Movie

Backcountry

2015 · 92 min

A slow-building wilderness nightmare that tightens its grip with every step, leaving you tense and unsettled long after.

Tagline: Survive.
Overview: A couple on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.
How it feels: Tense, dark, bleak and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Survival, nature, isolation, grief
Content: Strong violence and gore. Mild language. No sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
nature
isolation
grief
trauma
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore strong
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none