Don’t Fuck in the Woods 2

Sometimes when interviewing a film director, I could close my eyes and imagine we were giggling together about their work over a beer. It was pretty much like that when I met with Shawn Burkett recently to talk about Don’t Fuck in the Woods 2 (2022), which has recently been released onto VOD.
Shawn has many hands-on roles in Don’t Fuck in the Woods 2. It must be tricky to let go and bring other people into a team. “Oh it is,” he agreed. “That film was the first time that I let go of the camera. Normally, I’d do that as well, but it had gotten to the point where I felt like I wasn’t quite getting a chance to direct, because I was still doing all these other things. That was a hard thing to give up, but I did; and honestly, Travis Wilson, the camera operator on this film, has been camera-operator and co-director on everything I’ve done since.”
Anyway… it’s clear that Don’t Fuck in the Woods 2 needs a sequel. I asked Shawn whether film 3 is going to be the end of the story, or whether he has lots more in his head to film. “Oh man,” he said, clearly a little jaded. “I’ve lived for eight years in that universe in the Woods. I’m not going to lie: I’m tired of it at the moment. I have people talking to me about being part of a Don’t Fuck 3 and I’ve had a couple of writers send me their ideas, half-scripts and stuff. I just don’t know at the moment where it would go; I know it’s already unrealistic, but it’s still tethered to reality at the moment, other than the end-credit scene.”
I watched Don’t Fuck in the Woods 2 right to the end of the closing credits and I sensed there was a story to be told behind the credit that declared Stephen J. Hodke is “super famous, and has a huge cock”. Nobody else has their genitals credited! “Stephen likes to credit himself as being super famous,” said Shawn, “so I wanted to put that in there. And funnily enough, at the end of the film, after the explosion and we see all three people on the ground, the one who doesn’t get up is actually played by Stephen, not the actress. So he put on tight black shorts and a yellow t-shirt and just lay there. I don’t think anyone will notice. But since he did that, I said I’d add to the credits that he’s got a big dick, because nobody else was willing to be a stunt double for that scene, so cool!”



















