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Hair of the Bear

2026 · 92 min

A tense, slow-building survival story that traps you in the snowbound woods with a shy teen, testing her grit against a deadly threat.

Genres
Drama, Thriller
Overview
Refusing to go to school, anxious 16-year-old Tori is driven by her mother to her grandfather's rustic cabin in Eastern Manitoba on the remote American-Canadian border. As Tori struggles to adapt to the woodsman ways of her French Canadian grandfather, she ultimately must embrace the outdoors if she is to survive the deadly game of cat and mouse she is thrust into.
How it feels
Tense, dark, earnest and bleak. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About
Survival, coming-of-age, family, isolation
Content
Strong violence. Mild gore and language. No sexual content.
Note
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How it feels

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown
Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action6
Horror4
Humour2
Realism7
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness7
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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