The release of backcountry on march 20 is the first time bear horror has ever succeeded with a straight face. The bear attack in backcountry was actually close to how the real thing would pan out, but the film concentrated on the gore too much. Stories from real people who are blending the outdoors with the everyday, the latest information about gear we love, advice to get you into a new activity or take your passion to the next level, and trip reports to help you plan your next adventure. But the point of backcountry isnt to get involved with the characters. In the woods with actors and a 600pound black bear to film. Police and wildlife officials were on the hunt for the wounded bear wednesday and campers have been ordered out of the back country of missinaibi lake provincial park. It was shot well, it had a real bear and the performances were strong. In the movie, she sprayed the bear once in the face midway into the attack, and the bear continued. Throughout the film, there are several closeups of the hatchet. Most experienced hikers would not get themselves into this mess, so its a good film to watch to learn what not to do when going hiking into the backcountry. Writerdirector adam macdonald talks backcountry at tiff. Not to make an unfair comparison to a classic, but the movie deliverance actually followed through on all of the themes that its storyline suggested, while in backcountry, we end up with a storyline in which all but the most elemental stuff winds up as window dressing.
Black bear kills woman camper north of chapleau, ont. Personally, i would have liked a little more bear attack stuff. Backcountry trailer macdonald had originally settled on a black bear as his backcountry killer because it hadnt been done before. Bear smart in the backcountry keep bear encounters positive and conflictfree hiking, mountainbiking and camping in bear habitat is an exhilarating way to spend a day, a week or a month. Outdoors adventure film is based on real incident of fatal bear attack in canadian wilderness, hence title backcountry. Protect yourself from the nonteddy variety of bear with bear vault. Writerdirector adam macdonalds thriller backcountry world premieres monday in torontos discovery section. Just another horror film with characters doing stupid stuff to get themselves into trouble. His lips are injured and body bleeds to deaththis is an intense scene. An urban couple go camping in the canadian wilderness where unimaginable beauty sits alongside our most primal fears. I didnt want to see it before one of my friends said it was utterly boring but based on what ive heard about the revenant, im now going to check it out.
In the woods with actors and a 600pound black bear to. Another film in the nature gonna kill you genre, or more specifically the dont f with bears subgenre, backcountry is gritty and damned intense. When people have seen the attack in this movie, theyre really taken. Killer grizzlies and cuddly teddies make for good movie fodder, but are they accurate. Backcountry is a critically acclaimed new horrorsurvival film about a canadian couple that. For a smallbudgeted film, backcountry is an immense directorial debut and macdonalds follow up, wolf at the door, couldnt come sooner, if it were up to me. How to survive a black bear attack we asked an expert to watch the horror movie backcountry and break down the myths and realities of encountering one of the forests most intimidating animals. Once out in the wild it soon transpires that alex is hardly bear grylls and you sort of. Writerdirector adam macdonald talks backcountry at tiff 2014.
Soon thereafter we get another quick but unforgettable backcountry nuance, the films title card. Camping couple faces off against bear in backcountry. The pic, based on a true story, stars rookie blues missy peregrym and jeff. I cant even imagine what it would be like for a person to watch their so literally torn into pieces in front of you and you cant do anything about it. Decently acted and includes a truly horrifying yet mostly impressionistic bear attack, but takes a looong time to get to the survivalist read. A bear attacks the tent in this clip from backcountry.
My friend told me about the bear attack in that movie when i told him about backcountry. Adam macdonald talks about his feature directorial debut, backcountry, the true story the film is based on, working with real bears and more at tiff 2014. In the woods with actors and a 600pound black bear to film backcountry. Few subgenres of horror film have been so neglected as the bear movie. The very thought of an ursine rampage is the stuff of nightmares, fairy tales and memorable movies. About bear spray and jack hanna, not surprising that it did nothing until the bear way at 10 yards its pepper spray and 10 yards is pretty much the limits of effectiveness. It is loosely based on the true story of a maneating bear and 30yearolds mark jordan and jacqueline perry, in the back country of missinaibi lake provincial park, north of chapleau, ontario in 2005, events for which mark later received the star of courage award from governor general. Jacqueline perry and mark jordan, both 30, were attacked at a campsite in the provincial park about 80 kilometres north of chapleau. A hungry black bear suddenly attacks a camp and rips a womans hand and severely injures a mans legs. Backcountry director adam macdonald explains why black.
