Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Moderate
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Mild
- eerie
- paranoid
- foreboding
- midnight movie
- horror marathon
What critics said
Critics generally found the film competently constructed and watchable but derivative, uneven, and undermined by an implausible explanation and underwhelming twist.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The student expedition records its attempt to explain the Dyatlov Pass deaths through a faux-documentary and found-footage format.
The American students trek through the snowy northern Ural Mountains while isolation and unexplained danger intensify.
The film uses the 1959 Dyatlov Pass incident as the basis for an invented explanation rather than presenting a straightforward historical account.
Handheld expedition footage and recovered-recording conventions make the students' cameras central to the mystery.
Films like The Dyatlov Pass Incident, and why
The Blair Witch Project
shared found-footage horror, wilderness isolation, amateur investigation, and escalating supernatural unease
The Last Winter
shared pseudo-documentary structure, conspiracy mystery, snowbound expedition, and science-fiction horror
The Tunnel
shared found-footage filmmaking, hostile natural environment, group paranoia, and unexplained threats
Movie Details
- Director
- Renny Harlin
- Release Date
- 2013-02-27
- Runtime
- 100 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (767)
Cast
- Holly Goss
- Matt Stokoe
- Luke Albright
- Ryan Hawley
- Gemma Atkinson
- Nikolay Butenin
- Nelly Nielsen
- Valeriya Fedorovich
- Aleksey Kink
- Sergey Lobanov
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Sundance Now, History Vault
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Dyatlov Pass Incident about?
- American students investigating a notorious Soviet-era mountain mystery uncover a threatening explanation far stranger than the evidence they came to study.
- What is The Dyatlov Pass Incident like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Dyatlov Pass Incident as brisk, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Dyatlov Pass Incident violent?
- Only mildly. Ember rates the violence in The Dyatlov Pass Incident as mild.
- What did critics think of The Dyatlov Pass Incident?
- Critics generally found the film competently constructed and watchable but derivative, uneven, and undermined by an implausible explanation and underwhelming twist.
- Which films are like The Dyatlov Pass Incident?
- Films with a similar feel include The Blair Witch Project, The Last Winter, and The Tunnel.
- How long is The Dyatlov Pass Incident?
- The Dyatlov Pass Incident runs 100 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Dyatlov Pass Incident?
- In United States, The Dyatlov Pass Incident streams on Philo, AMC+ Amazon Channel, Sundance Now, History Vault.
