I skipped backcountry 2014 which features a bear attack, because that movie just plain sucks. Movies like backcountry 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. But i was so focused on making a bear movie and doing it right that i forgot. Bear attack marks true story of survival with pepper spray. In the true story, they got attacked at a campsite in the backcountry and he fought off the bear with a knife the best he could while the bear was mauling his girlfriend. 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.
Once out in the wild it soon transpires that alex is hardly bear grylls and you sort of. But ill be back next time to cover ferret attack movies, marsupial attack movies, and anything involving judy greer, who i love but hasnt done any bear attack movies. Im more annoyed by the fact that the real story was of an incredibly brave man fighting a bear in an attempt to save his wifes life. In the true story, the woman is killed and the man escapes.
In the woods with actors and a 600pound black bear to. Peeking out, and then hiding, then peeking out only give it the courage to attack. Macdonald has said he was partly inspired by an ontario couples reallife wilderness nightmare. Hitfix rates the truthfulness of 10 horror films purporting to be based on a true story. An urban couple go camping in the canadian wilderness where unimaginable beauty sits alongside our most primal fears. In the woods with actors and a 600pound black bear to film. Even the genres classic, 1979s prophecy, relies on mutant monsters and a fleshy lump of camp. Feb 27, 2015 in this terrifying thriller based on a true story, a young couples romantic camping trip becomes a tale of survival as they face the dark side of nature. In this terrifying thriller based on a true story, a young couples romantic camping trip becomes a tale of survival as they face the dark side of nature. He then takes away the man with him and badly mauls him. Mar 07, 2016 and that just about covers bear attack movies.
And so is the case of backcountry, a verywell executed wilderness thriller written and directed by adam macdonald and apparently inspired by a true story that the movie made me very much not want to look up, which i suppose may be taken by some to be a token of its effectiveness. The director loosely based this film on the 2005 story of a married couple who are attacked by a bear while camping in canada. Everyone knows that the movie will be different in any number of ways from the true story that inspired it. The terror of nature in adam macdonalds backcountry may. 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. The movie backcountry is unwatchable due to one scene. New film backcountry flips the genders on bear attack. I have lived around black bears and grizzlies when i was working as a field biologist, and this movie makes me scream at the tv screen. So i wanted to be the first and do it in a way that makes you feel like its really happening. Backcountry, a wilderness survival thriller the new york. The incredible bear attack scene from the canadian film backcountry. In the reality though, the genders are reversed and its the wife who is killed. He teases out the exact nature of the attack with insinuating cracks and creaks. Backcountry official trailer i hd i ifc midnight youtube.
The true story of two fatal grizzly bear attacks that changed our relationship with wildlife. Mar 20, 2015 backcountry includes a brief notice that its based on a true story, and mr. Knowing that is bound to inform everything that happens before the leads have even the mildest encounter with one, but it works the other way around as well. Few subgenres of horror film have been so neglected as the bear movie. Its based on a story of a couple in ontario who encountered a black bear. Mar 19, 2015 i came across a story of a couple who were savagely attacked in the backcountry by a predatory black bear nearly ten years ago, i found the story both heroic and tragic, it made me very emotional. In backcountry and other movies, a bear makes a mean co. Christian bielz is director of photography on backcountry and it looks terrific throughout.
Backcountry director adam macdonald explains why black bears. Its a shame its advertised as a bear attack movie, because there are other themes built early in the movie that could lead you to expect a lot of other types of story. 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. Backcountry, starring jeff roop and missy peregrym, tests a couples. Backcountry is a 2014 canadian naturesurvival horror film, written and directed by adam macdonald. Backcountry plays like a bizzarro version of reese witherspoons oscar. Backcountry has the most gruesome animal attack scene ive. Backcountry is a wilderness thriller weakened by its human. I have to say that the bear attack scene in this movie still haunts me today, weeks after. Backcountry includes a brief notice that its based on a true story, and mr.
They really shouldnt have said it was based on a true story because it isnt. For this harrowing film, based on a true story, mr. Black bear kills woman camper north of chapleau, ont. Jan 25, 2016 backcountry real story silver n black. Jan 10, 2016 the incredible bear attack scene from the canadian film backcountry. The bear attack spoilers backcountry 2014 discussion. Based on a true story only means that a true story was the spark of inspiration that made the movie happen. Mar 19, 2015 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. May 24, 2007 the 32yearold software developer says the award announced yesterday is a bittersweet honour, one thats being bestowed on him for fighting off a bear that savagely attacked and killed his wife. Backcountry has the most gruesome animal attack scene i.
But its worth to watch if your like me and love watching horrific things just for the shock value. Sep 14, 2014 in the true story, they got attacked at a campsite in the backcountry and he fought off the bear with a knife the best he could while the bear was mauling his girlfriend. In the true story, they got attacked at a campsite in the backcountry and he fought off the bear. With jeff roop, missy peregrym, nicholas campbell, eric balfour. Macdonald has said he was partly inspired by an ontario couples real. A hungry black bear suddenly attacks a camp and rips a womans hand and severely injures a mans legs. One shot from inside a tent shows the bear s head poking in. Obviously some stuff has been changed in the movie from the true story and there has been quite a bit of fluff added in, but overall its a decent flick. 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. The rest of the movie is so frontloaded with bad decisions, irritating humans and a heavypawed bearanoia that it never gets the chance to develop into the bear which project it might like to be, but editing and outoffocus shots and therenot sound design cannot make a bear frightening. Backcountry which centers on an urban couple being terrorized by. Bear attack marks true story of survival with pepper spray real attack photo by bearmanmt. I just watched backcountry on netflix last night and holy crap i think the bear attack scene was the gnarliest animal attack scene ive ever seen in a movie.