To macdonalds credit backcountry is the montrealborn directors first feature the sustained aura of suspense is so taut the attack itself. I have to say that the bear attack scene in this movie still haunts me today, weeks. After i came up with the idea of an open water in the woods, i started to do quite a bit of research on black bears as well as first hand accounts of campers and hikers who have been attack by these animals. Missy peregrym is awesome, and that bear attack was so realistic and visceral and hard hitting. So im a sucker for a good bearattack movie, having backpacked many times in the gorgeoustreacherous wilds of grizzly country alaska, montana, wyoming, where its often said that humans are not the top of the food chain. In backcountry and other movies, a bear makes a mean costar. The bear attacks the couple in the tent, and it is both terrifying and incredibly gruesome. Based on a true story, backcountry follows an urban couple who go camping in the canadian wilderness where unimaginable beauty sits alongside our most primal fears. And the film was well shot bit of shaky cam and shallow depth of focus adding to the atmos. The bear will almost always feint an attack and peel off if you dont run. Its probably best for provincial park business that adam macdonalds backcountry, a movie in which a bickering urban couple are stalked by a 600pound black bear, is coming out at summers end. Jenn is clawed on the arm and alex, in trying to protect her. The promotional materials mention that backcountry is based on a true story. It is loosely based on the true story of a maneating bear and 30yearolds.
When they realize they have entered a bears territory, being lost suddenly becomes the least of their problems. The bear vault is a perfect way to protect your pickanic basket from bears. Even the genres classic, 1979s prophecy, relies on mutant monsters and a fleshy lump of camp. Its to watch someone get graphically mauled by a bear, a feat accomplished with a real black bear and some night of the living deadstyle butchershop effects. Using scenery and only minimum amount of characters, it succeeds on creating the sense of isolation and overwhelming helplessness. For most of the movie, i had to look away from the unsettling action, feeling onedge, praying for the characters to get out of this situation alive. New film backcountry flips the genders on bear attack. The scene makes it feel like a blood and guts slasher film instead of a backcountry thriller. With jeff roop, missy peregrym, nicholas campbell, eric balfour. He then takes away the man with him and badly mauls him. The bear attack scene is arguably the most compelling part of the film. If the bear makes contact, protect your chest and abdomen by falling to the ground on your stomach, or assuming a fetal position to reduce the severity of an attack. However, the bear catches up to them the next morning and attacks them in their tent. We asked an expert to watch the new horror movie backcountry and break down the myths and realities of encountering one of the forests.
When we were cutting together the bear attack, it took us like a month. In the native north american ojibwe language this translates into pretend to be dead provincial park. He was told by every bear expert that he talked to, that if you spray a bear in the face with that stuff, which is basically industrial strength mace, that the attack will stop, with 100% accuracy. Backcountry official trailer 1 2015 missy peregrym movie hd an urban couple go camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear. The bear attack spoilers backcountry 2014 discussion. Keep your pack on for protection in case of a bear attack. If you like backcountry you are looking for suspenseful, captivating and tense movies about with survival, in the woods, dangerous animal, bear attack, danger, camping and lost themes of drama, horror and thriller genre shot in canada.
And it may be good for the wedding industry that it didnt appear in spring. Most remarkably, backcountry sheds the standard monstrous grizzly bear found in subgenre. Replacing sharks, a bear takes the screen, showing viewers how dangerous it is to have a bear sniffing outside of your tent. The incredible bear attack scene from the canadian film backcountry. The terror of nature in adam macdonalds backcountry may. Backcountry is a 2014 canadian naturesurvival horror film, written and directed by adam macdonald. A black bear that may have learned to prey on humans killed a woman and injured her husband at a provincial park in northern ontario. Backcountry is a good example how one simple premise can still be thrilling with clever production and a few grisly scenes. But ultimately the woman doesnt fight the bear with it. Movie builds suspense until fatal bear encounter when one person is killed while other injured person flees towards civilization and safety. The film is set in fictional nibookaazo provincial park, this can be seen written on the side of the canoe towards the end of the film. Still, heres a film that practically begs for gender analysis. Its all pretty effective but in the end, somehow empty.