A group of college friends reunite for a trip to the forest, but encounter a menacing presence in the woods that's stalking them.
Direction
Bruckner weaponizes forests like nobody since Blair Witch.
Practical Effects
The creature design—dear god, the creature design.
Sound
Every snapped twig will ruin your sleep schedule.
Director
David Bruckner
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The creature's final form went through 40+ designs; the approved version combines human, elk, and tree elements to literalize 'becoming one with nature.'
The film revitalized the 'folk horror' subgenre alongside Midsommar, tapping into ancient Scandinavian fear of forests as spaces where Christian morality dissolves.
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