Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- foreboding
- oppressive
- harrowing
- late night horror viewing
- rainy day suspense
What critics said
Critics generally recognized a grounded, atmospheric backwoods thriller with effective rural menace, though its conventional genre construction limited its impact.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
The married visitors enter an isolated Basque community and are pursued through terrain controlled by local villagers.
The mutilated girl is locked inside a home while villagers claim responsibility for protecting her.
The visitors attempt to escape through the forest while the villagers exploit their superior knowledge of the landscape.
The couple’s effort to help the girl directly clashes with the villagers’ insistence that she must remain under their control.
Films like The Backwoods, and why
Deliverance
backwoods survival thriller with escalating hostility between outsiders and a rural community
Straw Dogs
rural isolation, escalating social violence, and outsider confrontation in a grounded thriller
Wrong Turn
forest pursuit, local menace, and survival-horror tension centered on vulnerable visitors
The Shuttered Room
psychological dread, mysterious confinement, and an unsettling rural setting
Movie Details
- Director
- Koldo Serra
- Release Date
- 2006-09-24
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Rating
- 5.4 / 10 (119)
Cast
- Gary Oldman
- Virginie Ledoyen
- Paddy Considine
- Aitana Sánchez-Gijón
- Jon Ariño
- Lluís Homar
- Andrés Gertrúdix
- Kandido Uranga
- Álex Angulo
- Patxi Bisquert
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- fuboTV
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Backwoods about?
- A summer visit to the Basque countryside becomes a brutal fight over a mutilated girl and the villagers determined to keep her hidden.
- What is The Backwoods like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Backwoods as brisk, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Backwoods violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Backwoods as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Backwoods?
- Critics generally recognized a grounded, atmospheric backwoods thriller with effective rural menace, though its conventional genre construction limited its impact.
- Which films are like The Backwoods?
- Films with a similar feel include Deliverance, Straw Dogs, Wrong Turn, and The Shuttered Room.
- How long is The Backwoods?
- The Backwoods runs 97 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Backwoods?
- In United States, The Backwoods streams on fuboTV.
