Backcountry

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Backcountry

R,

2014,

1h 32m,

Adventure/

Drama/

Mystery & Thriller/

Horror/

Action

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93%

54 Reviews

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53%

2,500+ Ratings

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93%

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54 Reviews

53%

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2,500+ Ratings

A couple (Missy Peregrym, Jeff Roop) on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.

Critics Consensus

Tense, well-acted, and at once atmospheric as well as brutally impactful, Backcountry marks a memorably assured debut from writer-director Adam MacDonald.

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Geoff Pevere

Globe and Mail

Aug 28, 2015

3/4

Backcountry thrives in the close-quarter details: the verbal knife-pricks of a dying relationship, the jangling impact of the smallest sounds breaking silence, that dread certainty that you're completely lost and it's getting dark.

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Linda Barnard

Toronto Star

Aug 27, 2015

3/4

MacDonald does quite well in his dramatic feature debut with solid performances from the cast. Backcountry is satisfyingly intense, although quite gory in patches.

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Robert Abele

Los Angeles Times

Mar 26, 2015

"Backcountry" inevitably brings on the bloody, but it finds atmospheric ways to depict how the bucolic hush of a nature getaway can morph into a survival nightmare for the unprepared.

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David Day

Horror Movie Talk

Aug 12, 2025

6/10

Backcountry is a one-trick pony that relies on a surprisingly well-grounded theme – The woods are scary, and so are wild animals.

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Patrick Cavanaugh

The Wolfman Cometh

Sep 20, 2023

3/5

The relational tension unnerves you early on and, while not entirely surprising, manages to showcase a threat of mother nature without demonizing the main threat.

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Paul Lê

Bloody Disgusting

Jul 21, 2023

4/5

Adam MacDonald’s colossal debut features a unique ursine nightmare impelled by human error.

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Apr 28, 2019

No sense film. Nothing happens till the last 20 minutes, I could literally watch the firs 10 minutes, go have a run, come back and watch the last 20 that it was the same.

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Hagrid W

Apr 11, 2019

superb. no extraneous nonsense just quiet foreboding.

Abraham W

Mar 27, 2019

Surprisingly good Canadian thriller... just like I imagine every trip into the woods to be.

Draco W

Feb 7, 2019

good movie for those that love thrillers and survival movies pacing of each scene didnt feel normal. some will like it but others will not some of the characters actions were a bit cliche, since its based on actual events i cant really give the movie fault really good at building suspense towards the halfway mark the dialogue left me speechless, it was that good camera work was good, sometimes a little too much shaky cam overall a great movie to watch

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Finn S

Jan 26, 2019

Some of the cinematography may be infuriating, but this is an overall intense, gruesome, and entertaining survival horror movie.

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Jan 22, 2019

I really enjoyed the film the suspense was really good and the actors were compelling. Makes you not want to go camping in the woods! I love the woods but I will be PREPARED!

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Synopsis

A couple (Missy Peregrym, Jeff Roop) on a deep-wilderness hike become hopelessly lost within an aggressive black bear's territory.

Director: Adam MacDonald
Producer: Thomas Michael
Screenwriter: Adam MacDonald
Production Co: Téléfilm Canada, Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation (NOHFC), Fella Films
Rating: R (Language|Gruesome Creature Violence)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Action
Original Language: English
Release Date (Streaming): Nov 30, 2016
Runtime: 1h 32m

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