Backcountry

• Horror
• Thriller
• Drama

A seemingly idyllic weekend getaway fractures into a desperate fight for survival as a couple’s backcountry camping trip in the remote Ontario wilderness is relentlessly stalked by a territorial black bear. The film meticulously builds a sense of mounting dread, focusing not on jump scares but on the gradual erosion of safety and the paralyzing fear of being hunted within a vast, unforgiving landscape. It's a uniquely harrowing experience, distinguished by its stark realism – rooted in a true story – and its unnerving portrayal of nature’s indifference, confronting viewers with the fragility of human control and the brutal logic of predator versus prey. The film’s tension lies not in spectacle, but in the protagonists’ increasingly desperate, and ultimately futile, attempts to navigate a situation spiraling beyond their understanding, evoking a suffocating claustrophobia even within the enormity of the wilderness.