I had started with fires in Redhill about a month after Josh died: first a small trash can in the backyard, then a pile of dried grass clippings in the woods behind my house; a stack of deadfall at a construction site, then three tires at the town dump; a few other minor lights around Redhill, until I set an old wooden shed ablaze on city park property. (bookbrowse.com)
The first half of the film builds suspense by putting the group through a number of classic hunting situations — from the perspective of the prey — being flushed out by dogs [though these alien «dogs» have all kinds of horns, spine razors and bad attitudes]; a booby - trapped companion; wandering into deadfalls, and the like. (eclipsemagazine.com)
Contrasting the lush green fields and carefully maintained homes of the village with the dark, tangled branches and deadfall in the forest, he clearly marks out the boundaries of safety. (parentpreviews.com)