I would compare the acting and dark storyline to another movie i saw a few years ago called open water which was also based on a true story about a couple who went diving off the coast of australia and was accidently left in the middle of shark infested water. Based on a true story only means that a true story was the spark of inspiration that made the movie happen. Few subgenres of horror film have been so neglected as the bear movie. The single most horrifying moment occurs right up top, when text appears onscreen that reads based on a true story.
Backcountry missy peregrym jeff roop interview 2015 youtube. The promotional materials mention that backcountry is based on a true story. Ostensibly based on a true story, backcountry follows goodnatured. As in any number of manversuswild horror flicks, backcountry is the story of a. Backcountry plays like a bizzarro version of reese witherspoons. Macdonald has said he was partly inspired by an ontario couples reallife wilderness nightmare. Police and wildlife officials were on the hunt for the wounded. Even the genres classic, 1979s prophecy, relies on mutant monsters and a fleshy lump of camp. True story podcast, a night of true tales told friends. 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.
The album became the ninth bestselling album of 20 in the us, earning shelton a platinum certification by the riaa on september 30, 20. If you saw that and liked it you will like backcountry. Black bear kills woman camper north of chapleau, ont. The scares are longlasting and shocking, and the end mirrors the. Born in guatemala, john was adopted by brian and joyce smith at the age of 5 months and moved with them to st.
Backcountry director adam macdonald explains why black. New film backcountry flips the genders on bear attack. This horror film based on a true story is the most. Most remarkably, backcountry sheds the standard monstrous grizzly bear found in subgenre staples like grizzly and. New film backcountry flips the genders on bear attack mild spoilers. After telling the story many times, jordan is almost matteroffact, leaving out only his wifes last words. Home film buzz top 20 movies based on true stories. The terror of nature in adam macdonalds backcountry may keep. 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 the car, losing his ax, and generally acting like an incompetent oaf. Writerdirector adam macdonald talks backcountry at tiff 2014. 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. 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. John smiths true story inspired the film breakthrough.
Alex jeff roop is a seasoned outdoorsman while jenn missy peregrym, a corporate lawyer, is not. It states during the credits as most films do that any character resemblance to actual people is coincidental. Macdonald has said he was partly inspired by an ontario couples. Not all movies have remained true to the genuine history of the event or the characters they are portraying, often adding action and drama to increase the substance and popularity of the movie. Crime movies have been popular as long as movies have been around, and the world keeps providing ever stranger reallife material for them to use. Bear attack marks true story of survival with pepper spray real attack photo. Adam macdonald talks about his feature directorial debut, backcountry, the true story the film is based on, working with real bears and more at. New movie tells true story of snowboarder surviving in. Based on a true story, backcountry follows an urban couple who go camping in the canadian wilderness where unimaginable beauty.
True story is a secret society of anonymous storytellers. Adam macdonalds backcountry are based on true events only makes. The writerdirector will make his feature debut with backcountry, the story of a couple who gets lost on. It should come as no surprise to anyone with even a modicum of skepticism that most factbased horror movies play very, very loose with the events they claim to have been inspired by. It is loosely based on the true story of a maneating bear. Before the film s world premiere at the toronto international film festival, we briefly chatted with adam macdonald about backcountry.
It just so happens that the true story is not so true. 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. When john isnt at school, he enjoys spending time with his parents, three brothers, and friends. Hiding in your tent is not going to save you from a bear. The release of backcountry on march 20 is the first time bear horror has ever succeeded with a straight face. Writerdirector adam macdonald talks backcountry, the true. 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. Backcountry includes a brief notice that its based on a true story, and mr. Been a long time since i have watched a movie and felt real fear in the pit of my stomach as a result, but there it is. For those of you who are afraid of large predators, this one will get you. In the film an urban couple go camping in the woods and find themselves lost in the territory of a predatory black bear.
Based on the true story of jacqueline perry and mark jordan, who in 2005 were attacked by a bear at a campsite in missinaibi lake provincial park about 80. The movie is sufficiently potent in its depiction of the. The entire plot of the film, the wedding ring, the stranger, getting lost, is madeup of course. A great movie doesnt always need high action scenes and over the top comedy. Backcountry 2014 starring missy peregrym, jeff roop, eric balfour. Hitfix rates the truthfulness of 10 horror films purporting to be based on a true story, from the strangers to the town that dreaded sundown. 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. Back country kept my attention well enough to keep me watching, maybe because i wanted to see what happened to the couple, or maybe because i like the outdoors. 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 michaelle jean. Horror films in love with this conceit have suggested crazed killers. Backcountry is a 2014 canadian naturesurvival horror film, written and directed by adam macdonald. Charles, missouri, where he currently attends high school.
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. Its based on a story of a couple in ontario who encountered a black bear. After much convincing, and against her better judgment, she agrees to let him take her deep into a provincial park to one of his favorite spots the secluded blackfoot trail. But backcountry does at times feel more like a 80s slasher film than a truestory survival tale. Outdoors adventure film is based on real incident of fatal bear attack in canadian wilderness, hence title backcountry. 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. 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. When they first arrive at the campsite, its clear that jenn has little to no. Ostensibly based on a true story, backcountry follows goodnatured couple alex jeff roop, ready to impress as an outdoorsman, and nervous city. Before the films world premiere at the toronto international film festival, we briefly chatted with adam macdonald about backcountry. This is a list of films that are based on actual events. We asked an expert to watch the new horror movie backcountry and.
Backcountry, a wilderness survival thriller the new york. Backcountry director talks filming bears, hanging off. Everyone knows that the movie will be different in any number of ways from the true story that inspired it. Backcountry works because of the relationship between alex and jenn. 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. Based on the true story of jacqueline perry and mark jordan, who in 2005 were attacked by a bear at a campsite in missinaibi lake provincial park about 80 kilometers north of chapleau, ontario canada. Based on a true story is the eighth studio album by american country music artist blake shelton. We publish the best of the true story underground on our podcast and on public radio. Just log on to your verizon account and watch the latest shows online. Miracle on the mountain is a new movie about the true survival story of snowboarder eric lemarque in the sierra nevada for eight days. Camping couple faces off against bear in backcountry. The cinema is a great place to unwind and take a break from real life, but sometimes a great movie is actually based on a true story.