Dark Nature (2022) is a psychological survival horror that delves deep into the terrifying wilderness of the human psyche. Directed by Berkley Brady, the film combines visceral natural horror with a haunting exploration of trauma, pushing its characters—and viewers—into the heart of primal fear. With its tense atmosphere and emotional intensity, the film serves as both an allegory and a nightmarish descent into the unknown.
Joy (Hannah Emily Anderson), a domestic abuse survivor, joins her best friend Carmen (Madison Walsh) and a group of women on a therapeutic hiking retreat deep in the remote Rockies. Led by a stoic yet enigmatic therapist, the group embarks on a healing journey—one meant to conquer fear and reclaim control. But as strange sounds echo through the trees and group members begin to vanish, it becomes clear: something ancient and predatory is watching… and feeding.
Blending psychological dread with creature-feature intensity, Dark Nature confronts the terror that lives in memory, in the woods, and just beneath the surface of sanity.
