Grief wears many faces—this one watches from the tree line.
While grieving the loss of his younger brother, an emotionally broken young man struggles with his guilt and grief as a strange and otherworldly entity begins to watch him, forcing him to confront his loss and inner turmoil.
Acting
Isaac Stacey's raw, trembling grief carries every frame.
Cinematography
Dreamlike suburban unease—think David Lynch meets Canadian winter.
Direction
Dual directors weave horror into quiet domestic spaces.
Director
Jim Couroux
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Canadian horror often weaponizes polite restraint—Dire Pines continues the tradition of The Babadook by making grief literally monstrous.
Directors Couroux and Allison are romantic partners who met in film school; this is their collaborative debut born from shared loss in their own families.
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