Devil's Pass (2013)

A group of students go the location of the infamous Dyatlov pass incident to make a documentary, but things take a turn for the worse as the secret of what happened there is revealed.

Director:

Renny Harlin

Writer:

Vikram Weet

Stars:

Holly Goss, Matt Stokoe, Luke Albright

1 win & 1 nomination.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Holly Goss	...	Holly King
Matt Stokoe	...	Jensen Day
Luke Albright	...	John Patrick (JP) Hauser Jr.
Ryan Hawley	...	Andy Thatcher
Gemma Atkinson	...	Denise Evers
Nikolay Butenin	...	Sergei
Nelly Nielsen	...	Alya (73 Years)
Valeriya Fedorovich	...	Alya (20 Years)
Aleksey Kink	...	Vallik
Sergey Lobanov	...	Bartender
Oleg Kurlov	...	Man #1
Dmitriy Miheev	...	Man #2
Richard Alan Reid	...	Sgt. Smirnoff (as Richard Reid)
Anton Klimov	...	Sgt. Smirnoff (voice) (voice)
Igor Kulachko	...	Sgt. Tupelov

Storyline

The Dyatlov Pass follows a group of American students on a trek to investigate the true life mystery of nine Russian skiers who befell unexplained deaths while skiing in the Russian mountains in 1959. To this day, their deaths have been one of the most bizarre unsolved mysteries of the 20th century.

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Plot Keywords:

mountain climbing | archival photograph | found footage | mountain | ural mountains | 

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Genres:

Horror | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for some violence/disturbing images, and for a sexual reference

Did You Know?

Trivia

Renny Harlin: [Finland] One of the characters mentions he's using a Suunto compass. Suunto is a well-known Finnish manufacturer of compasses.

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Goofs

Although Holly's camera went back in time with her, there was another one containing exactly the same footage inside the hatch. This is the same camera, retrieved by soldiers during the Dyatlov Pass incident in 1959 and brought inside.

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Crazy Credits

Several names and words in the final credits start out with some or all of the letters being spelled with Cyrillic script (used in the Russian language). They gradually morph into English.

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Connections

References Expedition Unknown: Mystery of Dead Mountain (2019)

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Soundtracks

Slowly Moving
Written by Yuri Poteyenko
Performed by Yuri Poteyenko

User Reviews

Decent build up to disappointment

Thought the first half of the film was pretty good, was like Blair Witch in the snow, going through the motions of interviewing people, getting a bit of a background on what they are trying to do.

When they set of on their own and the 'strange' things start happening, it kept you intrigued, but then when you find out what is really going on.. you find out why films like Blair Witch decided not to reveal their monster, because it was truly disappointing.

Not only that, but the whole story at the end was just a bit silly, too out of context with the build up of the film. And the fact that this is meant to be an explanation to the disappearance of real people is pretty weird!

First half of the film is solid enough though, worth a watch if you like found footage horror films.

Details

Official Sites:

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Country:

Russia Finland

Language:

English Russian

Release Date:

28 February 2013 (Russia)

Also Known As:

Devil's Pass

Filming Locations:

Russia

Box Office

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$5,217,347

Company Credits

Production Co:

Aldamisa Entertainment, K. JAM Media, AR Films

Technical Specs

Runtime:

100 min

Sound Mix:

SDDS Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1