In the Deep Woods
In the Deep Woods is a 1992 American made-for-television crime thriller film starring Rosanna Arquette, Anthony Perkins, Will Patton and D.W. Moffett. It was directed by Charles Correll and premiered on NBC on October 26, 1992. The film marked the final film role of Anthony Perkins as it was released a month after his death. Plot. Joanna Warren is a children's book author whose life unravels when a childhood friend is brutally murdered by the vicious Deep Woods Killer, a serial murderer preying upon successful career women. As Joanna is drawn deeper in  a tangled web of violence and deceit, she becomes an unwitting pawn in a deadly game between the elusive killer and Paul Miller, an eerie private investigator with his own motives for solving the case. Production. The film was shot on location in San Diego, California in March 1992.