Four freelance journalists head out into the Swedish outback hoping to find some clues the police had missed following the mysterious death of a mother and the disappearance of her newborn daughter. Award-winning journalist Linn Söderqvist senses a great story somewhere deep in the wilderness and is more than happy to join the group on a quest for the truth but the answers they stumble upon are more than a little unsettling. The woman was found barely alive 12 days later, her skin dead and her nails and teeth falling out before eventually succumbing to whatever inhumane horrors she faced. Her husband lets the team know that the police quit searching well before every part of the forest was checked and there is talk of a cover-up. Group leader Ola is not being completely forthcoming with just how dangerous their trek might be or what’s going on with the company funding this trip. Their first night in, they learn Ola is keeping secrets and they also pick up some disturbing sounds on their audio equipment. They wake up the next morning to find their sound guy gone along with his equipment and their phones. Checking their steadicam, they watch him march off into the woods, tracking a noise he’s picked up. They go looking for a building supposedly in the middle of the woods so they can call for help but as night sets in, so does the panic. Adequate found footage thriller takes its time but unfortunately fails to successfully ratchet shit up once it plays its hand. Presented as a documentary built around the footage of the ill-fated expedition, it never feels like it’s striving to be anything more than a low-effort thriller tackling interesting ideas without much enthusiasm.
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