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Zoe (Rae Olivier) is taking part in a 10 day cross country hike on the
Appalachian Trail, just because she wants to bury the ashes of her dad at
his very favourite spot. Thing is, Zoe feels that Drake (Jon Briddell),
the guide of her group, might not have the perfect clue as to how to get
them there, and makes her a bit uneasy by constantly going off the beaten
track. But she finds a friend in one of her co-hikers, Brian (Jason
Burkey), and the two soon fall for one another. But maybe she should have
kept her eyes more on Drake, as he's an ex-convict (for manslaughter) who
has just killed his boss (Randall Taylor) and went off for the hike before
the body could have been found. And since he knows the area best, he
figured going off the beaten track will help him make an escape. Thing is,
he doesn't know the area as well as he thought he would, and soon the
group is lost. And then all of a sudden, Brian gets terribly ill, Zoe
finds out about Drake, a terrible fight ends in Drake being restrained by
his group, and ultimately, Drake fails utterly when it comes to getting
help - his hands bound behind his back and him being kept in check by Zoe
that is. But while all that sounds bad, there are also signs that an
outside force is manipulating our hikers ... and that oustide force might
not be from this earth even ... Beacon Point is probably
best described as "esoteric horror" - and while I'm by no means
a follower of the esoteric idea as such, in this case "esoteric"
is an utter compliment, as the film does not waste its time with
explaining away its backstory, instead it presents us with a deliberately
vague threat and only at best theories of how to rationalize it - which of
course makes the fear of the protagonists all the more palpable and really
adds to the atmosphere. And naturally, a great ensemble cast playing
rounded out characters, and beautiful locations that seem to be made for a
shoot like this, totally help to bring all of this across just
beautifully!
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