

A group of hikers lost on the Appalachian Trail stumble across an ancient secret that threatens their survival.
Practical Effects
Creature design punches way above its weight class.
Direction
Blue knows when to show and when to mercifully hide.
Cinematography
Appalachia looks gorgeous even while eating people.
Director
Eric Blue
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot entirely on location in North Georgia, actual Appalachian Trail footage gives authentic geography most studio films fake badly.
Released during peak found-footage fatigue (2016), this quietly channels Lovecraftian cosmic horror when everyone else was doing ghosts and demons.