The Dyatlov Pass Incident
To determine what happened to some Russian hikers, five U.S. college students go back to where the hikers were found dead to make a documentary. But things take a turn for the worse to reveal the secrets as to what happened there.
1989, Durham, Co. Durham, England, UK
16 November 1984, Bury, Greater Manchester, England, UK
29 September 1984, London, England, UK
August 28, 2013
Its grab at realism makes the artifice highly conspicuous.
August 22, 2013
The film is ridiculous and laugh-out-loud funny, though it's sometimes hard to tell if this is intentional or not. Either way, it remains riveting because of its effective tropes.
August 29, 2013
Renny Harlin's fun, creepy found-footage horror knows when to be charming and, crucially, when to take its based-on-true-events conspiracy plot to its ridiculously entertaining conclusion.
August 26, 2013
Very much like a puzzle that all comes seamlessly together, "Devil's Pass" wallows in formula before veering a sharp, hair-raising left turn just when the film needs it most.
August 28, 2013
I'm not suggest Harlin deserves better than the tepid frights of Devil's Pass, but chasing a tired trend with minimal storytelling heft doesn't do him any favors.
August 23, 2013
Made with just enough craft that, were you to stumble upon it late at night during a bout of insomnia, you wouldn't mind watching through to the end.
August 22, 2013
Since found-footage movies are purportedly shot by the characters, hiring a muscular action filmmaker like Renny Harlin seems like overkill.
August 28, 2013
Despite drawing influence from a fascinating real-life event, this sloppily directed, largely tension-free found footage film sticks too closely to genre formula.
August 25, 2013
If you know nothing of this incident you'll be intrigued, as I was. But the explanation, which involves another curious tale from the 1940s that continues to fascinate conspiracy theorists, is difficult to swallow.
September 03, 2013
The decision to assemble it as a found-footage thriller makes it feel like yet another Blair Witch knock-off. And the plot seems to run out of ideas before the end.
August 26, 2013
Harlan's film -- written by Vikram Weet -- is a routine low-budget genre picture, with blandly attractive young actors overmatched by the freakiness lurking in the wilderness.
October 15, 2013
Further evidence that seasoned directors enjoy the found footage gimmick as much as the first-timers seem to.
