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Preservation

Play trailer Poster for Preservation 2015,  1h 30m,  Mystery & Thriller/ Horror/ Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
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46% Tomatometer 13 Reviews 23% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
An anesthesiologist (Wrenn Schmidt) must awaken her animal instincts when she, her husband and her brother-in-law become the quarry of unseen hunters who want to turn them all into trophies.

Critics Reviews

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Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Jan 29, 2015
Its pretensions about humans-becoming-animals aside, "Preservation" is still pretty fun, if paradoxically more so before the blood sport begins. Go to Full Review
Brian Tallerico RogerEbert.com Jan 9, 2015
1.5/4
Survival horror is a tough enough genre to pull off; defining the characters within one through tired clichs and boring archetypes only makes it more so. Go to Full Review
Nicolas Rapold New York Times Jan 8, 2015
Like his ill-fated hunting party, Mr. Denham's plans for his thriller don't turn out quite the way he'd hoped. Go to Full Review
Jason Adams The Film Experience Jul 6, 2021
It dulls the edges right off of any wicked turns it makes its move for Go to Full Review
Emma Wolfe SpookyAstronauts Jun 1, 2021
4/10
I'm so sick of seeing the same wilderness-type story done over and over. Go to Full Review
Jared Mobarak The Film Stage Feb 28, 2016
C+
Preservation finds itself fracturing into two halves. Both are moderately effective yet their contrast hinders us from staying invested without being jolted by their artifice. Go to Full Review
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Audience Reviews

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Leia S Apr 27, 2019 It would've been much much better if they had taken out some of the action in order to make it more believable. You have to suspend your belief in reality so much that it gets irritating after the first 30min. The premise isn't bad, but the execution is where this film really faults. Even the score was bad ie if I heard The Bear Goes Over the Mountain one more time I would've flipped my lid. The cinematography is excellent, as the woods looked really nice. Even the acting wasn't bad. So again, it's not good due to the plot and the execution of said plot. There are much better ways to have a strong final girl film. See more
Anakin R Oct 13, 2017 Ugh. Boring AND stupid. Don’t bother. I enjoy bad movies as long as they’re fun. This isn’t.
Draco R Aug 2, 2017 Thriller bastante flojo, pensando que iba a ser algo diferente acaba siendo el mismo thriller/slasher de asesinos en la montaña, como tantas películas que hemos visto. Gran decepción, pero a pesar de eso la película está bien hecha, la trama es lo que la mata porque ya la hemos visto bastantes veces en películas y acaba aburriendo. https://juantfilms.wordpress.com/2017/08/03/preservation/ See more
George P Jul 28, 2017 An Eden Lake clone with some interesting tension momments.
Luke M Jul 22, 2017 I found this movie very suspenseful and engaging. The conclusion was surprising, and a bit enigmatic. I took it to be a critique and warning about today's youth losing touch with nature, reality, and conscience, and instead perverting those values in the indulgence of virtual gaming culture. It's as if the villainous youths were so steeped in virtual gaming involving violence and death that it spilled over into their reality without them recognizing the difference between virtual and real. When the boy so innocently speaks to his mom on the phone, it's as if he just paused from playing a video game, and is completely unaware that was he iand his friends are doing is real. See more
Theodore M May 7, 2017 By the numbers. Not bad, but not particularly interesting.
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Movie Info

Synopsis An anesthesiologist (Wrenn Schmidt) must awaken her animal instincts when she, her husband and her brother-in-law become the quarry of unseen hunters who want to turn them all into trophies.
Director
Christopher Denham
Producer
Jennifer Dubin, Cora Olson
Screenwriter
Christopher Denham
Distributor
The Orchard
Production Co
Present Pictures
Genre
Mystery & Thriller, Horror, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jan 9, 2015, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2015
Runtime
1h 30m
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