Stop me if this sounds familiar: A group of friends get
together for a nature hike. They find themselves in a forest, possibly seeking
shelter from the elements. However, it soon becomes apparent that someone, or
something, is picking them off one-by-one and the resulting stress could be
driving the hikers insane.
Yeah, all sounding more than a little Blair Witch at this
stage, innit? Of course, around these parts, familiar premises aren’t something
to instantly turn our noses up at (or at least that’s not the intention);
execution is the key factor and director David Bruckner certainly delivers on
that front. As a pagan-horror offering, this does well at channelling man vs.
nature thrills, giving the eerily serene woods a terrifically tense atmosphere.
