aka Rovdyr
Director: Patrik Syversen
Writer: Nini Bull Robsahm, Patrik Syversen
Cast: Kristina Leganger Aaserud, Janne Beate Bønes, Henriette Bruusgaard
Its the summer of 1974. Four friends have planned a recreational weekend hiking and camping in the forest. At a remote truck stop they pick up an anxious hitchhiker who only after a short ride demands they stop the vehicle. She is clearly frightened of something but what she cant begin to describe in her carsick terror. Suddenly the group are ambushed and left unconscious. When they wake up deep in the woods, all they can hear is the sound of a hunting horn. The game is on and they realise with nightmare shock that they are the prey.
The over used formula of teens taking a camping trip is given a new brutal spin in this Norwegian survival-horror. Set in 1974 its about four friends heading out on a camping trip, while taking a break in a roadside cafe they meet and agree to help give a ride to a desperate looking girl (Mistake #1). Only the hitchhiker is sick and theyre forced to make an unplanned stop while on a woodside road (Mistake #2). Its now they're set upon by three hunters who seem to be using humans as their prey. Sure we've seen this kind of teen campers / hiker / woods story before (TCM, Just Before Dawn, Wrong Turn) its a very tried'n'tired subgenre, thankfully apart from its lackluster plot its got alot to recommend like its solid acting, realistic gorefx, stylish direction and one hell of a cool booming scoreline. Patrik Syversen debut is sure to be seen as the best horror début since Greg Mclean delivered up Wolf Creek.
(7 out of 10)
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