchet (Filmfilm)|Hatchet]]''
* ''[[House of 1000 Corpses (Film)|House of 1000 Corpses]]''
* ''[[The Hills Have Eyes (Film)|The Hills Have Eyes]]''
* ''[[I Drink Your Blood (Film)|I Drink Your Blood]]''
* ''[[I Spit On Your Grave (Film)|I Spit Onon Your Grave]]''
* ''[[Jeepers Creepers (Film)|Jeepers Creepers]]''
* ''[[Joy Ride (Filmfilm)|Joy Ride]]''
* ''[[Just Before Dawn (Film)|Just Before Dawn]]''
* ''[[Madman (Film)|Madman]]''
* ''[[Man-Thing (Filmfilm)|Man-Thing]]''
* ''[[Monster Man (Film)|Monster Man]]''
* ''[[Motel Hell (Film)|Motel Hell]]''
* ''[[Motor Home Massacre (Film)|Motor Home Massacre]]''
* ''[[The Nail Gun Massacre (Film)|The Nail Gun Massacre]]''
* ''[[Pumpkinhead (Film)|Pumpkinhead]]''
* ''[[Shark Night (Film)|Shark Night]]'' (the sharks are the "pets" of some redneck [[Snuff Film]] makers)
* ''[[Sick Girl (Film)|Sick Girl]]''
* ''[[Straw Dogs (Film)|Straw Dogs]]'' (moreso [[The Remake]])
* ''[[The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (Film)|The Texas Chainsaw Massacre]]''
* ''[[Tucker and Dale vs. Evil (Film)|Tucker and Dale vs. Evil]]'' (a [[Deconstructive Parody]] of the genre)
* ''[[Two Thousand Maniacs (Film)!|Two Thousand Maniacs]]''
* ''[[Violent Shit (Film)|Violent Shit]]'' (just the first two)
* ''[[Wolf Creek (Film)|Wolf Creek]]''
* ''[[The Woman (Film)|The Woman]]''
* ''[[Wrong Turn (Film)|Wrong Turn]]''
 
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