Dark Nature

Released May 19, 2023

1h 25m

Horror

Mystery & Thriller

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72%

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18 Reviews

8%

Audience Score

Fewer than 50 Ratings

While recovering from an abusive relationship, Joy joins her friend's therapy group on an isolated mountainous retreat. Led by a doctor with experimental methods, the group is soon forced to confront a monstrous entity.

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Rachel West

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Clocking in at less than 90 minutes, Dark Nature never feels rushed. Though certain aspects may come across as underdeveloped at times (namely some of the women’s backstories), the story is held together by a strong female ensemble.

Aug 29, 2023

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David Nusair

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...a completely misguided endeavor that might’ve fared better as a short film (but even that seems unlikely).

Rated: 1/4

May 20, 2023

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Dennis Schwartz

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I was too bored by its shallow search for answers to care what happens.

Rated: C+

May 20, 2023

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Marie Saadeh

Exclaim!

Though the film shows some promise for Brady's future work, Dark Nature's attempts to make an affecting exploration of trauma — or at the very least give us a good scare — leave much to be desired.

Rated: 5/10

May 18, 2023

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Daniel Gorman

In Review Online

It’s an agreeable enough thriller that has unwisely cribbed from a beloved modern genre staple and simply can’t measure up to its predecessor.

Aug 6, 2022

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C.H. Newell

Father Son Holy Gore

Dark Nature is an authentic, fascinating exploration of trauma and the post-traumatic stress disorder that typically comes along with it, and it’s important that Berkley Brady, a Métis artist, is the director-writer behind it.

Rated: 4.5/5

Aug 5, 2022

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Levi R

(Spoiler) Guy shoots the dog within the first 5 minutes. Sorry but if you have to shoot a dog to establish "bad guy" then you as a writer and director are doing a bad job.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/04/24

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dave d

This is one of those horror features that has bad acting and makes no sense. It is up it's own behind so far it's better than horrible, but only in an embarrassing way. What is this monster? Is it real? Why would anyone hike with strangers into places like this? Why was this film made? More shallow than an empty kiddy pool, there is very little coherence. It is not a good film. Final Score: 1.6/10

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

11/30/23

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Kathryn9 S

Terrible waste of time. Rips off The Descent. NOTHING happens for first 70 minutes of a 90 minute movie

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/27/23

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Matty P

Wow what a terrible movie. Why even make something this bad

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

09/13/23

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Ronald S

not sure if they knew what the movie was supposed to be about, seems like they kept changing directions. s.. Movie is a mess

Rated 2 out of 5 stars

06/11/23

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Dimitry

sadly. boring. Weak acting. Bad movie script. Terrible operator work. Well, how not to shove the agenda there?

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

06/07/23

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Synopsis

While recovering from an abusive relationship, Joy joins her friend's therapy group on an isolated mountainous retreat. Led by a doctor with experimental methods, the group is soon forced to confront a monstrous entity.

Director: Berkley Brady
Producer: Jason R Ellis, Tim Cairo, Patrick Ewald, Katie Page, Kalani Dreimanis
Screenwriter: Berkley Brady
Distributor: Epic Pictures
Production Co: Dread, Peterson Polaris, Nika Productions
Genre: Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 19, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): May 23, 2023
Runtime: 1h 25m

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