A group of friends on a climbing vacation ignore warnings that the mountains are closed and start their ascent anyway. Collapsing bridges, bear traps and other dangers threaten to splinter the group… when the real hell begins and an unseen villain begins picking them off one by one.
Practical Effects
Real vertigo-inducing mountain photography, minimal green screen.
Stunts
Actors did significant climbing; fear looks genuinely earned.
Director
Abel Ferry
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot in Croatia's Paklenica National Park; temperatures dropped to -15°C, causing real hypothermia risks for cast.
Part of a brief 2000s wave of 'extreme sports horror' alongside Frozen (2010) and The Descent (2005) — France's grim answer to Hollywood cliffhangers.
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