Beacon Point: A Woodland Wonder

So, here I am again, half in love with a flick about people getting lost in the woods. Beacon Point – what a title, eh? It sounds like a café where you’d grab a fika and people-watch. Instead, you get a ragtag group hiking in the Appalachian wilderness, supposedly a scenic route. But, you know, forests can be kinda deceiving.

This film is cooked up by Eric Blue, a true newcomer. And while no big-name actors pop up here, Rae Olivier takes the lead with an unexpected grit. You feel her fear and suspiciousness like you’re right there hiding behind a tree. The story’s got its legs with alien myths and old legends intertwining, giving it that eerie Norse folklore vibe. Back home in Sweden, we do love our legends with a twist.

Now, there’s this one scene that made me flash back to my own holiday hike with my familj years ago. We ended up going off-trail up in Jämtland. Mum was convinced she saw something strange, maybe a bear or a moose. But I swear, it felt more like a bear-man hybrid. Point being, the wild has secrets. And Beacon Point taps into that kind of primal fear – the one you can’t shake off even when you shrug it as just lore.

But then, the pacing in the middle lags a bit. Like the director suddenly decided we needed to breathe, or he was just as lost in that forest as the characters. I’m sitting there thinking, “Kom igen, get a move on!”

All in all, Beacon Point won’t win major awards but it’s good for those late-night watch sessions when you’re in the mood for a shiver. When you want to hold a hot cup of coffee tight while deciding if you’d risk a night-time forest trip… or just stick to city strolls. Simple pleasures, right?

Check the trailer below