Devil's Pass (2013)

Devil's Pass is a Horror/Science Fiction movie about a small group of U.S. students who go to Russia to investigate a bizarre and mysterious tragedy involving hikers there. Shot in a "found footage" style, the film right away evokes Blair Witch Project but then goes right off a frozen cliff with a mash up of ideas involving conspiracies and secret experiments, mutants, teleportation and mayhem by the third act. The original premise of the dead Russian hikers is based upon the real Dyatlov Pass incident-and a serious exploration of that might have made for better movie. Laughably bad dialog, poor decisions by the main characters along with sets and pacing more appropriate for a horror video game than a movie make this one weird film that tries to tie together too many outlandish ideas.

Erik M.