Backcountry is a critically acclaimed new horrorsurvival film about a canadian couple that gets lost in the woods and is subjected to a bear attack. Macdonald wanted as real a feel as possible and used intimate closeups of the animal. In this creepylooking flick, a camping trip turns deadly when a couple gets lost and stumbles upon the lair of a black bear. Writerdirector adam macdonald talks backcountry, the true. In this movie you never actually see the bear sink its teeth into the victim, and the shots from below the bear in which the bear towers over with its head pointed up, bloody. Ontario provincial police said that while the bear was attacking perry, her husband managed to stab it with a swiss army knife in a frantic effort. These ideas are not simply abandoned as red herrings when the bear plot develops, either, and like a wellwritten stories these other aspects fo the. In backcountry and other movies, a bear makes a mean costar. The recommendation service has sorted out suspenseful, realistic, exciting, tense, serious and suspense films and tv shows about with bear attack, bear, wilderness, survival, danger, brutality, chase, storytelling, vengeance and adventure plots mostly in adventure, drama and action. Mar 20, 2015 hitfix rates the truthfulness of 10 horror films purporting to be based on a true story.
Macdonald wanted as real a feel as possible and used. Camping couple faces off against bear in backcountry. It is interesting from a moviemaking point of view which method of portraying a bear attack is more effective. The man is portrayed as a bumbling idiot who makes stupid decisions at every turn, failing to bring a map, surreptitiously removing his girlfriends cell phone from her purse and leaving it in. New film backcountry flips the genders on bear attack mild. The first feature film from writerdirector adam macdonald is based on a true story and. Mar 20, 2015 and so is the case of backcountry, a verywell executed wilderness thriller written and directed by adam macdonald and apparently inspired by a true story that the movie made me very much not want to look up, which i suppose may be taken by some to be a token of its effectiveness. 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. The movie is sufficiently potent in its depiction of the. Feb 12, 2015 in this terrifying and criticallyacclaimed thriller, a young couples romantic camping trip becomes a tale of survival as they face the darkest side of nature. Mar, 2015 in this creepylooking flick, a camping trip turns deadly when a couple gets lost and stumbles upon the lair of a black bear. Aug 27, 2015 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.
Alex jeff roop is a seasoned outdoorsman while jenn missy peregrym, a corporate lawyer, is not. Its a shame its advertised as a bearattack movie, because there are other themes built early in the movie that could lead you to expect a lot of other types of story. Tiff 14 bear attack in backcountry first look based on a true story, backcountry follows an urban couple who go camping in the canadian wilderness where unimaginable beauty sits. As in any number of manversuswild horror flicks, backcountry is the story of a. Backcountry director adam macdonald explains why black.
Hiding in your tent is not going to save you from a bear. 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. An urban couple go camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear. The release of backcountry on march 20 is the first time bear horror has ever succeeded with a straight face. When they realize they have entered a bears territory, being lost suddenly becomes. A couple was camping in a remote provincial park in northern ontario and they were attacked by a predatory black bear. The list contains the best, new and most relevant bear attack movies ordered by relevance. The true story of two fatal grizzly bear attacks that. In this terrifying and criticallyacclaimed thriller, a young couples romantic camping trip becomes a tale of survival as they face the darkest side of. These ideas are not simply abandoned as red herrings when the bear plot develops, either, and like a wellwritten stories these other aspects fo the story continue and help. Writerdirector adam macdonald talks backcountry at tiff 2014. But the point of backcountry isnt to get involved with the characters.
The bear attack scene is arguably the most compelling part of the film. We asked an expert to watch the new horror movie backcountry and. In this terrifying and criticallyacclaimed thriller, a young couples romantic camping trip becomes a tale of survival as they face the darkest side of nature. So, yes, this is based very, very loosely on a true story. The couple being young and alone made it all the more compelling to me. Truth be told, he was more than a little scared himself, especially of those bears. It is interesting from a movie making point of view which method of portraying a bear attack is more effective. When we were cutting together the bear attack, it took us like a month. A bear attacks the tent in this clip from backcountry. The single most horrifying moment occurs right up top, when text appears onscreen that reads based on a true story.
Macdonald had originally settled on a black bear as his backcountry killer because it hadnt been done before. His lips are injured and body bleeds to deaththis is an intense scene. The canoe is a big symbol for me in the end of the movie. Once alexs foot injury emerges as a serious liability and the threat of a bear attack becomes a real possibility, roop and peregrym adeptly switch leadership roles, as missy strives to fill the. I came across a story of a couple who were savagely attacked in the backcountry by a predatory black bear nearly ten years ago, i found the story both heroic and tragic, it made me very emotional. Most remarkably, backcountry sheds the standard monstrous grizzly bear found in subgenre.
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