Married couple Jay and Beth take a celebratory camping trip a year after Beth's cancer remission but find themselves trapped between a wild madman and a skin-stealing monster.
Practical Effects
The skin-suit creature effects are gloriously slimy and tactile.
Acting
Devon Sawa's unhinged woodsman performance steals every scene he's in.
Editing
Tight 89 minutes that never lets you catch your breath.
Director
Mitchell Altieri
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film deliberately echoes 2000s 'torture porn' era horror but swaps nihilism for emotional stakes, reflecting a post-pandemic appetite for cathartic suffering.
Courtney Halverson and Mark Famiglietti improvised several of their argument scenes after director Mitchell Altieri kept cameras rolling during setup breaks.
