So I was listening to this podcast last week about the Dyatlov Pass Incident and was completely enraptured by the entire story. Russian, hikers, mysteries, conspiracy theories! Tracy and Holly, from Stuff You Missed in History Class, covered what history knows about the incident and some conspiracy theories that have emerged from this unsolved mystery.
In discussing these theories, they mention a film that was loosely based on the Dyatlov Pass Incident: Devil's Pass. A group of documentary filmakers and hikers have decided to retrace the steps of the famous group that died in 1959. Holly, the groups leader, is very keen on finding out what really happened and is willing to survive the journey.
The group begin their adventure with high hopes and have a few successful days before things essentially go to shit. They start experiencing some of the same odd events that fill the conspiracy theories and eventually flee from their campsite in the middle of the night.
While not a terribly scary movie or that good of a plot, it wasn't completely a waste of time to watch. Apart from some terrible CGI used laster in the film, it does look pretty spectacular with the surrounding nature and mountain views.
5/10 for being based on an super interesting incident.
53% critics score form Rotten Tomatoes
74% audience score from Rotten Tomatoes
5.7/10 from IMDB.com
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