The Real Story Of The Movie Backcountry 

Cocaine Bear, this year’s fiesta of meme-worthy content, has made a point of emphasizing that its marketing is based on a genuine story. Naturally, this is only partially accurate. In 1985, a wild black bear in Georgia did indeed stumble onto a cocaine drop gone wrong, but the drugs ultimately killed the unlucky animal. A disastrous effort at a parachute, which was also repeated in Cocaine Bear, left the man carrying the cocaine in the plane dead in a driveway. Therefore, watching a high bear tear through naive people on a giant screen might provide audiences with a morbid sense of pleasure—it occurred and it didn’t. However, don’t let down your defenses. 

Consider seeing the survival horror movie Backcountry before you organize your next camping trip. A bear attack is the subject of the 2014 IFC Midnight production, although it’s a little more grounded this time.

Is The Movie Backcountry Based On A Real Story?

Backcountry establishes a gulf between its main characters and the natural world right away, with the startling sound of swarming insects hinting at the presence of something dead. In an attempt to flee the city, Alex (Jeff Roop) and Jenn (Missy Peregrym) are traveling. Many REI customers are familiar with this scene: being cut off from nature causes one to yearn to find it once more. But there are hints here and there that they’re still city dwellers at heart. The menacing soundtrack smashes into Alex’s silly singing of “Always Keep an Edge on Your Knife,” by Canadian singer Corb Lund. 

This becomes evident when Nicholas Campbell, a park ranger portraying an experienced and wise man, tells Alex that the trail he plans to trek is closed and to bring a map. However, despite this deft manipulation of the “townie warning” cliché, a man driven to win his lady over will not be deterred. Without informing Jenn about the resolution, an unmapped Alex embarks on an exploration mission. (We’ll find out later that, to fully detach from the noise, he also locks their cell phones in the car.) And as anyone who has watched The Blair Witch Project or even just one survival movie knows, this never ends well. 

Backcountry – Man vs. Nature – Based On A True Story

Maybe the desire to subdue nature is ingrained in human nature. For so long, we have been shielded from the threats posed by lesser species that, similar to many startled visitors to national parks, we have forgotten that wild animals are still wild. Not all mushrooms are edible, and not all environments are conducive to survival. (For example, the human body can experience hypothermia at temperatures as low as 40 degrees.) But Alex and Jen are not the only ones who had to learn this lesson the hard way. Alex strains his foot pulling their boat out of the river, cognitive dissonance beginning to set in. He responds, “I’ll just walk it off,” but he is hardly able to support himself.

Even though he didn’t pack any survival gear, he mocks Jenn for carrying it and belittles her decision to use a road flare rather than a pen flare. From this moment on, the audience is aware of what Jenn is unaware of: this place is unsafe. From a dark angle, we watch them skinny-dip, not sure if they are humans or animals. We learn more about Alex’s actual personality when a curiously unpleasant nature guide (Eric Balfour) stumbles into their campground. He is envious and insecure, confident that Jenn would think he’s a screw-up. He is adamant about making the trip work (he intends to propose), so he ignores the increasingly obvious warning signals of a bear assault, such as a mud trail. Noises outside their tent were muffled. The bear silhouette is visible through the thin walls. 

The True Story Behind The Making Of Backcountry

Backcountry is based on horrific real-life incidents, as it was stated in the opening scenes. When a married couple, both thirty years old, went camping in Ontario’s Missinaibi Lake Provincial Park in September 2005, they were attacked by a black bear that was starving and “may have learned to prey on humans.” She did not survive, despite her husband Mark Jordan’s heroic efforts to save her by slashing the bear with a Swiss Army knife as it approached and then dragging her to a boat where aid could be found.

Later, the Canadian government awarded him the Star of Courage. Jordan emphasized the value of completing your homework before venturing into the bush in a 2007 interview with The Toronto Star, saying he wishes he had known more about black bears before to the attack. The favorable tidings? When the right safety measures are taken, bear assaults on people are rather uncommon. Thus, the next time you want to spend time in nature, research the place you’ll be going. Nothing will convince you if Backcountry isn’t able to.