are heard in the distance, while Todd's fate is left unknown. Cast Production Filming Filming of Blood Rage took place in 1983 in Jacksonville, Florida, where producer Marianne Kanter had secured a large number of local film investors. Scenes on the nature trails were shot on the campus of the University of North Florida, while the apartment complex was located in west Jacksonville. Additional filming for the opening drive-in sequence took place in New Jersey. According to Kanter, the only reason she appeared in the role of Dr. Berman had been because the actress hired to do the role from New York failed to show up. Kanter also noted that the production of the film was rocky, with star Louise Lasser and director John Grissmer not getting along on set. According to Kanter, Grissmer quit during the middle of the shoot, though she was able to get him to agree to return. The film's working title was Complex, though it was re-titled Slasher by Grissmer. Release Although the film was shot in 1983, it was given only a limited release theatrically in the United States by the Film Concept Group under the title Nightmare at Shadow Woods in 1987; this cut of the film truncated a considerable amount of the gore special effects. Alternative versions Nightmare at Shadow Woods (which was also the cable television title for this film) was heavily edited, abbreviating much of the gore, but it contained a swimming pool scene not found in the 1987 VHS Blood Rage version by Prism Entertainment. The latter contains all of the gore and includes an early scene, missing from the Nightmare at Shadow Woods version, where Maddy visits Todd at the mental hospital. Home media The film was released on VHS by Prism Entertainment in 1987 under the title Blood Rage. The Nightmare at Shadow Woods cut of the film had a budget DVD release in 2004 by Legacy Entertainment. Arrow Films released the film on Blu-ray in a 3-disc limited edition Blu-ray and DVD combination set in December 2015, which contained an additional Blu-ray disc featuring the Nightmare at Shadow Woods cut of the film as well as outtakes and a composite cut. A standard two-disc Blu-ray and DVD combination set was released in January 2017. Reception Clayton Dillard of Slant Magazine awarded the film four-and-a-half out of five stars, writing: "Funny, brutal, and featuring an above-average amount