Summary
Helen and her daughter Emily reluctantly accompany Helen’s father Stan on a family camping trip, driving deep into the forest for a real outdoors experience, only to have angry landowner Howard arrive and force them to leave.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 54GoodWatch 43
Audience score80%
Letterboxd · 940 ratings2.2/5
IMDb3.8
Running time
1 h 23 min
Shorter than most horror movies, −12 min on the typical 95
typical 9583Half of all horror movies run 88–103 min.
Reach
Streams in 10 countries, rent or buy in 12 more
Released
2022
January 28, 2022
4 years ago
Genres
HorrorThrillerLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- United States
Rated
- NRUnited States
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesModerate
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesModerate
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 4 moreDirecting · 1
- Hector Barron Director, Writer, Executive Producer
Production · 9
- Jason Piette Executive Producer
- Glenn Kendrick Ackermann Executive Producer
- Julie Kroll Executive Producer
- Andrew Stoddard Executive Producer
- Peter Fruchtman Executive Producer
- Brian McLaughlin Producer
Camera · 3
- Bob Nguyễn Director of Photography
- Jeremy Bolden Director of Photography
- Rodrigo Iturralde Director of Photography
Sound · 1
- Elias Serpa Music
Art · 1
- Phill Gee Art Direction
Costume & Make-Up · 1
- Oliver Poser Makeup Effects Designer
Other crew · 1
- Nicole Randall Stunts
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