“Dark Nature” (** out of four) was a predictable and obvious horror melodrama about a therapy group (Madison Walsh, Hannah Emily Anderson, Helen Belay, and others) who confront the various terrors of their past by going on (cue the ominous music) a hiking trip in the middle of the wilderness and encounter a real terror that makes them all unite together to try and survive. Good-looking cinematography by Jaryl Lim on beautiful locations in the Canadian Rockies highlight this pretty by-the-numbers movie. Maybe it’s about time horror filmmakers put to rest hiking in the woods for a while. Directorial debut of acclaimed “Metis” filmmaker Berkeley Brady.

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