Jen and a group of friends set out to hike the Appalachian Trail. Despite warnings to stick to the trail, the hikers stray off course—and cross into land inhabited by The Foundation, a hidden community of mountain dwellers who use deadly means to protect their way of life.
Practical Effects
Gruesome trap designs that would make Jigsaw file for unemployment.
Production
The Foundation's unsettling settlement built into actual Appalachian terrain.
Writing
Reboot smartly ditches cannibal hillbillies for something way more disturbing.
Director
Mike P. Nelson
Charlotte Vega
Jennifer Shaw
Adain Bradley
Darius Clemons
Bill Sage
John Venable
Emma Dumont
Milla D'Angelo
Dylan McTee
Adam Lucas
Daisy Head
Edith
Matthew Modine
Scott Shaw
Vardaan Arora
Gary Amaan
Adrian Favela
Luis Ortiz
Tim DeZarn
Nate Roades
Rhyan Elizabeth Hanavan
Ruthie
Chaney Morrow
Hobbs
Cory Scott Allen
Ed Jenkins
Amy Warner
Aileen
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The film deliberately subverts 'hillbilly horror' tropes by making The Foundation educated, multilingual, and ideologically driven rather than primitive.
Bill Sage studied actual cult leaders' speech patterns to develop Venable's disturbingly calm demeanor; the bone masks were hand-carved by production designers over six weeks.
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